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“Wounded for Our Transgressions”, March 2
Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows; yet we did
esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was
wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities:
the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we
are healed.
Isaiah 53:4, 5
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The sincere Christian may indeed grieve as he sees the havoc sin has
wrought, but only in a limited sense can the human agent comprehend the
sadness of Christ as He looks upon sin as it exists in the human heart....
From the light of His exalted purity the world’s Redeemer could see that
the maladies from which the human family were suffering were brought
upon them by transgression of the law of God. Every case of suffering He
could trace back to its cause. He read the sad and awful history of the final
end of unrepenting sinners. He knew that He alone could rescue them from
the pit into which they had fallen. He alone could place their feet in the
right path. His perfection alone could avail for their imperfection. He alone
could cover their nakedness with His own spotless robe of righteousness.
Christ wanted all. He could not endure that one should be lost. O if
the human family could only see the results of sin in the transgression
and violence and crime that exist in the world! If they could see the
transformation of men from the image of God to the similitude of Satan!
Man was created pure and holy, but through transgression he came to
possess the attributes of Satan....
In coming to the world in human form, in becoming subject to the law,
in revealing to men that He bore their sickness, their sorrow, their guilt,
Christ did not become a sinner. He was pure and uncontaminated by any
disease. Not one stain of sin was found upon Him.... He stood before the
world the spotless Lamb of God. When suffering humanity pressed about
Him, He who was in the health of perfect manhood was as one afflicted
with them. This was essential, that He might express His perfect love in
behalf of humanity.... Christ was strong to save the whole world
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Manuscript 18, 1892
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