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Humble Hero
majesty. His words were clear and plain, fully declaring His mission.
“The Father judges no one, but has committed all judgment to the
Son. ... The Father ... has given Him authority to execute judgment
also, because He is the Son of Man.”
The priests and rulers set themselves up as judges to condemn
Christ’s work, but He declared Himself to be their Judge and the
Judge of all the earth. Every blessing from God to the fallen race
has come through Him. As soon as there was sin, there was a
Savior. He who has given light to all, He who has followed us with
tender pleading, seeking to win us from sin to holiness, is both our
Advocate and Judge. He who has been seeking through all the ages
to free the captives from the deceiver’s grasp is the One who will
pass judgment on every person.
Because He has tasted the last drops of human affliction and
temptation and understands our frailties; because He has withstood
the temptations of Satan and will deal justly and tenderly with those
that His own blood has been poured out to save—because of this,
God has appointed the Son of man to execute judgment.
But “God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the
world, but that the world through Him might be saved.”
John 3:17
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And Jesus declared to the Sanhedrin, “He who hears My word and
believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come
into judgment, but has passed from death into life.”
Resurrection of Life
“The hour is coming all who are in the graves will hear His
voice and come forth—those who have done good, to the resurrec-
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tion of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of
condemnation.”
The only light that can lighten the gloom of the grave was shining
on Israel. But self-will is blind. Jesus had violated the traditions of
the rabbis, and they refused to believe.
The time, the place, and the intensity of feeling that filled the
assembly combined to make Jesus’ words before the Sanhedrin even
more impressive. The highest religious authorities of the nation
were seeking the life of Him who declared Himself to be Israel’s
Restorer. The Lord of the Sabbath they called before the court to