You Must Have the Blood on Your Door — Winkie Pratney

The Lamb of God and the Penalty of Sin

If Jesus died for all, are all forgiven. If the Lamb of God satisfied the substitution for the required penalty of sin that you and I deserve, isn't it now okay? Put yourself in the place of a firstborn son in our Hebrew household.

The Blood of the Lamb Must Be Applied

The Lamb is slain. The blood lies there in the basin. And you realize, this is my substitute. This little innocent represents my guilt and has died instead of me. All right? Question. Are you out of danger?

Greater Condemnation for the Unapplied Sacrifice

No, you are not. You are in even greater danger than you were before. Because the blood has been spilt, but it is still in the basin. It is not. You are in even greater danger than you were before. Because if you don't do everything God has said, you are not only a sinner, but an aware and enlightened sinner.

The Sin of Self-Centered Religious Commitment

And under double and even greater condemnation. What is the hardest sin to be safe from? Is it sodomy or lesbianism? No. Is it drug addiction or bitterness or drunkenness? No. Is it violence or blood?

No. Is it murder? No. The hardest sin to be safe from is a self-centered religious commitment. One that does something like what God wants you to do, without actually doing it. That goes halfway towards obedience and then turns away short of the mark.

Partial Commitment and the Hindrance to Spiritual Awakening

And it doesn't matter whether you miss by an inch or two or a yard when you try to jump the gap between two 60-story buildings. Because a miss is as good as a mile. And one of the major things that is holding up spiritual awakening in this country is the partial commitment of those who claim to be Christ.

Putting the Blood on Your Door

They know the blood has been spilled. They know the Lamb has died. God has time and care for all struggling young Christians. But you must have the blood on your door.