The Sacrifice

I do not think I can preach more, for a faintness has come over me, nor is there need for more if you will but chew the cud of this one precious truth: Jesus is the Lamb which God provided, and He is the Lamb which God himself presented at the altar. Yet I must rouse myself to say a little more. Who was it that sacrificed the Lamb of God? Who was the priest on that dread day? Who was it that bruised Him? Who put him to grief? Who caused him the direst pang of all when He cried, "Why hast thou forsaken me?" Was it not the Father himself? This was one point in the hardness of Abraham's test - "Take now your son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and offer him for a sacrifice." He must himself officiate at the sacrifice. This the great Father did! He is the Lamb, the Lamb of God. And now today the bright side of this truth remains. He is the Lamb that God always accepts, must accept, glories to accept. Bring but Jesus with you, and you have brought God an acceptable sacrifice.