"Sing, O heavens, for the LORD has done this wondrous thing. Shout for joy, O depths of the earth! For the LORD has redeemed Jacob and is glorified in Israel."
(Isaiah 44:23)
"What could man have been to Him? What shadow of obligation was there on God's part to put forth the slightest effort to save a single rebellious sinner? What could it have been to God whether man was saved or damned? He would have been glorified in either case, and still remained "The blessed (happy) God."
But sweet thought! It was much to him; his sovereign unaccountable love said, "Deliver him from going down to the pit — I have found a ransom!" The Lord has done it, and done it alone. With whom did he take counsel in this matter? Who paid part-price with him? Redemption is no work of the many; it is God's own in plan and execution; he came forth to the work "in the greatness of his strength," "mighty to save."
(Archibald Brown)~1868
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