{"id":5959,"date":"2021-03-08T00:18:11","date_gmt":"2021-03-08T00:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=5959"},"modified":"2021-03-08T00:18:11","modified_gmt":"2021-03-08T00:18:11","slug":"%ef%bb%bfit-was-his-own-love-that-fastened-him-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=5959","title":{"rendered":"\ufeffIt was His own love that fastened Him there!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It was His own love that fastened Him there!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Octavius Winslow, \u201cMorning Thoughts\u201d)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cJesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon Him.\u201d  John 18:4<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His voluntariness was not founded on ignorance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He well knew what the covenant of redemption<\/p>\n\n\n\n

involved; what stern justice demanded. The entire<\/p>\n\n\n\n

scene of His humiliation was before Him, in all its<\/p>\n\n\n\n

dark and somber hues . . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  the manger,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  the bloodthirsty king,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  the scorn and ridicule of His countrymen,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  the unbelief of His own kinsmen,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  the mental agony of Gethsemane,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  the bloody sweat,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  the bitter cup,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  the waywardness of His disciples,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  the betrayal of one,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  the denial of another,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  the forsaking of all,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  the mock trial,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  the purple robe,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  the crown of thorns,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  the infuriated cries, \u201cAway with Him, away<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        with Him! Crucify Him, crucify Him!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  the heavy cross,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  the painful crucifixion,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  the cruel taunts,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  the vinegar and the gall,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  the hidings of His Father\u2019s countenance,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  the concentrated horrors of the curse,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  the last cry of anguish,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  the falling of the head,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  the giving up the spirit;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

all, all was before the omniscient mind of the<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of God, with vividness equal to its reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And yet He willingly rushed to the rescue of<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ruined man! He voluntarily, though He knew<\/p>\n\n\n\n

the price of pardon was His blood, gave Himself<\/p>\n\n\n\n

up thus to the bitter, bitter agony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And did He regret that He had undertaken the work?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Never!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every step He took from Bethlehem to Calvary<\/p>\n\n\n\n

did but unfold the willingness of Jesus to die.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oh, how amazing was the love of Jesus!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This, this was the secret why He did not spare<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His own life. He loved sinners too well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He loved us better than Himself. With all our<\/p>\n\n\n\n

sinfulness, guilt, wretchedness, and poverty;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He yet loved us so much as to give Himself an<\/p>\n\n\n\n

offering and sacrifice unto God for us. Here was<\/p>\n\n\n\n

the springhead where these streams of mercy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

flowed from. This was the gushing fountain<\/p>\n\n\n\n

that was opened when He died.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And when they taunted Him and said, \u201cIf You are<\/p>\n\n\n\n

the King of the Jews, save Yourself,\u201d oh, what a<\/p>\n\n\n\n

reply did His silence give, \u201cI came not to save<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myself, but My people. I hang here, not for My<\/p>\n\n\n\n

own sins, but for theirs. I could save Myself,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

but I came to give My life a ransom for many.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They thought the nails alone kept Him<\/p>\n\n\n\n

to the cross. He knew it was His own love<\/p>\n\n\n\n

that fastened Him there!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Behold the strength of Immanuel\u2019s love!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Come, fall prostrate, adore and worship Him!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oh, what love was His!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oh the depth!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do not content not yourself with standing upon<\/p>\n\n\n\n

the shore of this ocean; enter into it, drink largely<\/p>\n\n\n\n

from it. It is for you, if you but feel . . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

   your nothingness,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

   your poverty,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

   your vileness;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

this ocean is for you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is not for angels, it is for men.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is not for the righteous, but for sinners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then drink to the full from the love of Jesus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do not be satisfied with small supplies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Take a large vessel to the fountain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The larger the demand, the larger the supply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The more needy, the more welcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The more vile, the more fit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It was His own love that fastened Him there! (Octavius Winslow, \u201cMorning Thoughts\u201d) \u201cJesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon Him.\u201d  John 18:4 His voluntariness was not founded on ignorance. He well knew what the covenant of redemption involved; what stern justice demanded. The entire scene of His humiliation was before Him, in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,72,35,131,34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-author-octavius-winslow","category-christ-and-his-church","category-gods-attributes","category-gods-justice","category-gods-love"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5959","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=5959"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5959\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5960,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5959\/revisions\/5960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}