SALVATION TO OUR GOD
" The L ORD hath laid upon Him the iniquity of us all." —Isaiah 53:6 [KJV] Here we behold the transaction of the glorious Trinity in the covenant of grace. Here is the display of grace in the salvation of lost sinners. Jehovah, the Father, lays or causes to meet all the sins of His people upon the Surety of the covenant, the Son of His love. Jesus undertakes to bear them. The Holy Ghost publishes this joyful truth unto the children of men; He works faith in their hearts, and bears witness with their spirits of salvation hereby. Thus the three glorious persons in the Godhead agree in one, even in this one truth, salvation by Jesus. Happy is the man who believes it. Faith looks to the purposes of grace, and rests upon the accomplishment of covenant-love. When one undertakes to be surety for another, then the debt is reckoned to him, and he accepts it. Thus our dear Saviour, our blessed Surety stood up for us, engaged in our behalf. Our debts, all our iniquities w...