“WHEN I see the blood, I will pass over you.” It is not said, “When you see it;” but, “When I see it.” The soul of an awakened person often rests, not on its own righteousness, but on the way which it sees the blood. Now, precious as it is to have the heart deeply impressed with it, this is not the ground of peace.
Peace is founded on God’s seeing it. He cannot fail to estimate it at its full and perfect value as putting away sin. It is He that abhors and has been offended by sin―He sees the value of the blood as putting it away. It may be said, “But must not I have faith in its value?” This is faith in its value, seeing God looks at it as putting away sin. Your value for it looks at it as a question of the measure of your feelings. Faith looks at God’s thoughts.
J. N. D.