“He trusted in God; let Him deliver Him now if He will have Him; for He said, ‘I am the Son of God.’” – Matthew 27:43
My beloved brethren, you who know the Lord by faith and live by trusting in Him, let me invite you to observe the acknowledgement which these mockers made of our Lord’s faith: “He trusted in God.” Yet the Saviour did not wear any peculiar garb or token by which He let men know that He trusted in God. He was not a recluse, neither did He join some little knot of separatists, who boasted their peculiar trust in Jehovah. Although our Saviour was separate from sinners, yet He was eminently a man among men, and He went in and out among the multitude as one of themselves. His one peculiarity was that “He trusted in God.” He was so perfectly a man that, although He was undoubtedly a Jew, there were no Jewish peculiarities about Him. Any nation might claim Him; but no nation could monopolize Him. The characteristics of our humanity are so palpably about Him that He belongs to all mankind. I admire the Welch sister who was of the opinion that the Lord Jesus must be Welch. When they asked her how she proved it, she said that He always spoke to her heart in Welch. Doubtless it was so, and I can, with equal warmth, declare that He always speaks to me in English. Brethren from Germany, France, Sweden, Italy-you all claim that He speaks to you in your own tongue. This was the one thing which distinguished Him among men-“He trusted in God,” and He lived such a life as naturally grows out of faith in the Eternal Lord. This peculiarity had been visible even to that ungodly multitude who least of all cared to perceive a spiritual point of character. Was ever any other upon a cross thus saluted by the mob who watched his execution? Had these scorners ever mocked anyone before for such a matter as this? I trow not. Yet faith had been so manifest in our Lord’s daily life that the crowd cried out aloud, “He trusted in God.” ~ C.H. Spurgeon
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