“The blood of Jesus Christ his Son, cleanseth us from all sin.”—1 John i. 7.
My soul, sit down for a while, by this crimson fountain, and duly
ponder over this glorious property of thy Redeemer’s blood. Oh the
sovereign efficacy of it! For it not only cleanseth sin, but all sin:
not only other’s sins, but our sins: not only the present evil of sin,
but the everlasting evil of it: not only now, but forever. It cleanseth
from all sin. Pause, my soul. Is there any other laver to wash away
sin; can prayers, or tears, or repentance, or ordinances, or
communions, or duties, or alms? Oh no. We must say of every thing, and
of all things, out of Christ, and void of Christ, as Job did concerning
his friends, “Miserable comforters are ye all; physicians of no value.”
Here then, my soul, seek thy cleansing, and here only. And while to
this fountain thou art daily brought by the Holy Ghost, look up and
behold the whole assembly of the redeemed above, who are now standing
around the throne, owing their bliss and their cleansing to the same
source. Listen to their songs of joy, and catch the notes, to sing even
now the same song of rejoicing. “They have washed their robes, and made
them white in the blood of the Lamb.” And therefore it is, and for no
other cause, that they are now before the throne, and serve the Lord in
his temple day and night.
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