In whom we have redemption through His blood the forgiveness of sins… – Ephesians 1:7

The forgiveness of sins binds us to our Lord Jesus Christ. Let us read the text again. “In whom we have redemption through His blood.” We have nothing apart from Jesus. Every blessing of the covenant binds us to Christ. Covenant gifts are so many golden chains to fasten the soul of the believer to his Lord. Our wealth of mercy is all in Christ. There is nothing good outside of Christ. When are we pardoned, brethren? When have we forgiveness? Why, when we are in Him, “in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins.” O son of Adam, living without Jesus, hear and take warning! So long as thou art out of Christ, thou must bear thine own burden till it crush thee to the dust; but as soon as thou hast touched the hem of His garment, there is a link of connection; and if thou canst rise from that to holding Him by the feet, the union is closer; and if thou canst from that become like Simeon, who took Him up in his arms, then mayest thou cry, “Mine eyes have seen Thy salvation.” When thou hast Christ to the full, thou hast grace to the full. It is as you are in Christ-in connection and communion with Christ-that you receive the pardon of sin, for all the pardon is in Him. Do you see that?

“In whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins.” The forgiveness is not so much in His office, and in His work, as in Himself. When thou gettest Christ, thou hast redemption; for He is redemption. When thou gettest Christ, thou hast forgiveness of sins; for He is the propitiation for our sins. He has put the sin away by the sacrifice of Himself. Get Christ, and thou hast the proof, the evidence, the sum, the substance of perfect pardon. If thou acceptest the Beloved, thou art “accepted in the Beloved.” When thou art in Him, then thou art forgiven; but thy forgiveness is alone in Him. In Him thou hast redemption: out of Him thou art in bondage. ~ C.H. Spurgeon

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