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Morning and Evening

November 6, Evening

C. H. Spurgeon · Modern retelling

"Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you." — Hebrews 9:20 · KJV

There is a strange power in the very name of blood, and the sight of it is always affecting. A kind heart cannot bear to see a sparrow bleed, and, unless hardened by habit, turns away with horror from the slaughter of a beast. As for the blood of men, it is a consecrated thing: it is murder to shed it in wrath, and a dreadful crime to squander it in war. Is this solemnity because the blood is the life, and the pouring of it out the token of death? We think so. When we rise to contemplate the blood of the Son of God, our awe is greater still, and we shudder as we think of the guilt of sin and the terrible penalty the Sin-bearer endured. Blood, always precious, is priceless when it streams from Immanuel's side. The blood of Jesus seals the covenant of grace and makes it for ever sure. Covenants of old were made by sacrifice, and the everlasting covenant was ratified in the same way. Oh, the delight of being saved on the sure foundation of divine engagements that cannot be dishonored! Salvation by the works of the law is a frail and broken vessel whose shipwreck is certain; but the covenant vessel fears no storms, for the blood ensures the whole. The blood of Jesus made His testament valid. A will has no power unless the one who made it dies; and in this light the soldier's spear is a blessed aid to faith, since it proved our Lord to be really dead. There can be no doubt on that matter, and we may boldly claim the legacies He has left His people. Happy they who see their title to heavenly blessings made sure to them by a dying Savior! But has this blood no voice to us? Does it not bid us sanctify ourselves to Him by whom we have been redeemed? Does it not call us to newness of life, and urge us to entire consecration to the Lord? Oh, that the power of the blood might be known and felt in us this night!