I'm not sure why, but the blood of Jesus seems to be a mysterious topic. I'm not sure how many sermons are preached on it these days. Are we collectively squeamish? I don't know. So I really appreciate this song.
I think our lack of understanding the blood of Jesus leads us to try to be righteous on our own - putting ourselves back under the law actually. If we just get the balance of doing right and doing wrong right we'll be ok. If we're just better than most people. I'll admit that I find there's a part of me that really wants a point system - I want credit for the good things I do, or even think of doing. I want credit for not saying the things I shouldn't say anyway. I want credit for not doing something I'm not supposed to do. I want even my intentions to count. I enjoyed the tv show The Good Place because they really delved into what a point system might look like. There's a quote, I can't remember from who, that says we judge ourselves on our intentions but others on their actions. I know CS Lewis talks about how we loves ourselves, how we give ourselves every benefit of the doubt.
Anyway. The only righteousness there is is in the blood of Jesus. I'm either covered by it or I'm not. From there the Bible says obedience is better than sacrifice. I know there's so much freedom and joy in really knowing the truth and depth of those two things.
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