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temptations wherewith man should be beset, and here He wrestled
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with these temptations, passing over the ground where Adam fell, that
He might redeem the disgraceful failure and fall of Adam.
In human nature, as our substitute, as our surety, He laid hold upon
the very hope that it is our privilege to take hold of, and that is infinite
power. Through this, our Saviour overcame the temptations of the
enemy and obtained the victory. For whom? Why, in our behalf. Why?
That not one of the members of the human family need to stumble
in the road that leads to everlasting life. Because He has traveled it
before us, He knows every obstruction, He knows every difficulty that
every soul upon the face of the earth must meet. He knows this, and
therefore at His baptism, when He offered up His petition to heaven,
that prayer cleaved directly through the hellish shadow of Satan that
is thrown on your path, that is thrown on my path, and faith entered
“into that within the veil” (
Hebrews 6:19
).—
Manuscript 12, 1895.
Helps Seeker to Exercise Faith—Christ knew every thought of
her mind [the woman who touched His garment], and He was making
His way to where she stood. He realized her great need, and He was
helping her to exercise faith.—
The Ministry of Healing, 60
(1905).
Divine Knowledge May Become Human Knowledge—Divine
knowledge may become human knowledge. Every minister should
study closely the manner of Christ’s teaching. They must take in
His lessons. There is not one in twenty who knows the beauty, the
real essence, of Christ’s ministry. They are to find it out. Then they
will become partakers of the rich fruit of His teachings. They will
weave them so fully into their own life and practice that the ideas and
principles that Christ brought into His lessons will be brought into
their teaching. The truth will blossom and bear the noblest kind of
fruit. And the worker’s own heart will be warmed; yea it will burn
with the vivifying spiritual life which they infuse into the minds of
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others.—
Manuscript 104, 1898.
To Meet Varied Minds—All who profess to be children of God
should bear in mind that as missionaries they will be brought into
contact with all classes of minds. There are the refined and the coarse,
the humble and the proud, the religious and the skeptical, the edu-
cated and the ignorant, the rich and the poor. These varied minds
cannot be treated alike; yet all need kindness and sympathy. By mutual
contact our minds should receive polish and refinement. We are depen-