"CHRIST Died For The Ungodly. "

Not a loving worm, not a living worm!

"CHRIST died for the ungodly. GOD
demonstrates HIS own love for us in this:
While we were still sinners, CHRIST died
for us!"  Romans 5:6, 8

Here then was love without limitation--

beyond imitation!

"Unspeakable mercy," says Bernard,

"that the King of eternal glory should 

yield HIMSELF to be crucified 

for so poor a wretch--

yes, for a worm--

and that, not a loving worm, 

not a living worm--

for we both hated HIM, and were 

dead in sins and trespasses!"

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The above is an excerpt from a superb sermon by the puritan, Thomas Adams,
"The Passion of Christ".