What Price He Paid

Psalms 69:20 KJV

Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.

That this verse, and those immediately preceding and following, speak of Christ is generally understood. We have, in these verses, the lowest point in the ministry of Jesus Christ. In the distress of His passion for mankind; suffering the worst that sinful man could do, Jesus looked for someone to give comfort and found none.

John Gill describes it thus:

·         "his disciples forsook him and fled;

·         the priests, scribes, and common people, that attended him at the cross, mocking him;

·         the thieves that were crucified with him reviled him; and

·         his Father hid his face from him;

·         only a few women stood afar off and lamented."

What a price Christ paid for our redemption. Salvation is no cheap prize. Its value, as indicated by its price, is worthy of our giving our very lives for

• Its cause
• Its spread and
• Its honor