"In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him." 1 John 4:9.
"God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." Romans 5:8.
“Jesus suffered the extreme penalty of the law for our
transgression, and justice was fully satisfied. The law is not abrogated; it
has not lost one jot of its force. Instead, it stands forth in holy dignity,
Christ's death on the cross testifying to its immutability. Its demands have
been met, its authority maintained.
“God spared not His
only-begotten Son. To show the depth of His love for man, He delivered Him up
for us all. "Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the
world" (John 1:29). Behold Him dying on the cross. Behold Him who was
equal with God, mocked and derided by the mob. Behold Him in Gethsemane, bowed
under the burden of the sins of the whole world.
“Was the penalty
remitted because He was the Son of God? Were the vials of wrath withheld from
Him who was made sin for us? Without abatement the penalty fell upon our divine-human
Substitute.
“Hear His cry,
"My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" (Mark 15:34). He was
treated as a sinner, that we might be treated as righteous, that God might be
just, and yet the justifier of the sinner. . . .
“The love
existing between the Father and His Son cannot be portrayed. It is measureless.
In Christ, God saw the beauty and perfection of excellence that dwells in
Himself. Wonder, O heavens, and be astonished, O earth, for God spared not His
own Son, but gave Him up to be made sin for us, that those who believe may be
made the righteousness of God in Him. . . .
“Language is too feeble for us to attempt to
portray the love of God. We believe it, we rejoice in it, but we cannot
comprehend it.” ¾In
Heavenly Places, page 15.
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