How great the evil of sin must
be. Isaiah 53 verse 10. The Lord
was pleased to crush him and cause him to suffer. Here we
see the Immaculate Jesus crushed under the weight of his father's
wrath and his father pleased with causing him to suffer. From
whence did this arise? From the evil, the dreadful evil
of sin. Sin brought the Son of God from
heaven to earth. Sin put him to death on the cruel
cross. If Jesus had not died, the just
for the unjust, then sin would have sunk each of us into the
lowest abyss of misery forever. What must sin be when such are
the monstrous effects arising from it? And yet how lightly
do we think of sin? Did our Redeemer think lightly
of sin when he cried, My God, my God, why have you forsaken
me? Did the father think lightly
of sin when he was crushing his own beloved son and causing him
to suffer as the atoning sacrifice for our sins? Do those in hell
think lightly of sin who are now receiving the wages of it?
If nothing less than the death of Christ could expiate sin,
then is it a small evil? If sin crushed even Jesus with
its weight, then can it be seen as a light matter? We never can
see sin aright until we view it in the tears and groans, the
blood and agonies of the Son of God. In the death of Jesus,
we behold both the evil of sin and the remedy for sin. If we
look at sin in any other view, we may dread its consequences.
But we shall never hate its malignity. Only as we view sin in the death
of Jesus shall we begin to loathe it as a hateful and accursed
evil. Only as we look on Him whom we
have pierced shall we ever genuinely repent for sin. Isaiah 53 verse
5. He was pierced for my transgressions. He was crushed for my iniquities. The punishment that brought me
peace was upon Him, and by His wounds I am forgiven. Ephesians
3 verses 18-19 And may you have the power to understand, as all
God's people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep
His love is. May you experience the love of
Christ, though it is too great to understand fully.