0130. 127. Christ’s Blood

127. Christ’s Blood

We may know more perfectly what the precious Blood of Christ has done for us when we call to mind the following seven things—

1. It averts the judgment of God against sin, as the blood of the paschal lamb did on the night of the Passover—Exo_12:13; 1Co_5:7.

2. It converts the one who believes in the Substitute, even as the blood of cleansing changed the position and condition of the cleansed leper—Lev_14:14; Rev_1:5.

3. It inverts the position we once occupied to the world, for instead of being in it, we are now separated from it, even as God said to Pharaoh of Israel: “I will put a redemption (margin) between thy people and My people” (Exo_8:23).

4. The Blood of Christ inserts us in a new place, even as the blood of the covenant enabled Moses and the seventy elders to draw nigh and see the God of Israel—Exo_24:5-10.

5. It asserts that the blessing of pardon—Eph_1:7; peace—Col_1:20; power—Rev_12:11; purity—1Jn_1:7; and paradise are secured in Him—Rev_7:14.

6. The Blood of Christ exerts a powerful influence in its practical bearing, for it kills sin—Rom_6:1-15; slays self—2Co_5:15; and overcomes pride—Php_2:5-8.

7. And the Blood of Christ subverts the powers of Hell, which have been conquered by His death; even as when the sacrificial lamb was offered by Samuel, and the Lord discomfited the Philistines in consequence—1Sa_7:9-10; Heb_2:14; Col_1:14.

By: DR. F. E. MARSH