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Jesus Comforts Those Who Sorrow for Their Sin ㅡ

 “And I will pour on the house of David, and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look on me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.”

 (Zechariah 12:10)

The mourning here brought to view is true heart sorrow for sin.

Jesus says, “I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto Me.” (John 12:32).

And as one is drawn to behold Jesus uplifted on the cross, he discerns the sinfulness of humanity.

He sees that it is sin which scourged and crucified the Lord of glory.

He sees that, while he has been loved with unspeakable tenderness, his life has been a continual scene of ingratitude and rebellion.

He has forsaken his best Friend and abused heaven’s most precious gift.

He has crucified to himself the Son of God afresh and pierced anew that bleeding and stricken heart.

He is separated from God by a gulf of sin that is broad and black and deep, and he mourns in brokenness of heart.

Such mourning “shall be comforted.” Matthew 5:4.

God reveals to us our guilt that we may flee to Christ, and through Him be set free from the bondage of sin, and rejoice in the liberty of the sons of God.

In true contrition we may come to the foot of the cross, and there leave our burdens.

 (Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing 9, 10)

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