Daily Devotion - Apr 16 - ¥q¥?‾u‥C?eAF-×(?e) Morning by Morning

司布真每日靈修(日) Morning by Morning 四月十六日 經文: 「基督的寶血。」（彼得前書一：19） 站在十架面前，我們看到耶穌的手、腳、肋旁都沾滿了鮮紅的寶血，為什麼說是寶血呢？因為它有代贖的功效，它可以作為基督徒的贖罪祭，將他們從律法的咒詛中救贖出來；藉著耶穌在十架的工作，使得人與上帝間的牆得以拆毀，能與上帝合好。 另外，耶穌的寶血也有潔淨的功能。「祂兒子耶穌的血也洗淨我們一切的罪。」（約壹一：7）「你們的罪雖像硃紅，必變成雪白。」（賽一：18）是的，藉著耶穌的寶血，我們的罪過完全被塗抹，得以坦然無懼地站在施恩寶座前，上帝永遠不再記念我們頑梗背逆的罪。 寶血還有保守我們平安的功效，記得嗎？上帝就是看在有寶血遮蔽的份上，讓我們在滅命的天使經過時逃過一劫。寶血還有使我們成聖的吸引力，若不是想到耶穌為我們捨命，我們怎麼有立志學像耶穌聖潔的動機呢？ 因著寶血無與倫比的能力，所以寶血有著說不出來的寶貴。「弟兄勝過牠，是因羔羊的寶血和自己所見証的道。」（啟十二：11）喔，耶穌！罪在您的寶血泉中消失，死亡也在您寶血面前無地可容。看哪！天門已大開。聽哪！凱歌正高唱！ Morning, April 16 Scripture: "The precious blood of Christ."(1 Peter 1:19) Standing at the foot of the cross, we see hands, and feet, and side, all distilling crimson streams of precious blood. It is "precious" because of its redeeming and atoning efficacy. By it the sins of Christ's people are atoned for; they are redeemed from under the law; they are reconciled to God, made one with him. Christ's blood is also "precious" in its cleansing power; it "cleanseth from all sin." "Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow." Through Jesus' blood there is not a spot left upon any believer, no wrinkle nor any such thing remains. O precious blood, which makes us clean, removing the stains of abundant iniquity, and permitting us to stand accepted in the Beloved, notwithstanding the many ways in which we have rebelled against our God. The blood of Christ is likewise "precious" in its preserving power. We are safe from the destroying angel under the sprinkled blood. Remember it is God's seeing the blood which is the true reason for our being spared. Here is comfort for us when the eye of faith is dim, for God's eye is still the same. The blood of Christ is "precious" also in its sanctifying influence. The same blood which justifies by taking away sin, does in its after-action, quicken the new nature and lead it onward to subdue sin and to follow out the commands of God. There is no motive for holiness so great as that which streams from the veins of Jesus. And "precious," unspeakably precious, is this blood, because it has an overcoming power. It is written, "They overcame through the blood of the Lamb." How could they do otherwise? He who fights with the precious blood of Jesus, fights with a weapon which cannot know defeat. The blood of Jesus! sin dies at its presence, death ceases to be death: heaven's gates are opened. The blood of Jesus! we shall march on, conquering and to conquer, so long as we can trust its power! www.glorypress.com