Tremendous words from Charles Haddon Spurgeon:
"What a
patience that was which Jesus exhibited for us in our redemption! To come from
heaven to earth, to dwell in poverty and neglect, and find no room even in the
inn! Admire the patience of Bethlehem. To hold His tongue for thirty years—who
shall estimate the wonderful patience of Nazareth and the carpenter’s shop!
When He spoke, to be despised and rejected of men, what patience for Him whom
Cherubim obey! Oh, the patience of the Christ to be tempted of the devil! One
can hardly tell what patience Christ must have had to let the devil come within
ten thousand miles of him, for He was able to keep him far down in the abyss
below His feet . . . do I need remind you of the patience of Christ for us when
the Lord laid on Him the iniquity of us all? Patient as a lamb, He opened not
His mouth but stood in omnipotence of patience, all-sufficient to endure."[1]
