Simeon's Transfer of Guilt
Illustration★★★★C. Simeon, he had been in the deepest distress, envying even the dogs that passed under his window. In Passion-week he met with the expression in “Bishop Wilson on the Lord’s Supper,” “that the Jews knew what they did when they transferred their sins to the head of their offering.”
“The thought rushed into my mind,” says he, “What! may I transfer all my guilt to another? Has God provided an offering for me, that I may lay my sins on his head? ‘Then, God willing, I will not bear them one moment longer.
Accordingly, I sought to lay my sins upon the sacred head of Jesus, and on the Wednesday began to have a hope of mercy; on the Thursday that hope increased, and on Friday and Saturday it became more strong; and on the Sunday morning (Easter Day) 1 awoke early, with these words upon my heart and lips: ‘Jesus Christ is risen to-day ! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!” From that hour he had peace.
The point
Charles Simeon, in deep spiritual despair, reads of the Jews transferring guilt onto their sacrificial offering and realizes he can lay his sins on Christ, finding peace by Easter Sunday.