Morning, April 17
Charles Spurgeon · Morning and Evening: Daily Readings
Hebrews 12:24
"Ye 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.