Jesus paid it all, all to Him I owe, Sin had left a crimson stain, He washed it white as snow. Couldn’t help in preparing and in reading todays commentary this hymn keeps coming to mind. I pray that it pleases Him that we do not hear thunder or muffled sounds of an Angle but the call and words of the Spirit. I pray that in this and all things that He may and will be glorified.
Extra Credit: It is a gross mis-understatement to say Jesus Deservers our best but that is the focus of todays bonus article by Charles Spurgeon.
Jhn 12:28 Father, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.
Jhn 12:29 The people therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it thundered: others said, An angel spake to him.
Jhn 12:30 Jesus answered and said, This voice came not because of me, but for your sakes.
- Why did some hear the voice and others heard thunder? (Act 9:4)
Glorify thy name. Glorify thy finished work of redemption. Glorify thy, in giving your beloved Son to be made of woman and made under the law. Glorify thy sacrifice in your precious Son and bruising Him on the tree. Glorify thy, in love, mercy, truth, justice, righteousness, sovereignty, power, and grace.
Christ had just looked in the face of death. He knew intimately what was to come. He saw the wages that must be paid for sin. He saw the persecution and pain He would experience. He knew that His Fathers eyes would turn from Him. He saw the true blackness and evil of sin and knew it would be fully imputed to Him to bare on the cross. He saw all of this and willing bowed to it that His Father may be glorified.
The Father heard ever word of His Son and knew His every thought. He knew intimately what was to come. He knew the wages of sin, and knew what price must be paid. He knew the persecution and pain His Son would experience. He knew that He must forsake His Son on the cross. He knew the deeps and darkness of sin and knew that with the sin of His elect imputed to His Son He must punish it fully. He knew all these things and willing gave up His beloved Son that His Son may be glorified.
