Hot Cross Buns and Our Substitute
Now, I am going to be as plain as I can, while I preach over again the precious doctrine of the atonement of Christ Jesus our Lord. Christ was an offering for sin, in the sense of a substitute. God longed to save; but if such a word may be allowed, Justice tied his hands. “I must be just,” said God; “that is a necessity of my nature. Stern as fate, and fast as immutability, is the truth that I must be just. But then my heart desires to forgive-to pass by man’s transgressions and pardon them. How can it be done?
Wisdom stepped in, and said, “It shall be done thus;” and Love agreed with Wisdom. “Christ Jesus, the Son of God, shall stand in man’s place, and he shall be offered upon Mount Calvary instead of man.
Now, mark: when you see Christ going up the Mount of Doom, you see man going there: when you see Christ hurled upon his back, upon the wooden cross, you see the whole company of his elect there; and when you see the nails driven through his blessed hands and feet, it is the whole body of his church who there, in their substitute, are nailed to the tree.
And now the soldiers lift the cross, and dash it down into the socket prepared for it. His bones are every one of them dislocated, and his body is thus torn with agonies which can not be described. ‘Tis manhood suffering there; ’tis the Church suffereing there, in the substitute. And when Christ dies, you are to look upon the death of Christ, not as his own dying merely, but as the dying of those for whom he stood as the scapegoat and the substitute.
It is true, Christ died really himself; it is equally true that he did not die for himself, but died as the substitute, in the room, place, and stead of all believers.
The Death of Christ by Spurgeon
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I love how you combined these into one post. Looks like the buns turned out great! It makes me so glad to see Elliot being a great little helper
you are an amazing mom and I know he’s learning so much!
They turned out really yummy! -much better than the recipe I tried last year.
I thought I would post it like that to try to represent the thoughts going through my mind as I was making these simple buns. I’ve been reading a lot of Spurgeon sermons lately, if you can’t tell. I am glad that it makes sense with the pictures that way!
I loved getting to tell Elliot as he helped ice that Christ died on a cross for his people’s sins just like the ones we were making with our icing! I can’t wait until he can understand more.
They look wonderful! I’m trying to perfect a recipe and it’s not working! Would you care sharing yours? I too love how you wove in Spurgeon! Isn’t he a blessing to the body! May you have a blessed Easter this year.
Hi Michele! I used The Pioneer Woman’s recipe and they turned out wonderful the very first time I made them. (much better than another recipe I tried out). Here is the link: http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2010/04/hot-cross-buns/