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The Blood
“But when they came to Jesus, and saw that He was dead already, they brake not His legs: But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced His side, and forthwith came there out blood and water. And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe. For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of Him shall not be broken. And again another scripture saith, They shall look on Him whom they pierced” (John 19:33-35)
It seems that man could not satisfy his hatred of Christ, but, as James G. Deck wrote:
The very spear that pierced Thy side
Drew forth the blood to save.
What an amazing plan of salvation! The blood of Jesus, shed there at Calvary, cleanses from every stain of sin. The question of sin has now been settled. God’s righteous requirements have been satisfied. Now today we can “draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water” (Hebrews 10:22).
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