It quenches the thirst of the soul''

Back to THE LOVINGNESS OF JESUS 2

---

(Horatius Bonar, "The Revelation of Jesus Christ")

"My blood is the true drink!" John 6:55

The blood of the Lamb contains the true drink for the 
soul. It quenches the thirst of the soul--the thirst 
of parching produced by an evil conscience and a sense 
of wrath. It removes the wrath and the sense of wrath, 
by showing us that wrath transferred to the Substitute. 

It relieves the conscience when first we come into 
contact with it; and it keeps it relieved from day 
to day, as we drink it by faith. 

It is 'the true drink.' 
It calms!
It revives! 
It refreshes! 
It soothes!

It is like cold water to the thirsty lips under a 
scorching sun. Nothing but the blood can allay 
this thirst; nothing else can be . . .
  drink for the soul, 
  drink for the intellect, 
  drink for the conscience, 
  drink for the heart!