Many dare not hold the old doctrine nowadays because they would be thought narrow and bigoted, and this would be too galling. His blood brings you life and freedom. Sin must be punished: it is punished in Christ’s death. God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of the Lord Jesus Christ! Beloved, we are sure that he had offered an acceptable and effectual propitiation when he said, “It is finished.” Either he did put away sin, or he did not. The Saving Blood of the Lamb. The blood of Jesus Christ, shed because of his courage for the truth, or out of pure philanthropy, or out of self-denial, conveys no special gospel to men, and has no peculiar power about it. Since you have been a Christian he has marked your wickedness, and asked, in fierce sarcastic tones, “Is this a child of God? So far, the Lord had spared his people from the results of the nine plagues which had befallen the Egyptians. O my brothers, to some of us atonement by blood is our battle-axe and weapon of war, by which we conquer in our struggle for purity and godliness— a struggle in which we have continued now these many years. In the atonement I see a motive equal to the greatest heroism; yes, a motive which will stimulate to perfect holiness. “He his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree,” and died that he might redeem us from all unrighteousness. Furthermore, I understand by the expression, “The blood of the Lamb,” that our Lord' s death was effective for the taking away of sin. In this chapter the devil is called the “great red dragon.” He is great in capacity, intelligence, energy, and experience. Because of the blood of the lamb, they were guided, cared for, and instructed in the desert. That death was the grand fact which is set forth by the words “the blood of the Lamb.” We are to view Jesus as the Lamb of God’s passover: not merely separated from others, dedicated to be Israel’s memorial, and consecrated to divine service, but as the Lamb slain. The judgment of God had swept through the houses of the Egyptians, from the royal family at the top to the single-parent family at the bottom. And the children of Israel went away, and did as the Lord had commanded” (vv. So it is not knowledge about Jesus, but faith in him; personal application of his blood, and trust in it as the means of salvation, which secures our safety. Scripture Ref: Exodus 12:1-13, 14, 46; 13:1-16 Matthew 26:17-29. He cannot be omnipresent; but yet, by that majestic craft of his, he so manages his armies of fallen ones that, like a great general, he superintends the whole field of battle, and seems present at every point. They that overcame the world in the old days were humble men and women, generally poor, always despised, who were never ashamed of Christ, who only lived to tell of his love, and died by tens of thousands rather than cease to bear testimony to the blood of the Lamb. We do as they did who overcame “by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death. If you plead the atoning sacrifice, you must overcome through the blood of the Lamb. The sufferings of Jesus Christ might be set forth by some other figure, but His death on the Cross requires the mention of blood. We need concentrated, consecrated energy; for it is written, “They loved not their lives unto the death.” We shall not overcome Satan if we are fine gentlemen, fond of ease and honour. You say within yourself, “I have no faith, and I cannot expect to succeed with God without faith. Through the blood of Christ we receive every needed temporal and spiritual blessing in life. New here? The Holy Ghost alone can maintain in us this enmity to sin. By “the blood of the Lamb” we understand the death of the Son of God. Glory be to God, the blood is a universal solvent, and it has dissolved the iron-bars of despair, until the poor captive conscience has been able to escape. I believe this to be one of the edges of the conquering weapon. The foul fiend tells out the wanderings of our hearts, the deadness of our desires in prayer, the filthy thoughts that dropped into our minds when we have been at worship. Play! He uses the men who spare not their reputations when these are called for in defence of truth. Yet I have noticed persons captivated by the truth of substitution who would not listen to anything else. His blood was upon the door. What little reputation we have is as dear to us as another man ’s character is to him; but we will cheerfully let it go in this struggle for the central truth of revelation. Truly a black memory. “We preach Christ crucified,” says the apostle. This will drive away his blasphemous suggestions and foul insinuations better than anything that you can invent. Pleading the propitiation made by the blood of the Lamb, we dare draw nigh to God. You are very retiring. The victory was the victory of all who are in Christ. Our first place of conflict is in the heavenlies, and the second is down below on earth. And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. But we do know that he was and is an exceedingly great spirit as compared with us.