Hear Ye ~ Christ Died for Sinners!
"For
He
hath made Him
to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the
righteousness of God in Him."
-II
CORINTHIANS
5:21 [KJV]
Our
blessed Lord offered Himself for sin; that is, that He might put away
sin by the sacrifice of Himself— "Who
His
own self bare our sins in His
own body on the tree" [I
PETER 2:24].
It was absolutely necessary either that the sinner should suffer in
his own person, or in that of a substitute. Jesus became this
Substitute; He stood virtually in the sinner's place, and endured in
His holy body and soul the punishment due to Him; for He "was
numbered with the transgressors." He thus, by the
shedding of His most precious blood, opened in His sacred body a
fountain for all sin and all uncleanness [ZECHARIAH
13:1].
The
cross was the place on which this sacrifice was offered; for as the
blood of the slain lamb was poured out at the foot of the altar,
sprinkled upon its horns, and burned in its ever-enduring fire, so
our blessed Lord shed His blood upon the cross. He there endured the
wrath of God to the uttermost; He there put away sin by the sacrifice
of Himself; He there offered His holy soul and body, the whole of His
pure and sacred humanity, in union with His eternal Deity, as an
expiation for the sins of His people.
Thus
all their sin was atoned for, expiated, put away, blotted out, and
will never more be imputed to them. This is the grand mystery of
redeeming love and atoning blood. Here the cross shines forth in all
its splendour; here God and man meet at the sacrifice of the God-man;
and here, amidst the sufferings and sorrows, the groans and tears,
the blood and obedience of God's dear Son in our nature, grace reigns
through righteousness unto eternal life.
-Gospel
report by preacher J.C. Philpot (1802-1869 A.D.)
March
31st, EARS FROM HARVESTED SHEAVES
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