Sermons of John Newton - M - Booklet Eight 16. The Lamb of God, the Great Atonement , 17. Messiah Despised, and Rejected of Men and 18. Voluntary Suffering

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Sermons of John Newton – Booklet Eight

16. The Lamb of God, the Great Atonement,
17. Messiah Despised, and Rejected of Men and
18. Voluntary Suffering
16. The Lamb of God, the Great Atonement “Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world!” John 1:29.

“Great and marvellous are the works of the LORD God almighty!” We live in the midst of them, and the little impression they make upon us, sufficiently proves our depravity. He is great in the very smallest; and there is not a plant, flower, or insect, but bears the signature of infinite wisdom and power. How sensibly then should we be affected by the consideration of the Whole, if sin had not blinded our understandings, and hardened our hearts! In the beginning, when all was dark, unformed, and waste, His powerful Word produced light, life, beauty, and order. He commanded the sun to shine, and the planets to roll. The immensity of creation is far beyond the reach of our conceptions. The innumerable stars, the worlds, which however large in themselves, are, from their remoteness, but barely visible, to us are of little more immediate, and known use, than to enlarge our idea of the greatness of their Author. Small, indeed, is the knowledge we have of our own system; but we know enough to render our indifference inexcusable. The glory of the sun must strike every eye, and in this enlightened age, there are few persons, but have some ideas of the magnitude of the planets, and the rapidity, and regularity of their motions. Farther, the rich variety which adorns this lower creation, the dependence and relation of the several parts, and their general subservience to the accommodation of man, the principal inhabitant, together with the preservation of individuals, and the continuance of every …