It Was the Golden Link of Love!

"May you have power to grasp how wide and long and

high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this

love that surpasses knowledge." Ephesians 3:18-19

Oh, such was Christ's transcendent love--that man's extreme

misery could not abate it. The deploredness of man's condition

did but heighten the holy flame of Christ's love. It is as high

as heaven, who can reach it? It is as low as hell, who can

understand it?

Heaven, with all its glory, could not contain Him. Neither

could all hell's torments make Him refrain! Such was His

perfect matchless love to fallen and miserable man. That

Christ's love should extend to the ungodly, to sinners, to

enemies who were in rebellion against Him; yes, not only

so--but that He should hug them in His arms, lodge them

in His bosom--is the highest degree of love!

It is astonishing . . .

that Christ should come from the eternal bosom

of His Father--to a region of sorrow and death;

that God--should be manifested in the flesh;

that the Creator--should be made a creature;

that He who was clothed with glory--should be

wrapped with rags of flesh;

that He who filled heaven--should be cradled

in a feeding trough;

that the God of strength--should be weary;

that the Judge of all men--should be condemned;

that the God of life--should be put to death.

That He would do all this for man, for fallen man,

for miserable man, for worthless man--is beyond

all conception!

The sharp sufferings of our Lord Jesus Christ, from

the cradle to the cross, does above all other things,

speak out the transcendent love of Jesus Christ to

poor sinners.

That wrath, that great wrath, that fierce wrath, that

pure wrath, that infinite wrath, that matchless wrath

of an angry God--which was so terribly impressed

upon the soul of Christ--all this wrath He patiently

underwent, that sinners might be saved, and that

"He might bring many sons unto glory."

Oh wonder at the greatness of His love--which made

our dear Lord Jesus lay down His life--to save us from

hell, and to bring us to heaven! Oh unspeakable love!

It was the golden link of love, which alone fastened

Christ to the cross, and made Him die freely for us!

Christ's love is beyond all measure, for . . .

time did not begin it, and time shall never end it;

place does not bound it;

sin does not exceed it;

tongues cannot express it;

minds cannot conceive it.

Well may we spend all our days in admiring and adoring

of Christ's wonderful love--and be always ravished with

the thoughts of it.

"May you experience the love of Christ, though it is so

great you will never fully understand it." Ephes. 3:19