Many are the subjects to be handled in the ministration of the word, but none more important than the death of Christ, by which he obtained eternal redemption; this is the ground of a Sinner's justification, and of the Believer's comfort and joy. The preaching of the cross therefore is of the utmost importance: So thought the Apostle when, as he tells the Corinthians, he determined "not to know any thing among them save Jesus Christ and him crucified." When a crucified Jesus is little insisted on, the means of conversion and faith is neglected, and it is quite inexcusable, since remission of sins is obtained alone through faith in his blood, by which the Believer is justified; so that if the Son of Man is not lifted up, as having taken away the sin of the world, they who hear are disappointed or deceived.

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