Spurgeon: April AM
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"We are come to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better
things than that of Abel."
--Hebrews 12:24
Reader, have you come to the blood of sprinkling? The
question is not whether you have come to a knowledge of
doctrine, or an observance of ceremonies, or to a certain form
of experience, but have you come to the blood of Jesus ? The
blood of Jesus is the life of all vital godliness. If you have
truly come to Jesus, we know how you came--the Holy Spirit
sweetly brought you there. You came to the blood of sprinkling
with no merits of your own. Guilty, lost, and helpless, you came
to take that blood, and that blood alone, as your everlasting
hope. You came to the cross of Christ, with a trembling and an
aching heart; and oh! what a precious sound it was to you to
hear the voice of the blood of Jesus! The dropping of His blood
is as the music of heaven to the penitent sons of earth. We are
full of sin, but the Saviour bids us lift our eyes to Him, and
as we gaze upon His streaming wounds, each drop of blood, as it
falls, cries, "It is finished; I have made an end of sin; I have
brought in everlasting righteousness." Oh! sweet language of
the precious blood of Jesus! If you have come to that blood
once, you will come to it constantly. Your life will be "Looking
unto Jesus." Your whole conduct will be epitomized in this--"To
whom coming." Not to whom I have come, but to whom I am
always coming . If thou hast ever come to the blood of
sprinkling, thou wilt feel thy need of coming to it every day.
He who does not desire to wash in it every day , has never
washed in it at all. The believer ever feels it to be his joy
and privilege that there is still a fountain opened. Past
experiences are doubtful food for Christians; a present coming
to Christ alone can give us joy and comfort. This morning let us
sprinkle our door-post fresh with blood, and then feast upon the
Lamb, assured that the destroying angel must pass us by.