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Jesus and the Law of Sympathetic Love—The law of God was
changeless in its character, and therefore Christ gave Himself a sacri-
fice in behalf of fallen man, and Adam lost Eden and was placed with
all his posterity upon probation.
Had the law of God been changed in one precept since the expul-
sion of Satan from heaven, he would have gained on earth after his fall
that which he could not gain in heaven before his fall. He would have
received all that he asked for. We know that he did not.... The law ...
remains unalterable as the throne of God, and the salvation of every
soul is determined by obedience or disobedience....
Jesus, by the law of sympathetic love, bore our sins, took our
punishment, and drank the cup of the wrath of God apportioned to the
transgressor.... He bore the cross of self-denial and self-sacrifice for
us, that we might have life, eternal life. Will we bear the cross for
Jesus?—
Letter 110, 1896
(KH 289.)
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Sensitive, Loving Nature of Christ—His life, from its beginning
to its close, was one of self-denial and self-sacrifice. Upon the cross
of Calvary He made the great sacrifice of Himself in behalf of all men
that the whole world might have salvation if they would. Christ was
hid in God, and God stood revealed to the world in the character of
His Son....
Love for a lost world was manifested every day, in every act of His
life. Those who are imbued by His spirit will work in the same lines
as those in which Christ worked. In Christ the light and love of God
were manifested in human nature. No human being has ever possessed
so sensitive a nature as did the sinless, Holy One of God, who stood
as head and representative of what humanity may become through the
imparting of the divine nature.—
The Youth’s Instructor, August 16,
1894
. (KH 288.)
God’s Love a Living Spring—The love of God is something
more than a mere negation; it is a positive and active principle, a living
spring, ever flowing to bless others. If the love of Christ dwells in us,
we shall not only cherish no hatred toward our fellows, but we shall
seek in every way to manifest love toward them.—
Thoughts from the
Mount of Blessing, 58
(1896).
Universe Expresses God’s Love—Would that everyone could
rightly estimate the precious gift our heavenly Father has made to
our world. The disciples felt that they could not express the love of