How fitting an illustration of the love of Christ toward the repenting sinner! As the servant who had defrauded his master had nothing with which to make restitution, so the sinner who has robbed God of years of service has no means of canceling the debt; Jesus interposes between the sinner and the just wrath of God, and says, I will pay the debt. Let the sinner be spared the punishment of his guilt. I will suffer in his stead.{LP 287.2}

Hvor god illustration er det ikke på Kristi kærlighed mod den angrende synder! Ligesom tjeneren som havde bedraget sin mester, ikke havde noget at genoprejse sig med, ligeså har synderen, der har berøvet Gud for flere års tjeneste, ikke kunne betale gælden; lægger Jesus sig imellem synderen og Guds retfærdige vrede, og siger: Jeg vil betale gælden. Lad synderen blive sparet for sin skyldige straf. Jeg vil lide i hans sted.