Good morning.
There is a wonderful picture of God's grace to be seen in the Old Testament.
When someone had sin in their life and they brought a lamb as a sin offering, the lamb was carefully examined by the priest to see if it was acceptable as the lamb could not be blind or have any kind of blemish.
The priest did not examine the person who brought the offering. He only examined the lamb.
Our Father does not look at us. He only looks at the Lamb of God to see if that Lamb is acceptable. And Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God, is acceptable.
When God said to the Israelites to put the blood of the lamb on the door posts and lintel, it was on the outside. The people were on the inside and they could not see, touch or feel the blood. They could not feel the power or the effectiveness if the blood.
The blood was not for them. It was for God to examine and when He saw it He caused the Spirit of Death to pass over.
The blood of Jesus is not for our examination, it is for God's examination.
The hymn by Robert Lowry puts it like this:
"What Can Wash Away My Sin?
Nothing But The Blood Of Jesus;
What Can Make Me Whole Again?
Nothing But The Blood Of Jesus."
"But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ." (Ephesians 2:13)
Let's go and live in the fulness of God's grace.
Blessings.
Mike and Daphne
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