DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON)
Our Father, we earnestly ask that every believer here may feel the power of the sprinkled blood most vividly and consciously. May we hear Jesus say by it, “he is completely clean” (John 13:10); and may we have a sense of entire security, because you have yourself said it—“When I see the blood, I will pass over you” (Exodus 12:13). This is the blood of our passover, and no destroying angel can touch us.
Now, Lord, next to this, give each one of your children power to become the sons of God in their actions. May we become more and more like the Firstborn; may we begin to exercise our sonship by conquering ourselves. Help us to put down sin.
Amen.
VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)
“When I see the blood, I will pass over you.” (Exodus 12:13)
My own sight of the precious blood is for my comfort; but it is the Lord’s sight of it which secures my safety. Even when I am unable to behold it, the Lord looks at it, and passes over me because of it. If I am not so much at ease as I ought to be, because my faith is dim, yet I am equally safe, because the Lord’s eye is not dim, and he sees the blood of the great Sacrifice with steady gaze. What a joy is this!
Now rest we in calm security. We have God’s Sacrifice and God’s Word to create in us a sense of perfect security. He will, he must, pass over us, because he spared not our glorious Substitute. Justice joins hands with love to provide everlasting salvation for all the blood-besprinkled ones.
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