Remember the Blood of Christ by J.C. Ryle

Posted: 02 Mar 2010 12:00 AM PST

I charge you never to give up the old doctrine of the blood of Christ, the complete satisfaction which that atoning blood made for sin, and the impossibility of being saved except by that blood. Let nothing tempt you to believe that it is enough to look only at the example of Christ, or only to receive the sacrament which Christ commanded to be received, for which many nowadays worship like an idol.

When you come to your deathbed, you will want something more than an example and a sacrament. Take heed that you are found resting all your weight on Christ's substitution for you on the cross, and His atoning blood, or it will be better if you had never been born.

~ J.C. Ryle

The Upper Room, "One Blood", [Carlisle, PA: Banner of Truth, 1970], 108.

Filed under: Christ, Cross, Death