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“They that hate Me without a cause are more than the hairs of Mine head…then I restored that which I took not away” (Psalm 69:4).
Under the law of Moses in the Old Testament, a man who had taken something away from his neighbor, either violently or by being deceitful about it, had not only to restore what he had taken, but in addition had to add “the fifth part thereto” (Leviticus 6:5). That means that he had to give back 20% more than he had taken.
However, in the case of the Lord Jesus, He had to say that thousands of people hated Him without any good reason; they simply hated Him because He exposed their sin. But then, instead of rejecting those people who hated Him, He restored something He had not taken away. You and I could not restore what we had taken, for we had sinned against God, and could never repay that debt. But the Lord Jesus, who had never sinned, restored that debt for us, and He also added the fifth part to it. How did He do this?
The Lord Jesus really gave more than He needed to give. He not only satisfied God about the whole matter of sin, but He also glorified God in His work on the cross. God has been more honored, and we have been more blessed, than if sin had not entered this world. We will speak a little more about this tomorrow.
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