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Morning and Evening

July 23, Evening

C. H. Spurgeon · Modern retelling

"The blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin." — 1 John 1:7 · KJV

"Cleanseth," says the text — not "shall cleanse." There are multitudes who think that, as a dying hope, they may look forward to pardon. Oh, how infinitely better to have cleansing now than to depend on the bare possibility of forgiveness when I come to die! Some imagine that a sense of pardon is an attainment only to be reached after many years of Christian experience. But forgiveness of sin is a present thing — a privilege for this day, a joy for this very hour. The moment a sinner trusts Jesus, he is fully forgiven. The text, being written in the present tense, also indicates continuance: it was "cleanseth" yesterday, it is "cleanseth" today, it will be "cleanseth" tomorrow. It will be always so with you, Christian, until you cross the river; every hour you may come to this fountain, for it cleanses still. Notice, likewise, the completeness of the cleansing: "The blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin" — not only from sin, but "from all sin." Reader, I cannot tell you the exceeding sweetness of this word, but I pray God the Holy Spirit to give you a taste of it. Manifold are our sins against God; but whether the bill is little or great, the same receipt can discharge the one as well as the other. The blood of Jesus Christ is as blessed and divine a payment for the transgressions of blaspheming Peter as for the shortcomings of loving John. Our iniquity is gone — all gone at once, and all gone forever. Blessed completeness! What a sweet theme to dwell on as one falls asleep! Sins against a holy God, sins against His righteous laws, sins against His love, His blood, sins against His name and cause — sins immense as the sea — from them all He cleanses me.