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whether Jew or Gentile, had our share in the guilt of Christ s crucifixion because of our common sin, so also may all have their share in the salvation which comes through a penitent look of faith on Him whom we have pierced.
The Cross has been from the beginning, and must continue to be, the centre of all true Christian devotion, " the security against passion, the impulse to self-denial, the parent of zeal for souls, the incentive to love. This has struck the rock, that it gushed forth in tears of penitence ; this, the strength and vigour of hatred of sin to look to Him whom our sins have pierced."
Let us all then look to Him for our salvation, and have our gaze fixed upon Him for our sanctification, and so have no occasion to dread that awful day when " He cometh with clouds ; and every eye shall see Him, and they which pierced Him : and all the kindreds of the earth shall wail because of Him. Even so, Amen" (Rev. i. 7).
