Basic HTML Version
Christ Our Divine Ransom, March 5
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which
according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively
hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an
inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away,
reserved in heaven for you.
1 Peter 1:3, 4
.
“In him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily” (
Colos-
sians 2:9
). Men need to understand that Deity suffered and sank under the
agonies of Calvary. Yet Jesus Christ, whom God gave for the ransom of the
world, purchased the church with His own blood. The Majesty of heaven
was made to suffer at the hands of religious zealots, who claimed to be the
most enlightened people upon the face of the earth.
Men whom God had created, and who were dependent upon Him for
every moment of their lives, who claimed to be the children of Abraham,
worked out the wrath of Satan upon the innocent Son of the infinite God.
While Christ was bearing the heavy guilt incurred by transgression of the
law, while in the very act of bearing our sins, of carrying our sorrows, He
was mocked ... by the chief priests and rulers.... It was there that mercy
and truth met together, righteousness and peace embraced each other. Here
is a theme which all need to understand. Here are lengths and breadths,
depths and heights, that pass any computation....
The character of Christ is an infinitely perfect character. The Word
declares Him. He is lifted up and proclaimed as the One who gave His life
for the life of the world.... Christ gave His own life, that all the disloyal and
disobedient might realize the truth of the promise given in the first chapter
of John: “As many as received him, to them gave he power to become the
sons of God, even to them that believe on his name” (
John 1:12
). Tell it
over and over again. We may become the sons of God, members of the
royal family, children of the heavenly King. All who accept Jesus Christ
and hold the beginning of their confidence firm unto the end will be heirs
of God and joint heirs with Christ to “an inheritance incorruptible, and
undefiled, and that fadeth not away.
[71]
6
Manuscript 153, 1893
.
70