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Daily Devotionals
John Gossner's Treasury
Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steos. Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously. Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness. 1 Peter 2:21-24.
The sufferings of Jesus, however regarded, are unspeakably valuable to us. He suffered for us in every respect; first and chiefly, as our Atoner for the remission of our sins, since by faith His merits become my merits. I see Him as the Lamb of God making atonement for my sins and taking them away; by His obedience even unto death He procures for me a gracious God and Father in heaven. Secondly, Christ suffered and died to earn for us and to bestow upon us grace, spirit, power and life, for the sanctification and renewal of the inner man. His death is a fountain of life, a healing well, where all who drink are healed. Thirdly, Christ suffered and died as "an example" for us and for our consolation in suffering and death, that we may look to Him and walk in His steps, as the Apostles plainly write. He who regards Christ as the Atoner only and not also as our example, does not think and act in an apostolic manner any more than they who present Him as an example only and as a paragon of virtue, but never as the Atoner. He is everything to us. We must in no wise dismember Christ, but receive Him entire, as He presents Himself and as the Apostles preach Him to us.
Glory in the highest be
To the blessed Trinity,
For the Gospel from above.
For the word that "God is love. "
