Charles Spurgeon on Christ's Redeeming Work:
In this verse the human race is described as a sick man, whose disease is so far advanced that he is altogether without strength: no power remains in his system to throw off his mortal malady, nor does he desire to do so; he could not save himself from his disease if he would, and would not if he could. ... While man is in this condition Jesus interposes for his salvation. 'When we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly'; 'while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us,' according to 'his great love wherewith he loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses and sins.' The pith of my sermon will be an endeavour to declare that the reason of Christ's dying for us did not lie in our excellence; but where sin abounded grace did much more abound, for the persons for whom Jesus died were viewed by him as the reverse of good, and he came into the world to save those who are guilty before God, or, in the words of our text, 'Christ died for the ungodly.'
- Sermon on Romans 5:6, delivered on September 6, 1874
