Sept. 25

Charles Spurgeon · Faith's Checkbook

THE SACRIFICE HAS BEEN ACCEPTED

   "If the Lord were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a
   burnt offering and a meat offering at our hands, neither would he have
   showed us all these things" Judges 13:23

   This is a sort of promise deduced by logic. It is an inference fairly
   drawn from ascertained facts. It was not likely that the Lord had
   revealed to Manoah and his wife that a son would be born to them, and
   yet had it in His heart to destroy them. The wife reasoned well, and we
   shall do well if we follow her line of argument.

   The Father has accepted the great sacrifice of Calvary, and has
   declared Himself well pleased therewith; how can He now be pleased to
   kill us? Why a substitute if the sinner must still perish? The accepted
   sacrifice of Jesus puts an end to fear.

   The Lord has shown us our election, our adoption, our union to Christ,
   our marriage to the Well-beloved: how can he now destroy us? The
   promises are loaded with blessings, which necessitate our being
   preserved unto eternal life. It is not possible for the Lord to cast us
   away, and yet fulfill His covenant. The past assures us, and the future
   reassures us. We shall not die, but live; for we have seen Jesus, and
   in Him we have seen the Father by the illumination of the Holy Ghost.
   Because of this life-giving sight we must live for ever.