For you, a vile sinner, a rebel
worm. By David Harsha. Ponder the amazing
love exhibited in the death of Christ. Would you see the highest
manifestation of eternal love? Then contemplate Christ crucified. Here is the grand exhibition
of infinite love. In the crucifixion of the glorious
Redeemer, the brightest love that ever shone on earth is displayed. What boundless love is seen here,
the infinite love of Christ, shining in all of its glory,
What but infinite love brought Him from the height of bliss
to the depths of suffering, From the throne of heaven to the cross
of Calvary? What but infinite love made Him
a suffering man and a dying Savior? What but infinite love made Him
hasten to Jerusalem to suffer for sinners? What but infinite
love led Him to Gethsemane to endure those agonies for sinners,
where His blessed form was covered with bloody sweat? What but infinite
love nailed Him to the cross, there to bleed and die for sinners? Greater love has no man than
this, That a man lay down his life for his friends. But oh, the greatest wonder in
the universe is That while we were yet sinners, Christ died
for us. Think of this. Wonder at it. Be amazed at it. Christ, the
glorious Son of God, dying for you, a vile sinner, a rebel worm. Oh, admire that love which pitied
you in your lost condition, visited your world, and raised you from
the depths of sin and suffering to become an heir of eternal
life and of eternal glory. How vast is this love, the all-surpassing
love of a dying Savior! Your breadths and lengths have
never been compassed by a human thought, Your depths never fathomed
by a created intelligence, Your heights never scanned by a seraph's
gaze. Stupendous love! What a theme,
the dying love of the crucified Son of God! Well may angels desire
to dwell on this mystery! Well may saints be enraptured
with this profound subject! What heart is so obdurate as
not to be melted by its touching exhibition, Or so benighted as
not to be dazzled by its glory? How wonderful that He who kindled
up the stars of heaven should take upon Him our nature and
die in our room instead. Amazing love! This is the wonder
of wonders, the unsearchable riches of Christ. Truly, the
love of Christ passes knowledge. those and those alone who have
stood by the cross and viewed Emmanuel in agonies and death,
bleeding and dying for their sins, and have felt the healing
balm applied to their diseased souls, have seen all their sins
washed away with the blood of God, their ransom paid and their
pardons sealed, will appreciate the astonishing love of Christ. This Puritan devotional has been
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