6 SEPTEMBER (1874)
For whom did Christ die?
‘Christ died for the ungodly.’ Romans 5:6
SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: Luke 15:1–24
I see the Good Shepherd in all the energy of his mighty love going forth into the dreadful wilderness. For whom is he gone forth? For the ninety and nine who feed at home? No, but into the desert his love sends him, over hill and dale, to seek the one lost sheep which has gone astray. Behold, I see him arousing his church, like a good housewife, to cleanse her house. With the broom of the law she sweeps and with the candle of the word she searches. For what? For those bright new coined pieces fresh from the mint, which glitter safely in her purse? Assuredly not, but for that lost piece which has rolled away into the dust and lies hidden in the dark corner.
And lo, the grandest of all visions, I see the Eternal Father himself, in the infinity of his love, going forth in haste to meet a returning child. And whom does he go to meet? The elder brother returning from the field, bringing his sheaves with him? An Esau, who has brought him savoury meat such as his soul loves? A Joseph whose godly life has made him lord over all Egypt? No, the Father leaves his home to meet a returning prodigal, who has companied with harlots and groveled among swine, and who comes back to him in disgraceful rags and disgusting filthiness!
It is on a sinner’s neck that the Father weeps; it is on a guilty cheek that he sets his kisses; it is for an unworthy one that the fatted calf is killed, the best robe is worn and the house is made merry with music and dancing. Yes, tell it, and let it ring round heaven and earth—‘Christ died for the ungodly.’ Mercy seeks the guilty, and grace has to do with the impious, the irreligious and the wicked. The physician has not come to heal the healthy, but to heal the sick.
FOR MEDITATION: (Our Own Hymn Book no.553 v.2—William Hiley Bathurst, 1831)
‘How can a soul condemned to die
Escape the just decree?
A vile, unworthy wretch am I,
But Jesus died for me.’
C. H. Spurgeon and Terence Peter Crosby, 365 Days with Spurgeon (Volume 4), (Leominster, UK: Day One Publications, 2007), 260.
For whom did Christ die?
‘Christ died for the ungodly.’ Romans 5:6
SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: Luke 15:1–24
I see the Good Shepherd in all the energy of his mighty love going forth into the dreadful wilderness. For whom is he gone forth? For the ninety and nine who feed at home? No, but into the desert his love sends him, over hill and dale, to seek the one lost sheep which has gone astray. Behold, I see him arousing his church, like a good housewife, to cleanse her house. With the broom of the law she sweeps and with the candle of the word she searches. For what? For those bright new coined pieces fresh from the mint, which glitter safely in her purse? Assuredly not, but for that lost piece which has rolled away into the dust and lies hidden in the dark corner.
And lo, the grandest of all visions, I see the Eternal Father himself, in the infinity of his love, going forth in haste to meet a returning child. And whom does he go to meet? The elder brother returning from the field, bringing his sheaves with him? An Esau, who has brought him savoury meat such as his soul loves? A Joseph whose godly life has made him lord over all Egypt? No, the Father leaves his home to meet a returning prodigal, who has companied with harlots and groveled among swine, and who comes back to him in disgraceful rags and disgusting filthiness!
It is on a sinner’s neck that the Father weeps; it is on a guilty cheek that he sets his kisses; it is for an unworthy one that the fatted calf is killed, the best robe is worn and the house is made merry with music and dancing. Yes, tell it, and let it ring round heaven and earth—‘Christ died for the ungodly.’ Mercy seeks the guilty, and grace has to do with the impious, the irreligious and the wicked. The physician has not come to heal the healthy, but to heal the sick.
FOR MEDITATION: (Our Own Hymn Book no.553 v.2—William Hiley Bathurst, 1831)
‘How can a soul condemned to die
Escape the just decree?
A vile, unworthy wretch am I,
But Jesus died for me.’
C. H. Spurgeon and Terence Peter Crosby, 365 Days with Spurgeon (Volume 4), (Leominster, UK: Day One Publications, 2007), 260.
6 SEPTEMBER (1874)
For whom did Christ die?
‘Christ died for the ungodly.’ Romans 5:6
SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: Luke 15:1–24
I see the Good Shepherd in all the energy of his mighty love going forth into the dreadful wilderness. For whom is he gone forth? For the ninety and nine who feed at home? No, but into the desert his love sends him, over hill and dale, to seek the one lost sheep which has gone astray. Behold, I see him arousing his church, like a good housewife, to cleanse her house. With the broom of the law she sweeps and with the candle of the word she searches. For what? For those bright new coined pieces fresh from the mint, which glitter safely in her purse? Assuredly not, but for that lost piece which has rolled away into the dust and lies hidden in the dark corner.
And lo, the grandest of all visions, I see the Eternal Father himself, in the infinity of his love, going forth in haste to meet a returning child. And whom does he go to meet? The elder brother returning from the field, bringing his sheaves with him? An Esau, who has brought him savoury meat such as his soul loves? A Joseph whose godly life has made him lord over all Egypt? No, the Father leaves his home to meet a returning prodigal, who has companied with harlots and groveled among swine, and who comes back to him in disgraceful rags and disgusting filthiness!
It is on a sinner’s neck that the Father weeps; it is on a guilty cheek that he sets his kisses; it is for an unworthy one that the fatted calf is killed, the best robe is worn and the house is made merry with music and dancing. Yes, tell it, and let it ring round heaven and earth—‘Christ died for the ungodly.’ Mercy seeks the guilty, and grace has to do with the impious, the irreligious and the wicked. The physician has not come to heal the healthy, but to heal the sick.
FOR MEDITATION: (Our Own Hymn Book no.553 v.2—William Hiley Bathurst, 1831)
‘How can a soul condemned to die
Escape the just decree?
A vile, unworthy wretch am I,
But Jesus died for me.’
C. H. Spurgeon and Terence Peter Crosby, 365 Days with Spurgeon (Volume 4), (Leominster, UK: Day One Publications, 2007), 260.
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