There is a fountain filled with blood drawn from Emmanuel’s veins;
And sinners plunged beneath that flood lose all their guilty stains.
Lose all their guilty stains,
Lose all their guilty stains;
And sinners plunged beneath that flood lose all their guilty stains.”
–William Cowper
Another one of my favorite hymns and songs. Look at that verse. My father-in-law was a mechanic and his hands and fingers were stained with grease and oil. It just didn’t rinse out, and even using Lava Soap there would still be stains. Sin stains us, but with the blood of Jesus that deep-set stain of sin is completely washed away.
“That dying thief rejoiced to see that fountain in his day;
And there may I, though vile as he, wash all my sins away.
Wash all my sins away,
Wash all my sins away;
And there may I, though vile as he, wash all my sins away.
Dear dying Lamb, thy precious blood shall never lose its power
Till all the ransomed church of God be saved, to sin no more.
Be saved to sin no more,
Be saved to sin no more;
Till all the ransomed church of God be saved, to sin no more.”
The blood – I think we will never, ever, even in eternity, understand the power of Jesus’ blood. The blood, without the shedding of blood there is no washing away the stain of sin. You just cannot put a bandaid on sin to cover it; it must be completely cleansed. When are you saved? When will you finally stop sinning? I remember a saying, “In the past we were saved from the penalty of sin; in the present we are being saved from the power of sin; and in the future we will be saved from the presence of sin.”
“E’er since, by faith, I saw the stream thy flowing wounds supply,
Redeeming love has been my theme, and shall be till I die.
And shall be till I die,
And shall be till I die;
Redeeming love has been my theme, and shall be till I die.
Then in a noble, sweeter son, I’ll sing thy power to save,
When this poor lisping, stammering tongue lies silent in the grave.
Lies silent in the grave,
Lies silent in the grave;
When this poor lisping, stammering tongue, lies silent in the grave.”
One day, these lips will no longer be able to testify of the love of Christ. They will no longer be able to sing of the power to save and the power of the redeeming blood. One day, the body will lie silent in the grave; that means now is the time to recognize what Jesus has done for us.