We were talking together, a young friend and I. He was in deep soul-trouble; for he had discovered that he was a sinful man, a neglecter of God's great salvation, and he wanted to be saved.
I read to him those wonderful words in Isa. 53:55But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. (Isaiah 53:5): "But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon Him; and with His stripes we are healed.”
Then I said to him: "You take my book and read the verse, and put yourself into it, as you read. Change the plural pronoun into the singular.”
He took the Bible, and read slowly and with a good deal of feeling. "He was wounded for MY transgressions, He was bruised for MY iniquities: the chastisement of MY peace was upon Him; and with His stripes I―.”
He stopped there suddenly, and burst into a big sob. I waited until he managed to control himself. Then I said to him, "What's the matter?”
"I cannot understand why He should have loved me so much as to die for me; I haven't cared about Him at all.”
"Neither can I understand it," I replied; "and God knew that neither of us would be able to understand it, for He calls it in His Word, 'THE LOVE OF CHRIST, WHICH PASSETH KNOWLEDGE.”
That remark helped him, and he believed what he could not understand.
Dear unsaved soul, are you waiting for full comprehension of the mighty work of Calvary? It will take Eternity to reveal the length and breadth and height and depth of a love so vast toward sinners like you and me. I say to you, don't try to understand it! Just believe it, receive it, and be saved.