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True Knowledge of God
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refreshed by sleep. He shared the lot of human beings, yet He was
the blameless Son of God. He was a stranger and sojourner on the
earth—in the world but not of the world, tempted and tried as men
and women today are tempted and tried, yet living a life free from
sin. Tender, compassionate, sympathetic, ever considerate of others,
He represented the character of God and was constantly engaged in
service for God and humanity.
“‘The Lord has anointed Me,’” He said,
“‘To preach good tidings to the poor;
He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted,
To proclaim liberty to the captives,’”
“‘And recovery of sight to the blind;’”
“‘To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, ...
To comfort all who mourn.’”
Isaiah 61:1; Luke 4:18;
Isaiah 61:2.
“‘Love your enemies,’” He bids us; “‘bless those who curse you,
do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully
use you and persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in
heaven;’” “‘for He is kind to the unthankful and evil.’” “‘He makes
His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just
and on the unjust.’” “‘Therefore be merciful, just as your Father also
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is merciful.’”
Matthew 5:44, 45
;
Luke 6:35
;
Matthew 5:45
;
Luke
6:36
.
“‘Through the tender mercy of our God, ...
The Dayspring from on high has visited us;
To give light to those who sit in darkness and the shadow of
death,
To guide our feet into the way of peace.’”
Luke 1:78, 79.
The Glory of the Cross
The revelation of God’s love to us centers in the cross. Its full
significance tongue cannot utter, pen cannot portray, the human mind