God’s people are always safe, but God’s people are only safe through the blood of Christ. Nothing can hurt them, because “the blood” shelters them. When God led the children of Israel out of Egypt, He spared the life of the oldest in each house where the blood had been sprinkled on the lintel and side posts of the door. And so it is with us.
In the case of the Israelites it was the blood of the passover lamb. In our case it is the blood of the Lamb of God—the blood of a divinely appointed victim. Jesus Christ did not come into this world by chance; He was sent by His Father. Jesus is God’s chosen Saviour for men.
Christ Jesus, like the lamb, was spotless. Had there been one sin in Christ, He would not have been capable of being our Saviour, but He was without sin. Turn then your eyes to the cross and see Jesus bleeding there and dying for you.
For a moment try to picture to yourself Christ on the cross. Lift your eyes and see the three crosses upon that hillside. See, in the center, the thorn-crowned brow of Christ. See the hands nailed fast to the cross. See His face, more marred than that of any other man. See it now, as His head bows upon His chest in the agonies of death.
He was a real man, remember. It was a real cross. Do not think of these things as fancies and romance. He lived, and He died as I have described it. Sit still a moment and think: The blood of that Man, whom now I behold dying, must be my redemption if I would be saved. He “put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself.” He bore our sins “in His own body on the tree.” He “redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us” (Galatians 3:1313Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree: (Galatians 3:13)).
My prayers, my tears and my good deeds cannot save me. Sacraments cannot save me. Nothing but the blood of Jesus has the slightest saving power. But we may say that the blood of Christ is all-sufficient. There is no case which the blood of Christ cannot meet; there is no sin which it cannot wash away. “The blood of Jesus Christ . . . cleanseth us from all sin” (1 John 1:77The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe. (John 1:7)).
He that believes shall be saved, no matter how many sins he has committed; he that believes not shall be damned, even if his sins are few and his virtues are many. Trust in Jesus now. Jesus only can save.
“For He [God]
hath made Him
[the Lord Jesus Christ]
to be sin for us,
who knew no sin.”
2 Corinthians 5:21