And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up;
The venom of fiery serpents spreading death through the camp mirrors mankind's perishing by sin; both remedies are divinely provided. By Man comes life as by man came death, and the uplifted Remedy draws all eyes to behold the cure conspicuously displayed.
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Christ is the same office to a sin-stung soul that the brazen serpent was to a serpent-stung Israelite: both must be lifted up, both must be looked upon. Faith in His death is as necessary to salvation as His death is necessary to render God reconciled.
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True faith is no mere assent to doctrine, but a soul seeing glory and suitableness in Christ as Saviour, venturing on Him, laying hold of Him, trusting and living upon Him. Such faith is the work of God's Spirit and the gift of His grace.
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