The Holiest of All By Andrew Murray

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LXXXVII.
OUB HEAETS SPEINKLED.
X. 22. Let us draw near . . . our hearts sprinkled from an evil consclenoa
IN verse 19 we had boldness through the blood of Jesus, as
one of the four precious things prepared for us by God. It is
that actual liberty or right which the blood of Jesus gives,
apart from any use we make of it. Along with the opened
sanctuary, and the living way, and the great Priest, the blood
and our boldness in it is a heavenly reality waiting our faith
and acceptance. Here the blood is mentioned a second time,
and our being sprinkled with it as one of the things God asks
of us. It is in the personal application and experience of the
power of the blood we are to draw nigh. This second mention
of the blood is in accord with what we had in chap. ix. of its
twofold sprinkling. First, Christ entered with it into heaven, to
cleanse the heavenly things, and fulfil the type of the sprinkling
on the mercy-seat. It proved its power with God in putting
away sins. And then we read of its cleansing
our conscience.
The blood which has had its
mighty operation in heaven itself
has as mighty power in our hearts. It makes us partakers of
a divine and eternal cleansing. In heaven the power
of the
blood is
proved to be infinite and immeasurable, never-ceasing
and eternal, giving boldness to enter even as Christ did. As
the soul learns to believe and rejoice in this heavenly power