That dagger which stabbed the Savior's heart to death!
(You will find it helpful to LISTEN to the Audio, as you READ the text below.)
We never know the full evil of our iniquities--until we see what it cost our precious Redeemer to put them away.
The true Christian looks upon sin, as we would regard a knife rusted with gore with which some villain had killed our mother, our wife, or our child.Could we play with it?
Could we wear it as a jewel hung around our necks?
Could we even endure it in our sight?
Accursed thing, stained with the heart's blood of my beloved--I would gladly fling you into the bottomless abyss!
Sin is that dagger which stabbed the Savior's heart to death! Henceforth it must be the abomination of every man who has been redeemed by the sin-atoning sacrifice of Jesus.
"A bleeding Savior I have viewed,
And now I hate my sin!"
"May you have the power to understand, as all God's people should--how wide, how long, how high, and how deep His love is. May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully." Ephesians 3:18-19
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You may want to listen to Isaac Watts' beautiful hymn, "The Sovereignty of God".