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Christ is Our Message!, November 29
For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus
Christ, and him crucified.
1 Corinthians 2:2
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The burden of our message should be the mission and life of Jesus
Christ. Let there be a dwelling upon the humiliation, self-denial, meekness,
and lowliness of Christ, that proud and selfish hearts may see the difference
between themselves and the Pattern, and may be humbled....
Describe, if human language can, the humiliation of the Son of God, and
think not that you have reached the climax when you see Him exchanging
the throne of light and glory which He had with the Father for humanity.
He came forth from heaven to earth, and while on earth, He bore the curse
of God as surety for the fallen race. He was not obliged to do this. He chose
to bear the wrath of God, which man had incurred.... He chose to endure
the cruel mockings, the deridings, the scourging, and the crucifixion....
“He ... became obedient unto death,” but the manner of His death was an
astonishment to the universe, for it was even the death of the cross.
Christ was not insensible to ignominy and disgrace. He felt it all most
bitterly. He felt it as much more deeply and acutely than we can feel
suffering, as His nature was more exalted and pure and holy than that of
the sinful race for whom He suffered. He was the Majesty of heaven, He
was equal with the Father, He was the Commander of the hosts of angels,
yet He died for man the death that was, above all others, clothed with
ignominy and reproach. O that the haughty hearts of men might realize
this! O that they might enter into the meaning of redemption and seek to
learn the meekness and lowliness of Jesus! ...
The gifts of Him who has all power in heaven and in earth are in store
for the children of God. Gifts so precious that they come to us through the
costly sacrifice of the Redeemer’s blood, gifts that will satisfy the deepest
craving of the heart, gifts lasting as eternity, will be received and enjoyed
by all who will come to God as little children
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The Review and Herald, September 11, 1888
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