Calvary's Stupendous Scene by
Henry Law It is finished John 19, 30 Holy Father, the heavens, the
earth, and all that are therein proclaim your wondrous goodness. but your love shines forth in
surpassing luster at Calvary's stupendous scene. At the cross,
we see your heavenly grace removing the tremendous load of our iniquities
from us and heaping them all on your beloved Son. We see Him
standing as a transgressor in our place, We see Him who knew
no sin made sin for us. We see Him, the All-Holy One,
accounted as a curse. We see Your justice leading the
spotless Lamb to the slaughter, and rigorously demanding the
full payment for all our sin-debt. the avenging sword entered into
his very heart. The stream of sin-atoning blood
flows. Full recompense was meted out. Divine justice can ask no more. Charges against us are all obliterated. The debt book is cancelled. If our sins are searched for,
they cannot now be found. The spotless Lamb was devoted
to all anguish, that we may be inheritors of all joy. He was cast off from you, that
we may be brought near to you. He was treated as your enemy,
that we may be welcomed as your friends. He was deserted by you,
that we may be received to your everlasting favor. He was surrendered
to hell's worse, that we may attain heaven's best. He was
stripped, that we may be clothed. He was wounded, that we may be
healed. He thirsted that we may drink
of the water of life. He was in darkness that we may
rejoice in the glories of eternal day. He wept that all tears may
be forever wiped from our eyes. He groaned, that we may sing
an endless song. He endured all pain, that we
may rejoice in unfading health. He wore a crown of thorns, that
we may receive a crown of glory. He bowed his head in death, that
we might lift up our head in heaven. He bore earth's reproach,
that we may receive heaven's welcome. He was tormented, that
we may be comforted. He was made all shame, that we
may inherit all glory. His eyes were dark in death,
that our eyes may gaze on unclouded brightness. He died and rose,
that we may escape the second death and live for evermore. O gracious Father, thus you spared
not your only begotten Son, that you may spare us. All our sins
are cast behind your back. All are buried in the ocean of
reconciling blood. We can only fall low and cry. We adore you for the gift of
your son as our substitute, for the death of your son as our
ransom. Blessed Jesus, we have been standing
beneath your cross. The sight constrains us to the
deepest humility. Our vile iniquity is the cause
of your shame. We cannot fathom the sins which
plunged you into such depths of unutterable woe. We cannot
estimate the burden of wrath which thus crushed you. We cannot
deny that the sins which stain us are evils of infinite malignity,
since nothing but your blood could wash away their guilty
stains. As transgressors, we abhor ourselves
before you. While we humbly gaze, may we
anxiously ponder, Why, blessed Jesus, why did you thus die? May your precious answer sound
through every part of our hearts and souls. I died that you may
not die. I laid down my life to purchase
your life. I presented myself as a sin offering
to expiate all your sins. I laid down my life to purchase
your life. I presented myself as a sin offering
to expiate all your sins. My blood thus streams to wash
out all your guilt. the fountain is thus opened in
my side to cleanse you from all impurity. I thus endured your
curse, I thus paid your debt, I thus rescued you from all condemnation,
I thus satisfied divine justice for you.