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Let us not doubt that he will always be a Father to us, and will show that in his sight we are his true children by grace.…… for we have been bought with a price and must be made anew for his service…….May it please him therefore to rid us of our infirmities, and may we be united to him by that sacred bond which he has appointed - our Lord Jesus Christ, his only-begotten Son.” pg 142

'They will see him whom they pierced' (Zech. 12:10)

There God challenges those who scoff at his word and who are hardened in their rebellion and their wickedness. 'Well,'he says,' they think they are waging war on those who preach my word and they think they can frustrate them by this means. But I am the one they are fighting against. So they will see the one whom they pierced.' Pg 134

Thus, although while he hung on the cross he was an object of shame to men, God willed that by the lips of Pilate he should be proclaimed king. So while the world may revile his kingdom, let us not cease to make it our ground for boasting; and although, with him as our leader, we may suffer abuse, we have reason to rejoice.
- JC, “It is finished”

Timely and impactful

The introductory matter was fascinating and well-written, and the translation is wonderful so far.