Lord’s Day, March 24, 2019

Leviticus 1:1-17; Psalms 96:1-98:9; Acts 24:24-25:12

I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath…a derision to all my people; and their song all the day… remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall. Lamentations 3:1, 14, 19

Although Jeremiah expresses his own sorrows and those of Jerusalem, he undoubtedly gives us a view of the sufferings of Christ on our behalf. Surely at Calvary our Lord could say, “I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath”. He is the man. We remember His affliction and misery on our behalf, and bow low in grateful worship. —Carl Knott

O Christ, what burdens bowed Thy head! Our load was laid on Thee;
Thou stoodest in the sinner’s stead, to bear all ill for me. —Anne R. Cousin