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Proving the Will of God, April 18
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the
renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and
acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Romans 12:2
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Christ came to the world to counteract Satan’s falsehood that God
had made a law which men could not keep. Taking humanity upon
Himself, He came to this earth, and by a life of obedience showed that
God has not made a law that man cannot keep. He showed that it is
possible for man perfectly to obey the law. Those who accept Christ
as their Saviour, becoming partakers of His divine nature, are enabled
to follow His example, living in obedience to every precept of the law.
Through the merits of Christ, man is to show by his obedience that he
could be trusted in heaven, that he would not rebel.
In all His Godlike deeds, the world’s Redeemer declares, “I can
of mine own self do nothing.” “This commandment have I received of
my Father.”
John 5:30
;
10:18
. All I do is in fulfillment of the counsel
and will of My heavenly Father. The history of the daily earthly life
of Jesus is the exact record of the fulfillment of the purposes of God
toward man. His life and character were the unfolding or representation
of the perfection of the character that man may attain by becoming a
partaker of the divine nature, and overcoming the world through daily
conflicts.
The youth need to keep ever before them the course that Christ
followed.... In the study of His life we shall learn how much God
through Him will do for His children. And we shall learn that, however
great our trials may be, they cannot exceed what Christ endured.
Those who walk even as Christ walked, who are patient, gentle,
kind, meek and lowly in heart, those who yoke up with Christ and lift
His burdens, who yearn for souls as He yearned for them—these will
enter into the joy of their Lord. They will see with Christ the travail
of His soul, and be satisfied. Heaven will triumph, for the vacancies
made in heaven by the fall of Satan and his angels will be filled by the
redeemed of the Lord.
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