Extending the Triumphs of the Cross
“He that spared not His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all,
how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?”
Romans
8:32
.
As this wonderful, priceless Gift was bestowed, the whole heav-
enly universe was mightily stirred in an effort to understand God’s
unfathomable love, stirred to awaken in human hearts a gratitude pro-
portionate to the value of the Gift. Shall we, for whom Christ has
given His life, halt between two opinions? Shall we return to God
only a mite of the capabilities and powers lent us by Him? How can
we do this while we know that He who was Commander of all heaven
laid aside His royal robe and kingly crown, and, realizing the help-
lessness of the fallen race, came to this earth in human nature to make
it possible for us to unite our humanity to His divinity? He became
poor that we might come into possession of the heavenly treasure, “a
far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory.”
2 Corinthians 4:17
.
To rescue us He descended from one humiliation to another until He,
the divine-human, suffering Christ, was uplifted on the cross to draw
all men to Himself. The Son of God could not have shown greater
condescension than He did; He could not have stooped lower.
This is the mystery of godliness, the mystery that has inspired
heavenly agencies so to minister through fallen humanity that in the
world an intense interest will be aroused in the plan of salvation. This
is the mystery that has stirred all heaven to unite with man in carrying
out God’s great plan for the salvation of a ruined world.
[30]
The Work of the Church
To human agencies is committed the work of extending the tri-
umphs of the cross from point to point. As the Head of the church,
Christ is authoritatively calling upon everyone who claims to believe
on Him to follow His example of self-denial and self-sacrifice in work-
ing for the conversion of those whom Satan and his vast army are
28