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Testimonies for the Church Volume 8
Christ’s Revelation of God
All that man needs to know or can know of God has been revealed
in the life and character of His Son.
“No man hath seen God at any time; the only-begotten Son, which
is in the bosom of the Father, He hath declared Him.”
John 1:18
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Taking humanity upon Him, Christ came to be one with humanity
and at the same time to reveal our heavenly Father to sinful human
beings. He was in all things made like unto His brethren. He became
flesh, even as we are. He was hungry and thirsty and weary. He was
sustained by food and refreshed by sleep. He shared the lot of men,
and yet He was the blameless Son of God. He was a stranger and
sojourner on the earth—in the world, but not of the world; tempted
and tried as men and women today are tempted and tried, yet living a
life free from sin.
Tender, compassionate, sympathetic, ever considerate of others,
He represented the character of God, and was constantly engaged in
service for God and man.
“The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, ...full of grace
and truth.”
Verse 14
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“Unto the men whom Thou gavest Me out of the world,” He said,
“I manifested Thy name,” “that the love wherewith Thou hast loved
Me may be in them.”
John 17:6
, A. R. V., 26.
“Love your enemies,” He bade them; “bless them that curse you,
do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully
use you, and persecute you; that ye may be the children of your Father
which is in heaven;” “for He is kind unto the unthankful and to the
evil.” “He maketh His sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and
sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.” “Be ye therefore merciful,
as your Father also is merciful.”
Matthew 5:44, 45
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Luke 6:35, 36
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The Glory of the Cross
The revelation of God’s love to men centers in the cross. Its full
significance tongue cannot utter; pen cannot portray; the mind of man
cannot comprehend. Looking upon the cross of Calvary we can only
say: “God so loved the world, that He gave His only-begotten Son, that