![]() ![]() The Lord does not require us to do some grievous thing in order that we may have the forgiveness of sin. Note: “The conditions of obtaining mercy of God are simple and just and reasonable. How do we receive the benefit of Christ’s death for our sins? Acts 16:31 I John 1:9.He suffered the death which was ours, that we might receive the life which was His.” The Desire of Ages, 25. He was condemned for our sins, in which He had no share, that we might be justified by His righteousness, in which we had no share. Note: “Christ was treated as we deserve, that we might be treated as He deserves. ![]() What is His will for every person? 2 Peter 3:9 I Timothy 2:4.He must endure separation from His Father’s love.” Ibid., 129. He must bear the sins of the whole world. Before Him was a life of sorrow, hardship, and conflict, and an ignominious death. “Christ’s mission could be fulfilled only through suffering. But He chose to give back the scepter into the Father’s hands, and to step down from the throne of the universe, that He might bring light to the benighted, and life to the perishing.” The Desire of Ages, 22, 23. He might have retained the glory of heaven, and the homage of the angels. Note: “Jesus might have remained at the Father’s side. What great mission did Jesus accomplish by His sacrifice? Matthew 1:21.Note: “The more we study the divine character in the light of the cross, the more we see mercy, tenderness, and forgiveness blended with equity and justice, and the more clearly we discern innumerable evidences of a love that is infinite and a tender pity surpassing a mother’s yearning sympathy for her wayward child.” Steps to Christ, 15. How did God most fully demonstrate His love? John 3:16 Romans 5:6–8.His prohibitions and injunctions are not intended merely to display His authority, but in all that He does He has the well-being of His children in view.” Patriarchs and Prophets, 600. … All things in nature testify to the tender, fatherly care of our God and to His desire to make His children happy. Note: “ ‘God is love,’ is written upon every opening bud, upon the petals of every flower, and upon every spire of grass. What is the most enduring characteristic of our Creator? I John 4:16.White Comments,” The Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, vol. … This is our message, our argument, our doctrine, our warning to the impenitent, our encouragement for the sorrowing, the hope for every believer.” “Ellen G. “Hanging upon the cross Christ was the gospel. “In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him” (I John 4:9). ![]()
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