Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us.

 

MARCH 30.
 
Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us.
I Corinthians 5:7
 

ISRAEL were in danger, and
  God was about to deliver them.
 
The destroying angel was going through
   the land of Egypt to slay all the first born.
 
He had commanded his people to take a lamb,
  and kill it, and to sprinkle its blood on the lintel
  and on two side post of the door of every house,
  and promised,
    “When I see the blood, I will pass over you.”
 
They did so, and they were safe.
 
We are by nature in great danger;
  the ministers of justice or in the constant motion:
   but Jesus, as the Lamb of God,
   has been sacrificed for us; and
   if his blood is sprinkled upon us we are safe.
 
There was no safety for Israel without blood.
 
If the blood had not been on the door,
  they would have been slain; and
  there is no safety for us without blood.
 
Nor is it enough that the blood of Christ
  has been shed; it must be applied.
 
It is blood on us, that makes us safe.
 
Beloved, has the blood of Jesus ever been
  applied to your conscience?
 
Are you trusting in it?
 
Nothing else can secure you from the wrath of God.
 
The blood must be applied to you, or you perish.
 
Examine, how is it with you?

 

Lord, thy spirit now in part,

To bring me near to God;

Sprinkle my conscience and my heart

With Christ atoning blood.

 
 
James Smith 1849