The JOY of Christ\u2026<\/p>\n
From Spurgeon\u2019s, \u201cThe Parable of the Lost Sheep\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cWho for the JOY that was set before him endured the A great sorrow was on Christ when our load of sin was laid on He said to himself, \u201cI have taken them up upon My shoulders, His love to them made it a JOY for him to feel His love to them made it a delight that His love to them made it a JOY for him that Even \u201cMy God, my God, why have you forsaken me?\u201d No shout of triumph can equal that cry of grief, because our Oh, you cannot understand it except in a very feeble measure!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The JOY of Christ\u2026 From Spurgeon\u2019s, \u201cThe Parable of the Lost Sheep\u201d \u201cWho for the JOY that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame.\u201d A great sorrow was on Christ when our load of sin was laid on him, but a greater joy flashed into his mind when he thought that we […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,64],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-c-h-spurgeon","category-successful-saviour"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2528"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2528\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2529,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2528\/revisions\/2529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\ncross, despising the shame.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nhim, but a greater joy flashed into his mind when he thought
\nthat we were by his death, recovered from our lost estate.<\/p>\n
\nand none can hurt them now, neither can they wander to
\ndestruction. I am bearing their sin, and they shall never come
\ninto condemnation. The penalty of their guilt has been laid
\non Me that it may never be laid on them. I am an effectual
\nand efficient Substitute for them. I am bearing their sin,
\nthat they may never bear My Father\u2019s righteous anger.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nevery lash of the scourge of justice!<\/p>\n
\nthe nails should pierce his hands and feet!<\/p>\n
\nhis heart should be broken with the absence of his Father, God.<\/p>\n
\nwhen the depths of its woe have been sounded,
\nwill be found to have pearls of joy in its caverns.<\/p>\n
\nLord joyed to bear even the forsaking by his Father, for the
\nsin of his chosen ones, whom he had loved from before
\nthe foundation of the world.<\/p>\n