27 SEPTEMBER (1874)
Abundant pardon
‘He will abundantly pardon.’ Isaiah 55:7
SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: 1 John 1:5–2:2
That there is abundant pardon may be clearly seen from the fact that the substitute was not an angel, nor a creature of limited power and merit; but he who came to save us was none other than God himself, ‘very God of very God’. The fountain filled for us to wash in is not a fountain which can only cleanse a little and then will be exhausted of its virtues. The Son of God has filled it from his pierced heart, and the merit of the atoning blood is without limit. There was a limit to the purpose for which it was shed, for he ‘loved the church and gave himself for it’, but it is blasphemous to imagine that there is any boundary to the merit of the atonement itself. There is in the sacrifice of the Son of God a degree of power which seraphim cannot conceive. Were all the stars worlds, all filled with myriads of inhabitants who had revolted against God, if an atonement had been wanted for them all, it is not within my power to conceive that a greater atonement could be required for the whole host of creatures than that which Christ presented upon the cross. The boundless merit of it, therefore, makes us rejoice, for our God ‘will abundantly pardon’.
Sinner, if there had been a little saviour, you might have despaired; if the Saviour had offered a small sacrifice, or if there had been a narrow degree of merit in his agonies and cries, I might have spoken to you with bated breath; but now I know that ‘he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him’, and, therefore, I am warranted to declare to you that our God in Christ Jesus ‘will abundantly pardon’. May God send these things home to the hearts of those who are labouring under a sense of guilt.
FOR MEDITATION: (Our Own Hymn Book no.202 v.3—Samuel Davies, 1769)
‘In wonder lost, with trembling joy
We take the pardon of our God;
Pardon for crimes of deepest dye;
A pardon bought with Jesus’ blood:
Who is a pardoning God like Thee?
Or who has grace so rich and free?’
Abundant pardon
‘He will abundantly pardon.’ Isaiah 55:7
SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: 1 John 1:5–2:2
That there is abundant pardon may be clearly seen from the fact that the substitute was not an angel, nor a creature of limited power and merit; but he who came to save us was none other than God himself, ‘very God of very God’. The fountain filled for us to wash in is not a fountain which can only cleanse a little and then will be exhausted of its virtues. The Son of God has filled it from his pierced heart, and the merit of the atoning blood is without limit. There was a limit to the purpose for which it was shed, for he ‘loved the church and gave himself for it’, but it is blasphemous to imagine that there is any boundary to the merit of the atonement itself. There is in the sacrifice of the Son of God a degree of power which seraphim cannot conceive. Were all the stars worlds, all filled with myriads of inhabitants who had revolted against God, if an atonement had been wanted for them all, it is not within my power to conceive that a greater atonement could be required for the whole host of creatures than that which Christ presented upon the cross. The boundless merit of it, therefore, makes us rejoice, for our God ‘will abundantly pardon’.
Sinner, if there had been a little saviour, you might have despaired; if the Saviour had offered a small sacrifice, or if there had been a narrow degree of merit in his agonies and cries, I might have spoken to you with bated breath; but now I know that ‘he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him’, and, therefore, I am warranted to declare to you that our God in Christ Jesus ‘will abundantly pardon’. May God send these things home to the hearts of those who are labouring under a sense of guilt.
FOR MEDITATION: (Our Own Hymn Book no.202 v.3—Samuel Davies, 1769)
‘In wonder lost, with trembling joy
We take the pardon of our God;
Pardon for crimes of deepest dye;
A pardon bought with Jesus’ blood:
Who is a pardoning God like Thee?
Or who has grace so rich and free?’
27 SEPTEMBER (1874)
Abundant pardon
‘He will abundantly pardon.’ Isaiah 55:7
SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: 1 John 1:5–2:2
That there is abundant pardon may be clearly seen from the fact that the substitute was not an angel, nor a creature of limited power and merit; but he who came to save us was none other than God himself, ‘very God of very God’. The fountain filled for us to wash in is not a fountain which can only cleanse a little and then will be exhausted of its virtues. The Son of God has filled it from his pierced heart, and the merit of the atoning blood is without limit. There was a limit to the purpose for which it was shed, for he ‘loved the church and gave himself for it’, but it is blasphemous to imagine that there is any boundary to the merit of the atonement itself. There is in the sacrifice of the Son of God a degree of power which seraphim cannot conceive. Were all the stars worlds, all filled with myriads of inhabitants who had revolted against God, if an atonement had been wanted for them all, it is not within my power to conceive that a greater atonement could be required for the whole host of creatures than that which Christ presented upon the cross. The boundless merit of it, therefore, makes us rejoice, for our God ‘will abundantly pardon’.
Sinner, if there had been a little saviour, you might have despaired; if the Saviour had offered a small sacrifice, or if there had been a narrow degree of merit in his agonies and cries, I might have spoken to you with bated breath; but now I know that ‘he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him’, and, therefore, I am warranted to declare to you that our God in Christ Jesus ‘will abundantly pardon’. May God send these things home to the hearts of those who are labouring under a sense of guilt.
FOR MEDITATION: (Our Own Hymn Book no.202 v.3—Samuel Davies, 1769)
‘In wonder lost, with trembling joy
We take the pardon of our God;
Pardon for crimes of deepest dye;
A pardon bought with Jesus’ blood:
Who is a pardoning God like Thee?
Or who has grace so rich and free?’
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