Why did the Lord Jesus in
the garden of Gethsemane ask for the cup to be removed? It was not fear of the
pain of crucifixion or the desertion of His friends or the derision of the
crowds. If these had been the only aspects of suffering involved, He would not
have asked to be released from the responsibility. It was the thought of being
made sin, of having sin imputed to Him, of being forsaken by God and being the
recipient of His wrath which filled our Lord with horror and agony.

    The death of Christ shows
us the horribleness of sin because of what He suffered when He bore the
judgment for it. How can any of us make light of sin or enjoy it when we see
what it cost Christ for our sins to be imputed to Him and for Him to be judged
for them?

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     A single sin is more
horrible to God than all the sins in the world are to us.                                          J.N.
Darby