"Wounded for Our Transgressions"

[Thompson, Darryl]

"Wounded for Our Transgressions" 

     Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows; yet we
did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was
wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the
chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are
healed. Isa. 53:4, 5.  

     The sincere Christian may indeed grieve as he sees the havoc sin
has wrought, but only in a limited sense can the human agent comprehend
the sadness of Christ as He looks upon sin as it exists in the human
heart. . . .  

     From the light of His exalted purity the world's Redeemer could see
that the maladies from which the human family were suffering were
brought upon them by transgression of the law of God. Every case of
suffering He could trace back to its cause. He read the sad and awful
history of the final end of unrepenting sinners. He knew that He alone
could rescue them from the pit into which they had fallen. He alone
could place their feet in the right path. His perfection alone could
avail for their imperfection. He alone could cover their nakedness with
His own spotless robe of righteousness.  

     Christ wanted all. He could not endure that one should be lost. O
if the human family could only see the results of sin in the
transgression and violence and crime that exist in the world! If they
could see the transformation of men from the image of God to the
similitude of Satan! Man was created pure and holy, but through
transgression he came to possess the attributes of Satan. . . .  

     In coming to the world in human form, in becoming subject to the
law, in revealing to men that He bore their sickness, their sorrow,
their guilt, Christ did not become a sinner. He was pure and
uncontaminated by any disease. Not one stain of sin was found upon Him.
. . . He stood before the world the spotless Lamb of God. When suffering
humanity pressed about Him, He who was in the health of perfect manhood
was as one afflicted with them. This was essential, that He might
express His perfect love in behalf of humanity. . . . Christ was strong
to save the whole world.  

>From That I May Know Him - Page 67