05A.01. The First Glimpse Of Blood

01 -- THE FIRST GLIMPSE OF BLOOD When Adam sinned he made himself a covering of leaves and hid in the shrubbery and behind the giant oaks of the garden, just as people today are trying to hide their sins with the fig leaves of society, amidst the shrubbery of the church or behind the giant oaks of organization; but the covering was hardly completed when God came, calling, "Adam, where art thou?" And in spite of his hiding place he came forth and was revealed in his true and natural state. And some day God will call the people of today just as He called Adam. And when God speaks, m spite of their covering, men will be revealed in all their sins. When God found Adam He made him a coat of skin. Some animal was killed, blood was shed, a life was taken, that Adam might be placed in a presentable condition before Him. In that far away crimson spot we get our first glimpse of that blood which was poured out upon the cross that we might be placed in a presentable condition before God. There is only one place man may hide his sins where they will never be uncovered, and that is under the blood of Jesus. A preacher once asked a little boy, "Is there anything impossible with God?" "Yes," said the boy, "it is impossible for God to see my sins when they are covered by the blood." By shedding the blood of an animal God covered the sin of Adam; and by the blood of Jesus, he washes our sins away.

There’s a fountain for the cleansing of the soul,
Where the wicked wash away their sin and shame,
Where the heart can be forever more made whole,
And lose all its guilty stains.

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