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Christ Tempted as We Are, October 23
Christ in My Life
For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the
feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we
are, yet without sin.
Hebrews 4:15
The coming of Christ to our world was a great event, not only to this
world, but to all the worlds in the universe of God. He came to take upon
Him our nature, to be tempted in all points like as we are, and yet to
leave before us an example of perfect purity and unblemished character.
In that He was tempted in all points like as we are, He knows how to
sympathize with us. He knows how to pity and how to aid the children
and youth; for He too was a child, and He understands every trial and
temptation with which children are beset....
His eyes shone with an expression of that love which led Him to
leave the heavenly courts and come to earth to die in the sinner’s place....
He pitied and loved not only those who sought to be obedient and loving,
but those also who were wayward and perverse. Jesus has not changed;
He is the same yesterday, today, and forever, and He still loves and pities
the erring, seeking to draw them to Himself, that He may give them
divine aid. He knows that a demon power is struggling in every soul,
striving for the mastery; but Jesus came to break the power of Satan and
to set the captives free.
In Christ the character of the Father was revealed. As children
looked upon His countenance, they saw purity and goodness shining
forth from His eyes. In His countenance gentleness, meekness, love, and
conscious power were combined. But though every word, every gesture,
every expression of His face, betokened His divine supremacy, humility
marked His deportment and bearing. He came but for one purpose, and
that was the salvation of the lost.
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