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Do Not Accuse Others, but Intercede for Them, July 24
Therefore, in all things He had to be made like His brethren, that He might
be a merciful and faithful High Priest in things pertaining to God, to make
propitiation for the sins of the people.
Hebrews 2:17
, NKJV.
Let human beings, subject to temptation, remember that in the heavenly courts
they have a High Priest who is touched with the feeling of their infirmities, be-
cause He Himself was tempted, even as they are. And let those in positions of
responsibility, especially, remember that they are subject to temptation, and wholly
dependent on the merits of the Savior. However sacred the work to which they may
be called, they are still sinners, who can be saved only through the grace of Christ.
One day they must stand before the throne of God, saved by the blood of the Lamb,
or condemned to the punishment of the wicked....
How grieved Christ is by the lack of love and tenderness manifested by His
people in their dealings with one another! He notes the words, the tones of the
voice. He hears the harsh, severe judgment passed on those whom He, in infinite
love, is presenting to the Father. He hears every sigh of pain and sorrow caused by
human harshness, and His Spirit is grieved.
Apart from Christ we can do no good thing. How inconsistent, then, it is
for human beings to exalt themselves! How strange that any should forget that
they must repent, in common with their fellow beings, and that those whom they
condemn with severity may stand justified before God, receiving the sympathy of
Christ and the angels.
Let God’s messengers act as wise men and women. Let them not lift up their
souls unto vanity, but cherish humility. “Thus saith the high and lofty One that
inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with
him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble,
and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.” ...
Christ is pleading the case of every tempted soul, but while He is doing this,
many of His people are grieving Him by taking their stand with Satan to accuse
their brethren and sisters, pointing to their polluted garments.
Let not the criticized ones become discouraged; for while others are condemning
them, Christ is saying of them, I have graven thee upon the palms of My hands. By
creation and by redemption thou art Mine.—
The Review and Herald, March 17,
1903
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