DAILY?READINGS: 2 Kings 14:23 to 15:31; Jer. 50:1-20; Titus 1 to 2:8
Then said He unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death. Matthew 26:38
Here is the God/Man declaring that His divine soul (not His persona, nor His flesh) is afflicted with sorrow of such magnitude as to bring it to the contemplation of death. Why? Because of His contemplation of our cup of sin, which comes from the very core of our sinful nature. And the horror of drinking that cup brought His holy soul to an agony that was unto death. No other burden could have drawn His soul to that point. No other love could have redeemed our souls. —Doug Kazen
Man of sorrows! What a name, for the Son of God, who came;
Ruined sinners to reclaim! Hallelujah! What a Saviour!
—Philip P. Bliss