By These, My Wounds

Sherry Character of Jesus, Christian Life, promises, salvation, Sovereignty of God

And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to Himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; – 2 Corinthians 5:18

You know, dear friends, that the great God did send another ambassador, and that great ambassador was Christ. Now the Apostle says that we, the ministers, are ambassadors for Christ in Christ’s stead. Christ is no more an ambassador; He has gone to heaven; we stand in His stead to the sons of men, not to make peace, but to proclaim it. What! am I then to speak in Christ’s stead!.. Methinks I see Him looking at this great throng as once He looked at the inhabitants of Jerusalem. He turns His head round to these galleries, and about on yonder aisles, and at last He bursts into a flood of tears, saying, “How often would I have gathered thy children together as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not.” He is choked with tears, and when He has paused a moment, He cries, “Come unto Me all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest; take My yoke upon you and learn of Me, for I am meek and lowly of heart, and ye shall find rest unto your souls; a bruised reed I will not break, nor quench the smoking flax.”

“By these, My wounds, which I endured when suffering for you, O My people, return unto Me; come, bow at My feet, and take the peace which I have wrought out for you.” Oh! be not faithless, but believing! Doubt no longer! God is reconciled! Tremble no more! Peace is established. ~ C.H. Spurgeon

https://www.blueletterbible.org/Comm/spurgeon_charles/sermons/3497.cfm

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