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God delights in our temptations and yet hates them. He delights in them when they drive us to prayer; He hates them when they drive us to despair.
Martin Luther

We all admire and adore the baby Jesus born in the manger, but what we must mainly admire and adore is the Man on the cross – the fact that Jesus was born ultimately to die. He didn’t die because the Jews and Romans finally we able to put an end to this supposed troublemaker. He didn’t die because God wanted to show us an example of commitment to a cause or how to pay the definitive sacrifice or how to demonstrate humility or show love that is willing to suffer for friends. In a sense these are all true, but the ultimate reason Jesus died on the cross is because that was His primary mission to take away the sins of the world. 1 Peter 2:24, “He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross.”
Randy Smith

    • Spurgeon PS1812

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    Spurgeon PS1812

    EXPOSITION.

    Suddenly the terrible artillery of heaven was discharged; the _brightness_ of lightning lit up the clouds as with a glory proceeding from him who was concealed within the cloudy pavilion; and volleys of hailstones and coals of fire were hurled forth upon the enemy. The lightnings seemed to cleave the clouds and kindle them into a blaze, and then hailstones and flakes of fire with flashes of terrific grandeur terrified the sons of men.

    EXPLANATORY NOTES AND QUAINT SAYINGS.

    Verse 12.–“_Coals of fire_.” The word signifies, living, _burning coals_. Where the lightning fell, it devoured all before it, and burned whatever it touched into burning embers.–^Samuel Chandler.

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