law, and went home to his wife and children; but it was by the
blood; every breath he henceforth drew, every throb of his heart,
every blessing he enjoyed, or possibly could enjoy, came to him
by the blood. He owed everything from that day forth to the
blood, and every fleeting moment, every passing day, and every
rolling year but increased his debt to the blood which had been
shed for him.

And so we owe all to the blood of Christ, for we were under
sentence of death--"The soul that sinneth it shall die"; and we
have all sinned, and God, to be holy, must frown upon sin, and
utterly condemn it, and must execute His sentence against it.

But Jesus suffered for our sins. He died for us. "He was wounded
for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities;... and
with His stripes we are healed." "Ye know that ye were not
redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold... but with
the precious blood of Christ" (i Peter i. 18, 19); "Who loved me,
and gave Himself for me" (Gal. ii. 20). And now every blessing we
ever had, or ever shall have, comes to us by the Divine
Sacrifice, by "the precious blood." And "How shall we escape, if
we neglect so great salvation?" His blood is the meritorious
cause not only of our pardon, but of our cleansing, our
sanctification; but the Holy Spirit is the ever-present, living,
active Cause.

The truth or word which sanctifies is the record God has given us
of His will and of that Divine Sacrifice, that "precious blood."
The faith that purifies is that sure confidence in that word
which leads to renunciation of all self-righteousness, that utter