The Priceless Price

“The satisfaction 77iust carry proporiicni with the merit of the offejice. A debt of a thoiisaiid pou?ids is not discJiarged by two or three brass farthings. Creaticres are fitiite, their acts of obedience are already due to God, and their sufferings for one another, if they had been allowed, would have beeti of li?nited 17tjlue?tce” Jesus alone, as the Son of God, could present a substitution sufficient to meet the case of men condemned for their iniquities. The majesty of his nature, his freedom from personal obligation to the law, and the intensity of his griefs, all give to his atonement a virtue which elsewhere can never be discovered. None of the sons of men “can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him.” Jesus only could stand in our soul’s stead, and pay the dreadful price.

What sinners we are! What a sacrifice has been presented for us! No brass farthings were our price; nay, gold and silver are called “corruptible things” when compared with the precious blood which has paid our ransom.