Chapter 63. The Third Argument: Manifesting the Exceeding Willingness of God and Christ to Be Reconc
worked so wonderfully for the children of men, more so than for the angels, by sending His Son and making Him a curse for our sins. In this, the Lord proclaims with a loud voice to the whole world: "O! Let it be known to all you sinners that I am willing to be reconciled to you."
We need not cite individual scriptures for this, for the entire doctrine of the Gospel is full of this truth. O! The heart of God is deeply engaged in this work of reconciliation. All the arguments in the world, and all possible expressions, could never convey this as much as the mere proclamation that God has sent His Son into the world to die for humanity's sin. This act declares, in the loudest possible way, that God is infinitely willing to be reconciled to sinners.
Chapter 63 The Third Argument: Manifesting the Exceeding Willingness of God and Christ to Be Reconciled to Sinners And then thirdly, after God's act of sending His Son, observe how
He expresses Himself to the children of men! He professes that there is nothing in which He takes more glory than in showing mercy to sinners. He considers it His greatest glory in this world to show mercy to sinners.
Certainly, when sinners come to Him in repentance, He considers Himself most honoured. If a man had an enemy and expressed to his friends at his table, saying, "Such a one is my enemy, but O! How