0263. 260. Cut

260. Cut

A Gospel address may be compiled from the relative use of the word “cut.”

1. Obstacles Removed. “Cut down their groves” (Deu_7:5; 2Ch_14:3; 2Ch_31:1; 2Ch_34:7). The groves were identified with idol worship and sin.

2. Oblation Made. “Cut off out of the land of the living” (Isa_53:8; Dan_9:26). Christ’s death was no accident. It was God’s giving, and of God’s laying down, but sin was its cause.

3. Obstinacy Rebuked. “Cut to the heart” (Act_5:33; Act_7:54), or, more correctly, “sawn through,” so they were completely confounded.

4. Offering Parted. “Cut the ram in pieces” (Exo_29:17; Lev_8:20). The ram was offered, and the blood of it was applied to Aaron and his sons at their consecration to the priesthood. The several parts of the ram were for Jehovah and the priests (Exo_29:17-28).

5. Obstruction Uprooted. “Cut it down” (Luk_13:7) means to cut out (ek kopto). There is only one thing to do with that which cumbers, and that is, remove the encumbrance—Rev_2:5.

6. Omnipotence Displayed. “Cut out of the mountain” (Dan_2:34, Dan_2:45), which expresses Christ in His might overthrowing the world powers.

7. Offensive Tongue. “The froward tongue shall He cut out” (Pro_10:31). The best way to deal with that which is dangerous is to remove it.

By: DR. F. E. MARSH