one more time, perhaps even in the same sin, we must resort to the cleansing blood of Jesus.
As a well-known gospel hymn from the 19th century expressed it,
'what can wash away my sin?
nothing but the blood of Jesus;
what can make me whole again?
nothing but the blood of Jesus.'
It is not our contrition or sorrow for our sin, it is not our repentance, it is not even the passing
of a certain number of hours during which we feel we are on some kind of probation that cleanses
us. It is the blood of Christ, shed once for all on Calvary two thousand years ago but
appropriated daily or even many times a day that cleanses our consciences and gives us a
renewed sense of peace with God" ( p. 58 The Discipline of Grace. Jerry Bridges).
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