the Third Week after Easter
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Daily Devotionals
John Gossner's Treasury
Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, who also maketh intercession for us. Romans 8:34.
’Who is he that condemneth? " Thus asks Paul. May you also ask thus when sin and Satan assail you and would deprive you of all comfort and faith. Flee to the cross of Christ. Consider Him and see how He bows His head and dies. He inclines His head to you; He dies that you may live. O sacred sojourn at the death of Jesus upon the cross! As the bees rest in the flowers and bury themselves deeply in their calyxes and absorb, their sweet nectar, so every pious soul lies down upon the cross of Christ, settles his heart and thoughts deeply, as deeply as possible, into the cup of Christ’s woe and atoning love, and absorbs from the eternal fountain of healing all comfort in life and death. What greater comfort could the Father bestow upon sinful men than that He let His Son die for them upon the cross? Who can now impute to us our sins? Who can judge or condemn us when the offended One, against whom we have sinned, who alone would have the right to condemn and punish, has permitted Himself to be condemned and executed in behalf of the sinners deserving of condemnation and punishment? The judge Himself dies for the malefactor. Who then shall prosecute and judge the malefactor? The Lord, the Judge, suffers the punishment of the servant. Who, then, shall punish the servant? The One that has been wronged prays for the wrongdoer. Who, then, shall condemn the sinner?
My faith looks up to Thee,
Thou Lamb of Calvary,
Savior divine;
Now hear me while I pray;
Take all my guilt away;
Oh, let me from this day
Be wholly Thine,
