Safe Through the Blood of Jesus
Save Through the Blood of Jesus by William Reid
Save Through the Blood of Jesus
by William Reid
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FAITH IN THE BLoop 81<br />
your own act <strong>of</strong> faith, is peace to come.<br />
But perhaps you may object fur<strong>the</strong>r, that<br />
you are not satisfied with your faith. No,<br />
truly, nor are you ever likely to be. If you<br />
wait for this before you take peace, you will<br />
wait till life is done. The Bible does not say,<br />
“Being satisfied about our faith, we have<br />
peace with God;” it simply says, “Being<br />
justified by fatth, we have peace with God”<br />
(Rom. 5. 1). Not satisfaction with your own<br />
faith, but satisfaction with <strong>Jesus</strong> and His<br />
work, this is what God presses on you. You<br />
say, “I am satisfied with Christ.” Are you?<br />
What more, <strong>the</strong>n, do you wish? Is not satisfaction<br />
with Christ enough for you, or for<br />
any sinner? Nay, and is not this <strong>the</strong> truest<br />
kind <strong>of</strong> faith? To be satisfied with Christ,<br />
that is faith in Christ. To be satisfied with<br />
His blood, that is faith in His blood. What<br />
more could you have? Can your faith give<br />
you something which Christ cannot? Do not<br />
suppose that your faith is a price, or a bribe,<br />
or a merit. Is not <strong>the</strong> very essence <strong>of</strong> real<br />
faith just your being satisfied with Christ?<br />
Are you really satisfied with Him, and with<br />
what He has done? Then do not puzzle your-<br />
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