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He is Stronger and More Mighty Than Our Adversary,
January 19
Who is this King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord
mighty in battle.
Psalm 24:8
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Christ was strong to save the whole world. He wanted all. He could
not endure the thought that one should be lost. He wept at the grave of
Lazarus, that He could not save every one whom Satan’s power had laid
low in death. He had given Himself a ransom for many, even all who
would avail themselves of the privilege of coming back to their loyalty
to God.... When He raised Lazarus from the dead, He knew that for that
life He must pay the ransom on the cross of Calvary. Every rescue made
was to cause Him the deepest humiliation. He was to taste death for every
man.
In His life on earth, Christ developed a perfect character, He rendered
perfect obedience to His Father’s commandments. In coming to the world
in human form, in becoming subject to the law, in revealing to men that He
bore their sickness, their sorrow, their guilt, He did not become a sinner.
Before the Pharisees He could say, “Which of you convinceth me of sin?”
Not one stain of sin was found upon Him. He stood before the world the
spotless Lamb of God.
From the light of His exalted purity, the world’s Redeemer could
see that the maladies from which the human family were suffering were
brought upon them by transgression of the law of God. Every case of
suffering He could trace back to its source. In every case He read the
sad and awful end of unrepenting sinners. He knew that He alone could
rescue them from the pit into which they had fallen. He alone could
place their feet in the right path; His perfection alone could avail for their
imperfection. He alone could cover their nakedness with His spotless robe
of righteousness.... He is strong to deliver. Help has been laid on One that
is mighty. He encircles man with His long human arm, while with His
divine arm He lays hold of Omnipotence
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The Youth’s Instructor, December 29, 1898
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