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made manifest the character of the Father. He was so perfectly con-
nected with God, so completely embraced in His encircling light,
that he who had seen the Son, had seen the Father. His voice was as
the voice of God (
The Review and Herald, January 7, 1890
).
11. Preparation for the Storm of Temptation
—“Believe me
that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for
the very works’ sake.” Their faith might safely rest upon the evidence
given by Christ’s works, works that no man had ever done or ever
could do. They could reason that humanity alone could not do these
wonderful works. Christ was seeking to lead them up from their
low state of faith to the experience that they might have received
by seeing what He had done in giving a higher education, and in
imparting a knowledge of what He was, God in human flesh. How
earnestly and perseveringly our compassionate Saviour sought to
prepare His followers for the storm of temptation that was soon to
beat about them. He would have had them hid with Him in God
(
Manuscript 41, 1897
).
15 (see
EGW comment on Exodus 20:1-17
;
Romans 3:31
).
Obedience Possible in Our Humanity
—We are not to serve God
as if we were not human, but we are to serve Him in the nature
we have, that has been redeemed by the Son of God; through the
righteousness of Christ we shall stand before God pardoned, and
as though we had never sinned. We will never gain strength in
considering what we might do if we were angels. We are to turn in
faith to Jesus Christ, and show our love to God through obedience
to His commands (
Manuscript 1, 1892
).
21. God Loves the Obedient as His Own Son
—The believer
may bear the testimony in his life and character that God loves the
human agent who obeys His commands as He loves His Son. How
amazing is this statement—almost beyond the comprehension of the
finite mind (
Letter 11a, 1894
)!
26
. See
EGW comment on Romans 2:4
.
30 (See
EGW comment on John 1:1-3, 14
). Christ’s Purity
Annoyed Satan
—Amid impurity, Christ maintained His purity. Sa-
tan could not stain or corrupt it. His character revealed a perfect
hatred for sin. It was His holiness that stirred against Him all the pas-
sion of a profligate world; for by His perfect life He threw upon the
world a perpetual reproach, and made manifest the contrast between