DAILY?READINGS: 1 Samuel 3; Isaiah 46; 2 Corinthians 6:11 to 7:16
I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren. – Romans 9:3
Our blessed Lord experienced the aggregate suffering of all our sins in those three hours on the cross. Because He was sinless and divine, He was the only one who could finish the work. All the eternal despair, utter abandonment, the curse of God, and darkness due to us through the eternal ages, He paid it. He suffered that we might go free. We are now forever free to praise His Name, He who bore our guilt and shame. We bow our hearts in worship! —Vernon Markle
Bearing shame and scoffing rude; in my place condemn’ed He stood;
Seal’d my pardon with His blood: Hallelujah! what a Saviour!
—Philip P. Bliss