Yes, indeed, this is the wonder
of wonders, the miracle of miracles!
(Charles Spurgeon, "Flowers from a Puritan's Garden" 1883)
"CHRIST died for the ungodly!"
Romans 5:6
Yes, indeed, this is the wonder
of wonders, the miracle of miracles--
at which my mind will forever stand amazed!
That the thrice HOLY SAVIOR should
take the sinner's place, and, coming under
the sinner's doom, should be smitten of GOD--
this is a mystery past finding out!
Hell is horribly amazing--
but the death of JESUS is far more
astounding, and especially that
in death HE should cry,
forsaken ME!" (Matthew 27:46c)
Only the SON of GOD could endure
this great grief. Yet is it a mystery
of mysteries, that so divine a person
should be capable of enduring it.
The marvel is thought to be, that a man
should be able to suffer so much.
But the real marvel is that, being GOD,
HE should suffer at all. The being forsaken by
the FATHER, was the very essence of HIS grief!
My soul, adore and love--
you cannot understand it!
Behold the eclipse of your soul's Sun,
and know that, had not this been, you
would have been in the darkness
of Hell forever!
~ ~ ~ ~
GraceGems has published William Nicholson's insightful short article,
"The Heart of the Wicked is Worthless!"
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