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spake unto those that stood before Him, saying, Take away the filthy
garments from him. And unto him He said, Behold I have caused
thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with change of
raiment. And I said, Let them set a fair miter upon his head. So they
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set a fair miter upon his head, and clothed him with garments. And
the angel of the Lord stood by.”
Bear in mind, every teacher who takes the responsibility of dealing
with human minds, that every soul who is inclined to err and is easily
tempted, is the special object for whom Christ is solicitor. They that are
whole need not a physician, but those that are sick. The compassionate
Intercessor is pleading, and will sinful, finite men and women repulse
a single soul?
Shall any man or woman be indifferent to the very souls for whom
Christ is pleading in the courts of heaven? Shall you in your course of
action, imitate the Pharisees, who would be merciless, and Satan, who
would accuse and destroy? O will you individually humble your own
souls before God, and let that stern nerve and iron will be subdued and
broken?
Step away from Satan’s voice and from acting his will, and stand
by the side of Jesus, possessing His attributes, the possessor of keen
and tender sensibilities, who can make the cause of afflicted, suffering
ones His own. The man who has had much forgiven will love much.
Jesus is a compassionate intercessor, a merciful and faithful high priest.
He, the Majesty of heaven—the King of glory—can look upon finite
man, subject to the temptations of Satan, knowing that He has felt the
power of Satan’s wiles. “Wherefore in all things it behooved Him to
be made like unto His brethren [clothing His divinity with humanity],
that He might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining
to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people. For in that
He himself hath suffered being tempted, He is able to succor them that
are tempted.”
Then I call upon you, my brethren, to practice working in lines in
which Christ worked. You must never put on the cloak of severity and
condemn and denounce and drive away from the fold poor, tempted
mortals; but as laborers together with God, heal the spiritually diseased.
This you will do if you have the mind of Christ. “For we have not an
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high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities;
but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.” “Hast