Charles Haddon Spurgeon's Evening Devotional For Wednesday November 6, 2019 |
Evening Time: 9:49 PM PST
"Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto
you." --Hebrews 9:20
There is a strange power about the very name of blood, and the sight of it is
always affecting. A kind heart cannot bear to see a sparrow bleed, and unless
familiarized by use, turns away with horror at the slaughter of a beast. As to
the blood of men, it is a consecrated thing: it is murder to shed it in wrath,
it is a dreadful crime to squander it in war. Is this solemnity occasioned by
the fact that the blood is the life, and the pouring of it forth the token of
death? We think so. When we rise to contemplate the blood of the Son of God, our
awe is yet more increased, and we shudder as we think of the guilt of sin, and
the terrible penalty which the Sin-bearer endured. Blood, always precious, is
priceless when it streams from Immanuel's side. The blood of Jesus seals the
covenant of grace, and makes it for ever sure. Covenants of old were made
by sacrifice, and the everlasting covenant was ratified in the same manner. Oh,
the delight of being saved upon the sure foundation of divine engagements which
cannot be dishonoured! Salvation by the works of the law is a frail and broken
vessel whose shipwreck is sure; but the covenant vessel fears no storms, for the
blood ensures the whole. The blood of Jesus made His testament valid.
Wills are of no power unless the testators die. In this light the soldier's
spear is a blessed aid to faith, since it proved our Lord to be really dead.
Doubts upon that matter there can be none, and we may boldly appropriate the
legacies which He has left for His people. Happy they who see their title to
heavenly blessings assured to them by a dying Saviour. But has this blood no
voice to us? Does it not bid us sanctify ourselves unto Him by whom we have been
redeemed? Does it not call us to newness of life, and incite us to entire
consecration to the Lord? O that the power of the blood might be known, and felt
in us this night!
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