There Is A Fountain

Today we finish reading John 19. Pay close attention to vss. 32-37. After Jesus died on the cross, the soldiers came to break the legs of all three, but when they saw that Jesus was already dead, they did not break His legs. This was a fulfillment of prophecy for Scripture had said, "A bone of Him shall not be broken." (see Ps.34:20). Then '...one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out.' (v.34). This also fulfilled Scripture because 'they looked upon Him whom they pierced.' (v.37 and see Ps.22:16; Zech.12:10). Blood flowed from His side and not a bone was broken. Why is this so important, beside the fact that it fulfilled Scripture? Where is blood continually produced in the body? It's produced in the bone. That's why bone marrow transplants are so important in this day of cancer treatment. Blood is continually produced in the bone. Thus, God mandated that not a bone of His body would be broken, ensuring a perpetual and inexhaustible supply of blood. That's why Paul would later declare "Where sin abounds, grace abounds yet more." (Rom.5:20). You see, the blood of Christ is sufficient to cleanse you from every sin you have ever committed or will commit because not a bone of His body was broken. Praise God! Sing with me...

"What can wash away my sin?/Nothing but the blood of Jesus./
What can make me whole again?/ Nothing but the blood of Jesus./
O precious is the flow; /that makes me white as snow./
No other fount I know;/ Nothing but the blood of Jesus."

"There is a fountain filled with blood, drawn from Immanuel's veins;/
And sinners, plunged beneath that flood, Lose all their guilty stains;/
Lose all their guilty stains, Lose all their guilty stains;/
And sinners, plunged beneath that flood, Lose all their guilty stains."/
(verse 2)
"The dying thief rejoiced to see that fountain in his day;/
And there may I, though vile as he, wash all my sins away;/
Wash all my sins away, wash all my sins away;/
And there may I, though vile as he, wash all my sins away."/
(verse 3)
"Dear dying Lamb, Thy precious blood, Shall never lose its power;/
Till all the ransomed church of God be saved, to sin no more;/
Be saved, to sin no more, Be saved to sin no more;/
Till all the ransomed church of God be saved, to sin no more."/
(verse 4)
"E'er since by faith I saw the stream Thy flowing wounds supply;/
Redeeming love has been my theme, and shall be till I die;/
And shall be till I die, And shall be till I die;/
Redeeming love has been my theme, and shall be till I die."