{"id":24959,"date":"2025-05-13T21:48:58","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T21:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/?p=24959"},"modified":"2025-05-13T21:48:58","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T21:48:58","slug":"christ-suffered-without-the-gate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/2025\/05\/christ-suffered-without-the-gate\/","title":{"rendered":"Christ Suffered Without The Gate"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cWherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.\u201d\u2014Hebrews 13:12<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sin viewed in the glass of God\u2019s holy law, fills the soul with terror, works wrath in the conscience, and leaves the sinner under the curse without hope. But while the infinitely precious sacrifice of Jesus is beheld, sin appears exceeding sinful; the sinner is truly humbled, sin is loathed, Christ is cleaved to, and hope springs up in a sin-distressed conscience.<\/p>\n

In the tabernacle of old, as there were no windows in it, a lamp was to bum always, that the house of God might not at any time be in darkness; this the Lord ordained unto the children of Israel. Ex. 27:20. As the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth, we see Jesus, who is the altar, the sacrifice, and the priest, by and through whom we are sanctified. This truth is to be kept daily burning bright in the lamp of faith, in the temple of the heart. The Man Jesus, upon whom all the sins of the elect were laid, was made a curse for them; he cheerfully devoted himself, his holy body, his precious blood, his innocent soul, as a sin-offering for them in the great day of atonement. \u2018By his one offering he hath for ever perfected all them that are sanctified;\u2019 that is, separated by the choice of the Father as the objects of his love. They are all consecrated to God by the blood of Jesus.<\/p>\n

As the bodies of the beasts, under the law, were burnt without the camp, and their blood brought into the holy of holies, and sprinkled on the mercy-seat, so our dear and ever precious Jesus suffered all the inexpressible agonies of soul and body, from the fire of God\u2019s wrath, due to our sin; bore all the scandal, curse, and reproach of it \u2018without the gate of the city,\u2019 as an alien and outcast of the people. His own most precious blood having once purged, expiated, and taken away the guilt of sin, and made perfect reconciliation for his people, it ever speaks in their behalf, and pleads their cause before the throne; averts all wrath from them, and obtains all blessing for them. Thus we are purged from the guilt of sin, thus we are consecrated unto God. In the faith of this, \u2018we have boldness to enter into the holiest, even by the blood of Jesus.\u2019 Thus purged, thus consecrated, every believer is encouraged to draw nigh to God with confidence of access; and it is his high and peculiar honour \u2018to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.\u2019 1 Pet. 2:5.<\/p>\n

We see the blood of Jesus shed.<\/p>\n

Whence all our comforts rise;<\/p>\n

The sinner views th\u2019 atonement made,<\/p>\n

And loves the sacrifice.<\/p>\n

By this we\u2019re sanctified to God,<\/p>\n

A people for his praise:<\/p>\n

Faith takes the blessing from Christ\u2019s word.<\/p>\n

And glories in his grace.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

M.<\/p>\n

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Sin viewed in the glass of God\u2019s holy law, fills the soul with terror, works wrath in the conscience, and leaves the sinner under the curse without hope. But while the infinitely precious sacrifice of Jesus is beheld, sin appears exceeding sinful; the sinner is truly humbled, sin is loathed, Christ is cleaved to, and hope springs up in a sin-distressed conscience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":325,"featured_media":20656,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1571],"tags":[1197],"class_list":["post-24959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-william-mason","tag-spiritual-growth"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/325"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24959"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24959\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24961,"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24959\/revisions\/24961"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}