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Humility, March 15
But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the
proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
James 4:6
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You are safe only as, in perfect submission and obedience, you connect
yourselves with Christ. The yoke is easy, for Christ carries the weight. As
you lift the burden of the cross, it will become light; and that cross is to
you a pledge of eternal life. It is the privilege of each to follow gladly after
Christ, exclaiming at every step, “Thy gentleness hath made me great.”
But if we would travel heavenward, we must take the Word of God as our
lesson-book. In the words of inspiration we must read our lessons day by
day....
The humiliation of the man Christ Jesus is incomprehensible to the
human mind; but His divinity and His existence before the world was
formed can never be doubted by those who believe the Word of God. The
apostle Paul speaks of our Mediator, the only begotten Son of God, who in
a state of glory was in the form of God, the Commander of all the heavenly
hosts, and who, when He clothed His divinity with humanity, took upon
Him the form of a servant....
In consenting to become man, Christ manifested a humility that is
the marvel of the heavenly intelligences. The act of consenting to be a
man would be no humiliation were it not for the fact of Christ’s exalted
pre-existence. We must open our understanding to realize that Christ laid
aside His royal robe, His kingly crown, His high command, and clothed
His divinity with humanity, that He might meet man where he was, and
bring to the human family moral power to become the sons and daughters
of God. To redeem man, Christ became obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross
The meekness and humility that characterized the life of Christ will
be made manifest in the life and character of those who “walk even as he
walked.
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The Youth’s Instructor, October 13, 1898
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The Youth’s Instructor, November 8, 1894
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