The Death of Jesus Christ - 1

How is it possible to believe that the Creator should have been willing to die for us, his creatures? Yet we must believe it because faith so teaches it. Hence the Council of Nice commands us to confess: “I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who for us men and for our salvation was crucified for us, suffered, and was buried.”

And if it is true, Oh God of love! that Thou hast died for the love of men, can there be one who believes this, and does not love Thee, so loving a God? But, 0 God! of those who are guilty of such ingratitude I am one; and not only have I not loved Thee, my Redeemer, but I have many times, for the sake of gratifying my miser-able and depraved inclinations, renounced Thy grace and Thy love.