This question is filled with meaning: if the innocent Jesus suffered as a substitute for sinners, what will happen to the sinner—the dry tree—when the angry God confronts him? When God saw Jesus in the place of sinners, He didn't spare Him. And He won't spare those found without Christ. O sinner, just as enemies led Jesus away, so will fiends drag you to your appointed place. He was deserted by God, though only imputed a sinner. How much more will you be?

'Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?'—an awful cry. But what will your cry be when you say, 'God! God! why have you forsaken me?' and the answer comes back, 'Because you rejected my counsel and ignored my reproof: I will laugh at your calamity; I'll mock when your fear comes.' If God didn't spare His own Son, how much less will He spare you? When conscience wields its whips of burning wire, what will you feel?

You, who are rich, merry, self-righteous—who would stand in your place when God says, 'Awake, O sword, against the man that rejected me; smite him and let him feel the pain forever'? Jesus was spit upon: sinner, what shame will you face?

We can't describe in one word all the sorrows that converged on Jesus, who died for us. So it's impossible to detail the oceans of grief that await your spirit if you die as you are now. You may die so, you may die now. By Christ's agonies, His wounds, His blood, don't bring upon yourself the wrath to come! Trust in the Son of God, and you shall never die.