Who the persons are for whom Jesus Christ has wrought out this great redemption. An improper redemption is a powerful rescue of a man from under any evil or danger in which he is. 13), "Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us." And this conjunction is twofold-either natural or mystical.1st. For the death of Christ had sufficient worth and value in it to have redeemed and restored them, being an infinite price, through the infinite dignity of His person. Salvation for the Gentiles, "That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ."2. Guthrie.One of our boys had committed an offence so bad that Mr. Gibb, his teacher, though rarely using the rod, felt it necessary to make an example of him. But the fact, unquestionably, was that the principal sufferings of this Just One came from the immediate hand of the Father himself. That is to say, the victim, as having had the whole iniquities transferred to it by the laying of the hand upon its head, had become an unclean and accursed thing, and so behoved to be carried away out of God's sight without the camp, and consumed in the fire. "(From Miss Yonge's "Book of Golden Deeds. (2) If He satisfy God for us, He must present Himself before God, as our Surety, in our stead, as well as for our good; else His obedience had signified nothing to us: To this end He was made under the law (Galatians 4:4), comes under the same obligation with us, and that as a Surety, for so He is called (Hebrews 7:22). Man's hatred to God culminated in the act that put Christ to death.3. Who the persons are for whom Jesus Christ has wrought out this great redemption. Turning to the others, "It goes," he said, "against my heart to lay a hand on that miserable creature. Now, because of this natural conjunction, the transferring the punishment from us, who are guilty, unto Christ, who is guiltless, doth, at least in this respect, answer the rules and measures of justice; that although the same person be not punished, yet the same nature is. PRACTICAL INFERENCES AND COROLLARIES.1. (1)He was of such dignity that He could represent it;(2)His act was spontaneous;(3)He was appointed of the Father;(4)foreseeing the result of His work He rejoiced to do it (Isaiah 53:11; Hebrews 13:1, 2).3. What it is to be made a curse. (2) It is just with God to inflict the punishment of our sins upon Christ, though innocent. BLESSING THROUGH CHRIST. Now the redemption made for us by Christ is a proper redemption, by way of price; and that price, not only reckoned valuable by acceptation, but, in itself, fully equivalent to the purchase, and compensatory to Divine justice.2. Spurgeon. 14), "that the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith." Birch. He who was to suffer in the stead of the disobedient must Himself be obedient in all things.2. We are redeemed from the curse. The burnt offering. Christ the sufferer must be Christ the Redeemer.2. (2) He suffered our punishment to free us from it.II. Fourthly, thus have we the wondrous explanation of the whole life of our Lord Jesus Christ, which otherwise were an inexplicable enigma. And now turn we for a moment to the passage cited by the apostle from the Pentateuch. The apostle, in the opening chapter of this Epistle, speaks of "another gospel, which is not another." Pythias having been condemned to death, he obtained leave of absence to go home and settle his affairs, and Damon pledged himself to endure the punishment if his friend did: not return. THE BLESSED CONSEQUENCES OF CHRIST'S HAVING THUS BEEN MADE A CURSE FOR US.1. And then, as it is God's curse which the apostle says Christ was made, so was it God Himself who made Him that curse. He that cannot (as no mere creature can) ought to lie for ever, as the damned do, under sufferings.3. In this blessing is included —1. (3) But the curse of the law being only duo unto sin and guilt, it remains yet to be inquired how this curse could be justly inflicted on our Saviour, who was infinitely pure and innocent; and to whom the Scripture gives this testimony, that He did no sin, neither was guile found in His mouth (1 Peter 2:22). This curse of the law is the most dreadful thing imaginable; it strikes at the life of a sinner, yea, his best life, the eternal life of the soul; and when it hath condemned, it is inexorable, no cries nor tears, no reformations or repentance, can loose the guilty sinner: for it requires for its reparation that which no mere creature can give, even an infinite satisfaction. Thus much may suffice to establish this great truth. It is true He hath already demonstrated His hate against it by ruthful examples upon all the creatures. And accordingly as any affliction or suffering tends to the promoting of these ends, so it may be said to be a curse or not.2. This curse of the law is the most dreadful thing imaginable; it strikes at the life of a sinner, yea, his best life, the eternal life of the soul; and when it hath condemned, it is inexorable, no cries nor tears, no reformations or repentance, can loose the guilty sinner: for it requires for its reparation that which no mere creature can give, even an infinite satisfaction. He had begun to speak of this curse at the tenth verse, saying, "As many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is everyone that con-tinueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them." (3) The internal moving cause of Christ's satisfaction for us was His obedience to God, and love to us. But His benevolent love, consisting in His purpose of good, may be before actual reconciliation and satisfaction.5. For Christ, by an altogether peculiar Divine constitution — of infinite grace alike on the Father's part and on His own — had become the Head of His body the Church, — taken their place in law — become one with them in law for ever. BLESSING THROUGH CHRIST. And can there any, in this forlorn and desperate ease, interpose to shelter the trembling sinner from so great, so deserved, so imminent a destruction? What a picture of the prophet's "Awake, O sword, against My shepherd, and against the man that is My fellow, saith the Lord of Hosts; smite the shepherd!" Infirmary, suffering from an affection of the throat, supposed to be diphtheria. )Christ stood for the "every one who continueth not," by becoming the "very one" who hung upon the tree.(M. All nations. The Lord Jesus Christ, then, represents our race, and for us has become a curse. The sin-offering. "(From "The Yorkshire Post," Aug. 6, 1887. And yet farther,(3rdly) that the right of redemption might be in Christ, being made near of kin unto us, by His taking our flesh and our nature. Cain. )Christ made a curse for manFrom Miss Yonge's "Book of Golden Deeds. What a picture of the prophet's "Awake, O sword, against My shepherd, and against the man that is My fellow, saith the Lord of Hosts; smite the shepherd!" "In the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die."5. Thus much may suffice to establish this great truth. The quiver of wrath is exhausted.2. (2ndly) That satisfaction might be made to offended justice in the same nature which transgressed; that as it was man which sinned, so man also might be punished. It is out of the question to imagine the sense of the term to be entirely changed in this second: clause. Flood. A great rock has been lifted out from the river-bed of God's mercy, and the living stream comes rippling, rolling, swelling on in crystal tides, sweeping before it all human sin and sorrow, and making the thirsty who stoop down to drink at it.(C. But the fact, unquestionably, was that the principal sufferings of this Just One came from the immediate hand of the Father himself. CHRIST BEING THUS MADE A CURSE FOR US, AND SUFFERING ALL THE WRATH AND PUNISHMENT THAT WAS DUE UNTO US, HATH THEREBY REDEEMED US FROM THE CURSE AND CONDEMNATION THREATENED IN THE LAW.1. And accordingly as any affliction or suffering tends to the promoting of these ends, so it may be said to be a curse or not.2. JESUS CHRIST, THE EVER-BLESSED GOD, WAS MADE A CURSE FOR US.1. (2) The second argument is this: The covenant of grace is propounded to all indefinitely and universally. As soon as ever the least breath of this contagion seized upon them, God turned the angels out of heaven, and man out of Paradise; He subjected the whole creation unto vanity, that nothing but fears, care, sorrow, and disappointment reign here below; and under these woeful effects of the Divine wrath we groan and sign away our days. To this I answer:(1) In general, that it is not unjust for God to punish the sins of one person upon another who hath not committed them. Now to be accursed, in its proper notion, signifies to be devoted to miseries and punishments; for we are said to curse another when we devote and, so far as in us lies, appoint him to plagues and miseries. And this conjunction is twofold-either natural or mystical.1st. The price paid by Christ, in order to our redemption, was no less than His undergoing the curse due to us. Hopkins, D. D.This curse is the wretched inheritance of all the guilty sons of Adam. BLESSING THROUGH CHRIST. (1) Then certain it is that Christ is essentially blessed, being the most blessed God, co-equal and co-eternal with the Father, possessing all the infinite perfections of the Deity, invariably and immeasurably. Yea, and He is the fountain of all blessing, whence flow all our hopes and happiness. But although He is for ever blessed essentially, yet,(2) Mediatorily, He was accursed; and that because the economy and dispensation of His mediatory office required that tie should be subjected unto sufferings, not only as they were simply evil, but as they were penal, and inflicted on Him to this very end, that justice might be repaired and satisfied. But God loved us before Christ died for us; for it was the love of God to the world that moved Him to give His only-begotten Son. We pass on to STATE SOME OBECTIONS, and to answer them. For Christ, by an altogether peculiar Divine constitution — of infinite grace alike on the Father's part and on His own — had become the Head of His body the Church, — taken their place in law — become one with them in law for ever. Whereby was typified unto us our redemption by Jesus Christ, who, having a body prepared for Him, is now become near of kin unto us, and is not ashamed to call us brethren. 13), "Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us." "(From Miss Yonge's "Book of Golden Deeds. There is a nearer conjunction between Christ and us, and that is mystical, whereby we are made one person with Him. But Paul assuredly does not speak of anything of that kind. Mr. Lysaght caught the disease in its worse form, and died. For the substance of the curse and punishment threatened against sinners is death. And by reason of this, God, in punishing Christ, punisheth not only the same nature, but the same person. Flood. For Christ, by an altogether peculiar Divine constitution — of infinite grace alike on the Father's part and on His own — had become the Head of His body the Church, — taken their place in law — become one with them in law for ever. Now at length a conscience purged, and righteously purged, from dead works, to serve the living God! And now, not only are we thus delivered from the law's terrible sentence, but — the stone which lay over the grave of our corruption once removed — the way is open for the Holy Ghost's descending into it to make an end of our corruption too, — yea, open for the whole blessing of the Abrahamic covenant, "I will be a God to thee," coming on believers everywhere, of the Gentiles and of the Jews alike — from which blessing the apostle singles out the promise of the Holy Ghost, as being the centre and sum of it all, saying, "Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, etc., that the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith." Father, save Me from this hour? (John Flavel. The blessings of salvation are to be obtained in Christ (ἐν Χριστῷ). Those who, when offered the gospel, prefer to remain under the law (Galatians 3:10). Pardon could not be an act of pure grace, if God received satisfaction from us; but if He pardon us upon the satisfaction received from Christ, though it be of debt to Him, it is of grace to us: for it was grace to admit a surety to satisfy, more grace to provide Him, and most of all to apply His satisfaction to us, by uniting us to Christ, as He hath done.4. He who was to remove it must not Himself be liable to it. "(From Miss Yonge's "Book of Golden Deeds. And accordingly as any affliction or suffering tends to the promoting of these ends, so it may be said to be a curse or not.2. (4) All are bound to the great duty of believing in Christ; therefore He died for all. But thus I observe, once more, that we do not get at the full explanation of the mysterious fact in our text till we have taken into view the wondrous design and issue of all, as set forth in the passage thus — "Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us, that the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith." A doctor gives medicine to a sick man; but Christ "took the disease on Himself." For the death of Christ had sufficient worth and value in it to have redeemed and restored them, being an infinite price, through the infinite dignity of His person. What glorious light is thus cast on the words of Jesus, "As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up; that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have eternal life!"2. He had begun to speak of this curse at the tenth verse, saying, "As many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is everyone that con-tinueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them." 2 Outlines . Here is abundant satisfaction made to the justice of God for all the transgressions of true believers. But God loved us before Christ died for us; for it was the love of God to the world that moved Him to give His only-begotten Son. What a picture of the prophet's "Awake, O sword, against My shepherd, and against the man that is My fellow, saith the Lord of Hosts; smite the shepherd!" But by reason of the union of the two natures in His wonderful person, He could do it, and hath done it for us. We find frequent instances of this in the Scripture (Exodus 20:8; Lamentations 5:7; Genesis 9:25; 2 Samuel 21:1-14; 2 Samuel 24:17). (3) But the curse of the law being only duo unto sin and guilt, it remains yet to be inquired how this curse could be justly inflicted on our Saviour, who was infinitely pure and innocent; and to whom the Scripture gives this testimony, that He did no sin, neither was guile found in His mouth (1 Peter 2:22). 13), "Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us." But even worse was when I found out that there were books about these stories. His hanging on a tree was the sign and token of this (Deuteronomy 21:23 cf. ", "For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your forefathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.". How was it to be removed?1. They were terrified. At first view it seems very strange that the chosen type of the blessed Redeemer should have been the likeness of a serpent, — that, when the Israelites were dying of the bite of serpents, the medium of their cure should have been the likeness of one, "Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole; and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live." He endured both(1)the penalty of loss; and(2)the penalty of actual suffering, both(a)in body and(b)in soul.It was an anguish never to be measured, an agony never to be comprehended. Behold Christ bearing the curse instead of His people. Guthrie. Even had His sufferings proceeded simply from the hands of men and devils, the mystery would not have been removed, since neither devils nor men could be more than instruments — voluntary and guilty, yet only instruments — in the hand of Jehovah for the executing of His designs. 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