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to offer for sins. And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but
he that is called of God, as was Aaron. So also Christ glorified not
himself to be made an high priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art
my Son, to day have I begotten thee. As he saith also in another place,
Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. Who in the
days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications
with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from
death, and was heard in that he feared; though he were a Son, yet
learned he obedience by the things which he suffered; and being made
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perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that
obey him” (
Hebrews 5:1-9
).
Jesus came to bring moral power to combine with human effort,
and in no case are His followers to allow themselves to lose sight
of Christ, who is their example in all things. He said, “For their
sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the
truth” (
John 17:19
). Jesus presents the truth before His children that
they may look upon it, and by beholding it, may become changed,
being transformed by His grace from transgression to obedience, from
impurity to purity, from sin to heart-holiness and righteousness of life.
A Special Class in Heaven
Some among the redeemed will have laid hold of Christ in the last
hours of life, and in heaven instruction will be given to those who,
when they died, did not understand perfectly the plan of salvation.
Christ will lead the redeemed ones beside the river of life, and will open
to them that which while on this earth they could not understand.—
Undated
Manuscript 150
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