0511. THE DEATH OF CHRIST

THE DEATH OF CHRIST

Isa_53:10-11

What the sun is to the Heavens and the earth, the death of Christ is to the Bible and to Christianity. Look at-

I. The Nature of It. "It pleased the Lord to bruise Him, He hath put Him to grief." The Rationalist can only see in Christ’s death a martyr to Jewish malice and Roman contempt; but it pleased Jehovah to bruise Him. "He spared not His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all." He was bruised between the upper and nether millstones of God’s justice and man’s guilt. He could say, "No man taketh My life from Me, I lay it down of Myself.." His was a voluntary, God-ordained sacrifice.

II. The Purpose of It. "To make His soul an offering for sin." What an infinite depth of difference there was between "His soul" and "sin." Only God can fully judge the value of the one and the demerit of the other. The greatness of the price reveals the awfulness of the condition. He poured out the treasures of His soul, that the sin of my soul might be taken away. The price was all-sufficient in the sight of God, and so the redemption is eternal.

III. The Result of It. "He shall be satisfied." A. woman forgetteth her travail, for joy that a man is born into the world. He shall see of the travail of His soul, but shall He ever forget it? He shall rejoice that a bride has been born into the world, and shall be satisfied when she is safely brought home to the marriage festival and to His eternal glory. We also shall be satisfied when we awake in His likeness. Meanwhile, by life and lip we are to show forth the saving, sanctifying, satisfying power of His death till He come.

Autor: James Smith