THE BLOOD

A Presbyterian minister in Ireland told of an incident which took place at an after meeting in his church at Belfast. It was during the days of the strife between Catholics & Protestants, when murder & outrage were everyday & commonplace facts.

A young man came into the inquiry room, where faithful Christians talked with him & prayed with him. But no one was able to do anything or say anything which helped him or relieved him of the distress under which he was laboring.

Then this minister was called in to see him. He told him to put his trust in Christ for forgiveness.

"But how can I," he said - "one who has shot down nine persons in cold blood?"

Then there came to the mind of the minister that great verse of John's: "The blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin" (I John 1:7).

This was the word that the young man's troubled soul was waiting to hear & casting himself on the mercy of Christ, he found peace.

- (moreillustrations.com)

“The most solemn truth in the gospel is that the only thing Christ left down here is His blood.” -  D.L. Moody.

“If not washed in Christ's blood and clothed in his righteousness, no heaven for you, no heaven for me.” -  William Tiptaft.