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©FOUNDATION
A MAGAZINE OF BIBLICAL FUNDAMENTALISM
Dennis W. Costella, Editor; Karel Beyer, Production Manager; Matt
Costella,
Copy Editor
M.H. Reynolds, Jr. (1919-1997), Founding Editor
The Blood of Jesus
by The Rev. William Reid, M.A.
"Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the
holiest by the blood of Jesus," Hebrews 10:19
[This is a reprint of a book
published by James Nisbet & Co., London, England, in 1866. Liberty Bell
Press no longer prints this book and has granted permission to the FEA for
reprinting. This resource is available in a booklet from the FEA. Click
here to order].
©FOUNDATION Magazine, July-August 1998
Contents
Preface
Chapter 1: Forgiveness Of Sins Through The Blood Of Jesus
Chapter 2: How Our Sins Are Taken Away By The Blood Of Jesus
Chapter 3: The Blood Of Jesus, Not Conviction Of Sin, The Foundation
Of Our Peace And Joy
Chapter 4: A Letter About The Love Of Jesus
<= you are here
Chapter 5: Salvation Through The Blood Of Jesus, The Gift Of God
Chapter 6: The Blood Of Jesus Our Only Ground Of Peace With God
Chapter 7: Regeneration Through The Blood Of Jesus
Chapter 8: Faith In The Blood Of Jesus Essential To Salvation
Chapter 9: The Blood Of Jesus The Believer’s Life And Peace
Chapter 10: Faith In The Blood Of Jesus The Spring Of Holiness
Chapter 11: The Blood Of Jesus The Essence Of The Gospel
Chapter 12: The Holy Spirit’s Testimony To The Blood Of Jesus
Chapter 4
A Letter About The Blood Of Jesus
Topics In This Chapter:
- What Is Justification?
- Looking Unto Jesus, We Can Die In Peace
AN EMINENT AUTHOR1 wrote to a dying
man, " I urge you to cast yourself at once, in the simplest faith, upon the Lord
Jesus Christ, and you shall be saved. All your true preparation for death is
entirely out of yourself, and in the Lord Jesus. Washed in His blood, and clothed upon
with His righteousness, you may appear before God divinely, fully, freely, and for ever
accepted. The salvation of the chief sinners is all prepared, finished, and complete in
Christ, (Eph.1:6; Col. 2:10). Again, I repeat, your eye of faith must now be directed
entirely, out of and from yourself, to JESUS. Beware of looking for any
preparation to meet death in yourself. It is all in Christ. God does
not accept you on the ground of a broken heart-or a clean heart-or a praying heart-or a
believing heart. He accepts you wholly and entirely on the ground of the ATONEMENT Of His
blessed Son. Cast yourself, in childlike faith, upon that atonement-' Christ dying for the
ungodly,’ (Rom. 5:6) - and you are saved! Justification is a poor,
law-condemned, self-condemned, self-destroyed sinner, wrapping himself by faith in the
righteousness of the Lord Jesus Christ, ‘which is unto all, and upon all them that
believe,’ (Rom. 3:22). He, then, is justified, and is prepared to die, and he only,
who casts from him the garment of his own righteousness, and runs into this blessed
‘City of Refuge’ - the Lord Jesus - and hides himself there from the
‘revenger of blood,’ exclaiming, in the language of triumphant faith,
‘There is NOW NO CONDEMNATION to them that are in Christ Jesus,' (Rom. 8:1).
Look to Jesus, then, for a contrite heart -look to Jesus for a clean heart-look to Jesus
for a believing heart-look to Jesus for a loving heart-and Jesus will give you all.
One faith's touch of Christ, and one divine touch from Christ, will save the vilest
sinner. Oh, the dimmest, most distant glance of faith, turning its languid eye upon
Christ, will heal and save the soul. God is prepared to accept you in His blessed Son, and
for His sake He will cast all your sins behind His back, and take you to glory when
you die. Never was Jesus known to reject a poor sinner that came to Him empty and, with
‘nothing to pay.' God will glorify His free grace in your salvation, and will
therefore save you, just as you are, ‘without money and without price,'
(Isa. 65:1). I close with Paul's reply to the anxious jailer, 'Believe on the Lord Jesus
Christ, and thou shalt be saved,' (Acts 16:31). No matter what you have been, or what you
are, plunge into the fountain opened for sin and for uncleanness,' (Zech. 13:1), and you
shall be clean, 'washed whiter than snow,' (Ps. 51:7). Heed no suggestion of Satan, or of
unbelief. Cast yourself at the feet of Jesus, and if you perish, perish there! Oh no!
perish you never will, for He hath said, 'Him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast
out,' (John 6:37). 'Come unto ME,' (Matt. 11:28), is His blessed invitation ; let your
reply be, ‘Lord, I come! I come! I come! I entwine my feeble, trembling arms of faith
around Thy cross, around Thyself, and if I die, I will die, cleaving, clinging, looking
unto Thee!' So act and believe, and you need not fear to die. Looking at the Saviour in
the face, you can look at death in the face, exclaiming with good old Simeon, 'Lord, now
lettest thou thy servant depart in peace; for mine eyes have seen thy salvation,' (Luke
2:29). May we, through rich, free, and sovereign grace, meet in heaven, and unite together
in exclaiming, ‘Worthy is the Lamb; for He was slain for us!"' (Rev. 5:12).
"How glorious Is THY NAME
Through all the ransom'd host,
O WORTHY LAMB, who came
To seek and save the lost!
Thou art, beyond compare,
Most precious in our sight!
Than sons of men more fair,
And infinite in might!
Thy perfect work divine
Makes us for ever blest;
Here truth and mercy shine,
And men with God do rest."
Footnotes:
1Some time ago, the Rev. Dr Winslow of Bath received a letter from a
youth, apparently near death, asking him to reply to it in the columns of our periodical,
which he did, and the above quotation contains the most important part of his reply. The
subjoined are Dr Winslow's note to the author, and the youth's interesting note to Dr.
Winslow:-
"MY DEAR SIR,-A few days ago, I received the following note. Will
you allow a brief reply to the all-important question it contains, through the
columns of your wide. spread and most useful journal? I write hurriedly, and on a journey,
but I will endeavour to make the apostle's reply to the awakened jailor my model for point
and conciseness. And oh may the same Divine Spirit apply the answer with like immediate
and saving result!-
" ‘TO THE REV. DR. WINSLOW,
" ‘DEAR SIR, - You would greatly oblige a sinner, if
you would write a piece….for September, and tell him what he must do to prepare to
die-what is the preparation required by God - and when he is fit to die. By your doing so,
you will greatly oblige a young person person who feels that his time is short in
this world. Now what is justification? And when is a sinner justified?’"
Continue With: Chapter 5: Salvation Through The Blood Of Jesus,
The Gift Of God
Back to: Chapter 3: The Blood Of Jesus, Not Conviction Of Sin, The
Foundation Of Our Peace And Joy
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