The Great Salvation in God Alone

Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD there is mercy, and with Him is plenteous redemption. And He shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities. – Psalm 130:7,8

At this moment the manifestation of God standeth thus: His dear Son has descended from the highest heavens, and taken upon Himself our human nature, so that He is God and man in one sacred and mysterious Person. In that complex form, the Word made flesh dwelt among men on earth some thirty years and more; and then He took upon Himself the weight of human sin and bare it upon His shoulders up to the cross. He was arrested by the hand of divine justice and treated by justice as if He had been a sinner, though sinner He could never be. He was numbered with the transgressors, and given over to wicked men, who, in their willful malice, scourged Him, spit upon Him, crowned Him with thorns, and condemned Him to a felon’s death. He died, not for any iniquity of His own; but for the transgression of His people was He smitten. The chastisement of our peace was upon Him; yea, “He was made a curse for us;” and even more: “He was made sin for us, that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him.” “He died, the Just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God.” If then, we would trust God for our personal salvation, we must confide in Him as He manifests Himself for that purpose; and as we perceive that God sets forth Christ to be a propitiation for our sin, we must accept that ordained way of putting away our sin. This is the way in which “with the Lord there is mercy, and with Him is plenteous redemption;” and thus it is that “He shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.” ~ C.H. Spurgeon

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