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His Most Precious Blood

And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood.  Revelation 1:5

 

When J. P. Morgan, the multimillionare, died, it was found that his will consisted of about ten thousand words and thirty-seven articles. He made many transactions, some involving large sums of money.

But we are left in no doubt as to what he considered his most important transaction: "I commit my soul into the hands of my Savior, in full confidence that, having redeemed and washed it in His most precious blood, He will present it faultless before my heavenly Father; and I entreat my children to maintain and defend, at all hazard and at any cost of personal sacrifice, the blessed doctrine of the complete atonement for sin through the blood of Jesus Christ, once offered, and through that alone."

In the matter of his soul's eternal blessing, J. P. Morgan's vast wealth was powerless. He was just as dependent on God's mercy as was the dying thief at Calvary. No matter who you are or what you have done, only Christ can save you, for only "the blood of Jesus Christ. .  . cleanseth . . . from all sin" (1 John 1:7).

From, HOPE for Each Day: Morning & Evening Devotions, by Billy Graham.