The Blood of Christ
S. M. Haughton. Ephesians 2:13 But now in Christ Jesus you who sometimes were far off are made near by the blood of Christ. Captain Hedley Vicars, when under deep conviction of sin, one morning came to his table almost broken hearted, and bowed to the dust with a sense of his guilt. "Oh, wretched man that I am!" he repeated to himself, at the same time glancing at his Bible, which lay open before him. His eyes suddenly rested on that beautiful verse, "The blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth from all sin." "Then," said he, "it can cleanse me from mine"; and he instantly believed with his heart unto righteousness, and was filled with peace and joy. From that time to the hour in which he lay bathed in his own blood, in the trenches before Sebastopol, he never doubted his forgiveness, or God's ability and willingness to pardon the chief of sinners. (S. M. Haughton.) Parallel Verses KJV: But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ. WEB: But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off are made near in the blood of Christ.