0598. PRECIOUS BLOOD.

PRECIOUS BLOOD.

1Pe_1:19.

Circumstances make things precious. Hunger makes bread precious; thirst, water; poverty, riches. Sin and condemnation make the blood of Christ precious.

1. Precious because of its redeeming power. "Redeemed not with silver, but with the precious blood of Christ" (Act_20:28).

2. Because of its cleansing power (1Jn_1:7). Purity before fellowship.

3. Because of its pacifying power (Col_1:20). It pacifies the broken law and the guilty conscience.

4. Because of its reconciling power (Eph_2:13). The blood relations of Heaven.

5. Because of its emboldening power (Heb. 10 19, 20) The right of Sonship.

6. Because of its overcoming power (Rev_12:11). Overcoming the world, the fear of death, and the power of the devil.

7. Because of its song-inspiring power (Rev_5:9). Who can sing like scarless victors through the keeping power of their Captain’s blood. A new song for new souls in a new sphere.

Autor: James Smith