. Our Sins by Charles Spurgeon
. He has appeared once for all
at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice
of himself. Hebrews 9.26 Our sins trail their horrid length
athwart many years. Our sins are aggravated, they
are piled up sins. Our sins are against light and
knowledge, against conscience, against vows and resolution. Our sins are sins repeated after
we had tasted of their bitterness. Our sins are foul sins, sins
it may be of the sort which brings the blush to the cheek. Our sins
made us toss on our beds as we remembered them with dread, and
yet sins that we return to as the dog returns to its vomit. Oh, our monster sins, our horrible
sins, our damnable sins! Hell itself cannot put our sins
away. There are the devil and his angels
for whom hell was made, for whom the fire was first kindled and
its pit first digged. But they are as great sinners
after these six thousand years as they were when first they
were cast down from heaven. And so those lost ones whose
spirits have been in hell since the time of Noah's flood They
are still sinners, and after all the ages of suffering they
have endured, not a sin less is upon them now than there was
at first. Ah, dreadful thought! If you
are ever cast into hell, though ages on ages may lapse, and the
wrath of God be poured out upon you to the uttermost, there will
never be the destruction of a single sin or particle of a sin by it
all. Sin cannot be put away until
the penalty is borne to the end, and that can never be by finite
man. What a work was here, then, for
the only begotten Son of God to do! Speak of the labors of
Hercules! They were nothing compared with
the labors of Emmanuel. speak of miracles to tread the
sea, to hush the billows, to heal the sick, to raise the dead. These are all bright stars, but
their light is hidden when compared with this miracle of miracles,
when the sun of Christ's righteousness arises with healing beneath His
wings, and thick clouds of our sins are put away by Him. All the sins of His people were
made to meet in one tremendous mass. On the cross, Jesus endured
the penalty due for all the sin of His people. He put away our
sins, the whole mass, the whole mountainous mass of the sin of
all those for whom He stood as a substitute and for whom He
suffered the penalty. Our sins were completely put
away, everlastingly put away. All of our sins, of every size,
shape, form, hue, degree, or fashion, are altogether gone. Crimson sins, black sins, crying
sins, every sort of iniquity from your childhood until now,
and right on till you enter into the rest of the Beloved. They
were all taken and laid upon Christ, and He made an end of
them all when He offered up His great expiatory sacrifice. He has put away sin as a whole
for His chosen ones. All praise to Him who loves us
and has freed us from our sins by shedding His blood for us.
He has made us His kingdom and His priests who serve before
God His Father. Give to Him everlasting glory. He rules forever and ever. Amen. Revelation 1 5-6
