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Me:\u00a0 Howdy! Prodigal.<\/p>\n

Prodigal:\u00a0 Howdy, I would love for you to take a walk with me!<\/p>\n

Me:\u00a0 I would like that and I can share with you also.<\/p>\n

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This is from the book Joy In Christ’s Presence by Charles Spurgeon<\/p>\n

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There was never a problem so difficult to solve as that which is answered in redemption.\u00a0 The tremendous difficulty was in this:\u00a0 How can God be just and yet be the Savior of sinners?\u00a0 How can He fulfill His declarations against evil and yet forgive sin?\u00a0 If that problem had been left to angels and men, they could never have worked it out throughout eternity.\u00a0 But God has solved it by freely delivering up His own Son.<\/p>\n

In the glorious sacrifice of Jesus we see the justice of God magnified.\u00a0 He placed the whole weight of sin on the blessed Lord, who had become one with His chosen people.\u00a0 Jesus identified Himself with His people, and therefore their sin was laid upon Him, and the sword of the Lord awoke against Him.\u00a0 He was not arbitrarily to be a victim, but He was a voluntary Sufferer.\u00a0 His relationship amounted to covenant oneness with His people, and “it behoved Christ to suffer”(Luke 24:46).<\/p>\n

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Psalms 9:7-8<\/p>\n

But the LORD sits enthroned forever; he has established his throne for justice, and he judges the world with righteousness; he judges the peoples with uprightness.<\/p>\n

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Jennifer Van Allen<\/p>\n

www.theprodigalpig.com<\/p>\n

www.faithincounseling.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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