Chapter 6—Christ Both Mediator and Judge
By personal experience Christ is acquainted with the warfare
which, since Adam’s fall, has been constantly going on. How ap-
propriate, then, for Him to be the judge. To Jesus, the Son of man, is
committed all judgment. There is one Mediator between God and men.
Only by Him can we enter the kingdom of heaven. He is the Way, the
Truth, and the Life. From His decision there is no appeal. He is the
Rock of ages, a rock rent on purpose that every tried, tempted soul
may find a sure hiding place.—
The Review and Herald, March 12,
1901
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“The Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment
unto the Son.” “He hath given Him authority to execute judgment also
because He is the Son of man.” In His super-added humanity consists
the reason of Christ’s appointment. God has committed all judgment
unto the Son, for without controversy He is God manifest in the flesh.
God designed that the Prince of sufferers in humanity should be
judge of the whole world. He who came from the heavenly courts
to save man from eternal death; He whom men despised, rejected,
and upon whom they heaped all the contempt of which human beings,
inspired by Satan, are capable; He who submitted to be arraigned
before an earthly tribunal, and who suffered the ignominious death
of the cross,—He alone is to pronounce the sentence of reward or of
punishment. He who submitted to the suffering and humiliation of the
cross here, in the counsel of God is to have the fullest compensation,
and ascend the throne acknowledged by all the heavenly universe as
the King of saints. He has undertaken the work of salvation, and
shown before unfallen worlds and the heavenly family that the work
He has begun He is able to complete. It is Christ who gives men the
grace of repentance; His merits are accepted by the Father in behalf of
every soul that will help to compose the family of God.
In that day of final punishment and reward, both saints and sinners
will recognize in Him who was crucified the Judge of all living.—
The
Review and Herald, November 22, 1898
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