“Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:”– 1 Pet. 1:18-19
As I study God’s Word I am often at a loss for words when I think about the glorious things He has spoken. And that has never been more true than it is as I write this. My heart is overflowing. Having observed the Lord’s Supper Wednesday evening, I have been focusing on my sermon for Sunday morning–“The Precious Blood”. How can you not be moved thinking about that?
My thoughts took me back more than fifty years to the time when I trusted in the shed blood of the Lord Jesus Christ to save me from my sins. When I walked out of the Community Baptist Church in Willard, Mo. on that Sunday morning it seemed that the weight of the world had been lifted off my shoulders and that all the birds were singing Amazing Grace. I had never before, nor ever since experienced anything like that. What happened that morning cleansed me, comforted me, changed me, and claimed me – I now belonged to Christ. Minutes before , under deep conviction, I was the most miserable I had ever been, but now I had never felt so good. But it was more than feelings. I now had faith. Faith in the One who cannot lie, the One who promised to save me.
The verse that shook me to the core of my being was Romans 5:8 “But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us”. I had done nothing to please God and everything to offend Him, yet He loved me. How amazing is that! Indeed the goodness of God leads us to repentance! He took me from condemnation, turned me from corruption, and transformed me into a new creature. He did it by the offering of His precious blood. I had spent all my life apart from God, and now I was “accepted in the Beloved” because He shed His blood for me! His blood was shed for you also. Trust Him today.–HDS
David Stone
Lakeway Baptist Church
5801 FM 1960 E
Humble, TX. 77346
