ing, "This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many unto remission of sins." That night, in agony of prayer and bloody sweat, "the Savior wrestles alone with fears"-"for others' guilt the Man of Sorrows weeps in blood." That night He was betrayed by a disciple, was arrested by a mongrel mob, and, after a judicial outrage in the Jewish court, He died on the cross between two criminals, His last words being, "It is finished." He was buried, and on the third day rose from the dead, appeared several times to His followers, and about forty days later visibly ascended from the earth. A few days after this event a strange illumination and unction came upon the waiting Christians, and from that day to this the apostles and their successors have preached through this Man's death the forgiveness of human sin, salvation from moral evil, and final redemption from all human ills. From the day of Pentecost to the "Amen" of the Book of Revelation, on every page of the New Testament is written the pathetic and consoling melody, "Christ died for our sins." Wonderful old story! How it has stirred millions of human hearts and softened them into tenderness and goodness! What does it all mean? |