"Salvation is of the LORD." -Jonah 2:9

"He hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure."   - 2 Samuel 23:5 [KJV] O the blessedness of having a manifest interest in the blood of the covenant, and thus to have a testimony that God has made a covenant with his dear Son upon our behalf; that our names are written in the book of life; and that Christ is our Mediator at the right hand of the Father! What are all earthly blessings compared with this? What are health and strength and riches and all the goods of this life; what is everything that the carnal heart can desire or the covetous mind grasp; what is all compared with an interest in the everlasting covenant, and in the love and blood and righteousness of the Lord the Lamb? What is earth, with all its attractions, compared with an interest in the precious, precious blood of a dying Jesus?   You will find it so when you come to lie upon a bed of languishing and pain; when the cold drops of sweat stand upon your forehead, and the last e...

  The Scriptures abound with allusions to the blood of Christ and show conclusively that no one but those who are cleansed with that blood can enter glory. 圣经充满了基督之血的典故，并确切地表明若不是宝血的洁净没有人能进入荣耀。 The human heart is so deeply stained with sin, that, in order to get rid of sin, it clings to a thousand fake remedies.  It shouts with deafening silence, “Anything, anything but the blood of Christ.”  However, to trust in anything or anyone other than Christ and His precious blood is utterly redundant. 人心被罪污染的如此严重，所以，为了摆脱罪，有上千种的骗人方式。它以震耳欲聋的方式叫嚣：“任何事，任何事，除了基督的宝血。”然而，除了基督和祂的宝血，信靠任何事或人都是无用的。 Cleansing by the blood is the theme tune of God’s people.  The entire redeemed community in glory will sing with one voice “ Thou art worthy, . . . for thou . . . hast redeemed to God by thy blood ,” (Revelation 5:9).   用宝血得洁净是上帝子民的主旋律。整个被救赎的种群都要在荣耀里同唱：“你配……因你……用自己的血……叫他们归于上帝”（启示录５：９）。 Let’s then briefly consider seven things that the Word of God says about the blood. May we all be spiri...