Behold The Man!

This is the burden of all our preaching. Jesus died on Calvary for his people. He now has power to forgive our sins. There is no other name whereby we must be saved. He blessed the hungry, thirsty, poor, weary, heavy laden, broken in heart and all that tremble at the word of the Lord. His words are: “Look unto me, all the ends of the earth,” and the poor of earth will always love such preaching.

I think the doctrine of irnputation of our sins to him explains why he should die, and bow that death is of value to us, and at the same time exhibits God’s abhorrence of sin, even that he cannot spare his Son on account of it. It also magnifies the law of God and forever satisfies it and obtains eternal redemption for us. Thus the most rigorous claims of the law are must, and God’s justice maintained; and our certain salvation secured by the death of our dear Lord Jesus Christ. Lord, increase our faith, illuminate our dark understandings, that we may enter into this precious truth

It was said by the angels at the time of his birth, and by a heat of them ‘at that: “Glory to God in the highest.” The child Jesus is tie highest exhibition of God’s glory. One would have thought that the creation was a higher display of God’s glory; but no, the starry hosts sink into nothing when compared to the babe in the manger. “His, the brightness of His glory,” or, as it would as well he rendered, be is the out-shining or out-flashing of God’s glory. He is a vivid flash of light from the Eternal One. “The express image of His person.” The word image does not mean picture, but it means ESSENCE. He is the eternal Father. See the wise men come and bow down to the child, and worship him. See the pure spirits of heaven descend and proclaim his glory; besides many others worshipped him.

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