All to Save You From Wrath to Come!
Christ's love is incomprehensible and demonstrated through His sufferings, which purpose is to save us from wrath to come and to show us His matchless love.
Thomas Brooks emphasizes the incredible love of Christ, who endured immense suffering and punishment to save humanity from impending wrath. He urges Christians to deeply contemplate and appreciate this transcendent love, which surpasses all understanding, and to respond with devotion and longing for Christ. Brooks encourages believers to bless, embrace, and follow Christ, recognizing that His sacrifices were made for their salvation and eternal joy. The sermon calls for a heartfelt response to Christ's love, acknowledging His suffering as the pathway to their own blessings and justification.
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Christians, spend your days in admiring the transcendent love
of Christ--in undergoing hellish punishments in your stead! Oh
pray, pray hard that you "may be able to comprehend what is
the breadth, and length, and depth, and height of that love of
Christ, which passes knowledge!" Ephesians 3:18-19
The love of Christ put Him upon these bodily and spiritual
sufferings--which were so exceeding great, acute, extreme,
and universal--and all to save you from wrath to come!
His miseries, sorrows, and sufferings are unparalleled, and
therefore Christians have the more cause to lose themselves
in the contemplation of His matchless love. Oh, bless Christ!
Oh, kiss Christ! Oh, embrace Christ! Oh, cleave to Christ!
Oh, follow Christ! Oh, walk with Christ! Oh, long for Christ
--who for your sakes has undergone insupportable wrath
and most hellish torments!
Oh, look up to dear Jesus, and say, "O blessed Jesus,
You were accursed--that I might be blessed! You were
condemned--that I might be justified! You underwent
the very torments of hell--that I might forever enjoy
the pleasures of heaven! Therefore I cannot but dearly
love You, and highly esteem You, and greatly honor
You, and earnestly long after You!"
Sermon Outline
- The Transcendent Love of Christ
- The Extent of Christ's Sufferings
- The Purpose of Christ's Sufferings
- To save us from wrath to come
- To demonstrate His matchless love
Key Quotes
“Oh, pray, pray hard that you 'may be able to comprehend what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height of that love of Christ, which passes knowledge!'” — Thomas Brooks
“His miseries, sorrows, and sufferings are unparalleled, and therefore Christians have the more cause to lose themselves in the contemplation of His matchless love.” — Thomas Brooks
“You were accursed--that I might be blessed! You were condemned--that I might be justified! You underwent the very torments of hell--that I might forever enjoy the pleasures of heaven!” — Thomas Brooks
Application Points
- We should contemplate the love of Christ and lose ourselves in its contemplation.
- We should express our gratitude to Christ by blessing, kissing, embracing, and following Him.
- We should respond to Christ's love by dearly loving Him, highly esteeming Him, greatly honoring Him, and earnestly longing after Him.