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Jesus Was A Friend To Every Human Being, November 20
Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God.
Hebrews 10:9
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Christ’s dignity as a divine teacher was of an order higher than the dignity of
priests and rulers. It was distinct from all worldly pomp; for it was divine. He
dispensed with all worldly display, and showed that He regarded the gradations of
society, fixed by opulence and rank, as of no value. He had ... stepped down from
His high command to bring to human beings power to become the sons of God;
and earthly rank was not of the least value with Him. He could have brought with
Him ten thousand angels if they would have helped Him in His work of redeeming
the race.
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Christ passed by the homes of the wealthy, the courts of royalty, the renowned
seats of learning, and made His home in obscure and despised Nazareth. His life,
from its beginning to its close, was a life of lowliness and humility. Poverty was
made sacred by His life of poverty. He would not put on a dignity of attitude that
would debar men and women, however lowly, from coming into His presence and
listening to His teaching....
No teacher ever placed such signal honor upon man as did our Lord Jesus
Christ. He was known as the friend of publicans and sinners. He mingled with all
classes, and sowed the world with truth. In the marketplace and the synagogue
He proclaimed His message. He relieved every species of suffering, both physical
and spiritual. Beside all waters He sowed the seeds of truth. His one desire was
that all might have spiritual and physical soundness. He was the friend of every
human being. Was He not pledged to bring life and light to all who would receive
Him? Was He not pledged to give them power to become the sons of God? He
gave Himself wholly and entirely to the work of soul-saving....
As He “went about doing good,” every day’s experience was an outpouring of
His life. In one way only could such a life be sustained. Jesus lived in dependence
upon God and communion with Him. To the secret place of the Most High, under
the shadow of the Almighty, men now and then repair; they abide for a season,
and the result is manifest in noble deeds; then their faith fails, the communion is
interrupted, and the lifework marred. But the life of Jesus was a life of constant
trust, sustained by continual communion; and His service for heaven and earth
was without failure or faltering. As a man He supplicated the throne of God, until
His humanity was charged with a heavenly current that connected humanity with
divinity. Receiving life from God, He imparted life to men.
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