Jesus has borne the death penalty on our behalf. Behold the wonder! There He hang upon the cross!
Interpretation
This quote reflects on the sacrificial nature of Jesus's death, emphasizing the wonder and significance of His sacrifice for humanity.
Charles Spurgeon's quote highlights the profound theological belief that Jesus Christ took on the consequences of sin by sacrificing Himself on the cross. This act is seen as the ultimate demonstration of love and grace, providing a deep sense of awe and reverence for believers who recognize the magnitude of this sacrifice on their behalf.
In practice
In a sermon discussing the significance of sacrifice in our lives, one might reference this quote to emphasize selflessness.
Amusement should be used to do us good “like a medicine”: it must never be used as the food of the man...Many have had all holy thoughts and gracious resolutions stamped out by perpetual trifling. Pleasure so called is the murderer of thought. This is the age of excessive amusement: everybody craves for it, like a babe for its rattle.
When you see no present advantage, walk by faith and not by sight. Do God the honor to trust Him when it comes to matters of loss for the sake of principle.
It is far easier to fight with sin in public than to pray against it in private.
You will never glory in God till first of all God has killed your glorying in yourself.
After faith comes repentance, or, rather, repentance is faith's twin brother and is born at the same time.
["All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant."] The original Hebrew word that has been translated "paths" means "well-worn roads' or "wheel tracks," such ruts as wagons make when they go down our green roads in wet weather and sink in up to the axles. God's ways are at times like heavy wagon tracks that cut deep into our souls, yet all of them are merciful.
The Middle Ages burned its heretics and the modern age threatens them with atom bombs.
The resurrection completes the inauguration of God's kingdom. . . . It is the decisive event demonstrating thet God's kingdom really has been launched on earth as it is in heaven." "The message of Easter is that God's new world has been unveiled in Jesus Christ and that you're now invited to belong to it.
When this awareness grows, dreaming stops, by and by. When this awareness grows, the wheel moves slower and slower, because there is no point. You never move, so what is the point of travelling the whole earth? You remain the same; then desires slow down. One day it happens: the wheel is as silent, as unmoving as the hub. That is the point when enlightenment happens.
Let you look sometimes for the goodness in me, and judge me not.
Uptown is for people who have already done something. Downtown is where they’re doing something now. I live uptown but I love downtown.
Humanity, you never had it from the beginning." That was my motto.
Subscribe for the occasional hand-picked quote. No noise.