QUESTION Debra 1
How did Christ give up his omniscience referred to in Luke 2:52, for we know that Christ read the hearts and thoughts of men? 2
MATTHEW 12:25 3
Jesus revealed no qualities, and exercised no powers, that men may not have through faith in Him. His perfect humanity is that which all His followers may possess, if they will be in subjection to God as He was. (DA 664.4) 4
Jesus emptied Himself, and in all that He did, self did not appear. He subordinated all things to the will of His Father.... Self is yielded to the disposal of the Holy Spirit. (MB 14, 15) 5
He yielded himself to the Holy Spirit, and the Spirit of God was able to lead him, inform him, and work through him. 6
Sunday afternoon I spoke in the same hall on the subject of temperance to a good congregation, who listened with the deepest interest. I had freedom and power in presenting Jesus, who took upon himself the infirmities and bore the griefs and sorrows of humanity, and conquered in our behalf. He was made like unto his brethren, with the same susceptibilities, mental and physical. He was tempted in all points like as we are, yet without sin; and he knows how to succor those who are tempted. (RH February 10, 1885, par. 7) 7
Are you harassed and perplexed? So was Jesus. Do you feel the need of encouragement? So did Jesus. As Satan tempts you, so he tempted the Majesty of heaven. Jesus, as your representative and substitute, did not yield on the field of conflict; and in his strength you may resist and conquer. Every fallen son and daughter of Adam may rejoice that they are prisoners of hope, and that Satan can be vanquished. (RH February 10, 1885, par. 7) 8 Perplex baffled, confused, bewildered
The angels of God are ever passing from earth to heaven, and from heaven to earth. The miracles of Christ for the afflicted and suffering were wrought by the power of God through the ministration of the angels. And it is through Christ, by the ministration of His heavenly messengers, that every blessing comes from God to us. In taking upon Himself humanity, our Saviour unites His interests with those of the fallen sons and daughters of Adam, while through His divinity He grasps the throne of God. And thus Christ is the medium of communication of men with God, and of God with men. (DA 143.1) 9
All things Christ received from God, but He took to give. So in the heavenly courts, in His ministry for all created beings: through the beloved Son, the Father s life flows out to all; through the Son it returns, in praise and joyous service, a tide of love, to the great Source of all. And thus through Christ the circuit of beneficence is complete, representing the character of the great Giver, the law of life. (DA 21.2) 10
Our heavenly Father is the Creator, but he accomplished this through Christ. Our heavenly Father healed the afflicted and the suffering, but he accomplished this through Christ, and Christ accomplished it through the ministration of the holy angels. Our heavenly Father blesses us today, but he sends every blessing to us through Christ, by the angels. 11
We are at the bottom of this great chain of benevolence, so to speak, and when it reaches us, it becomes a circle, with our love returning to the Father (the originator of it all) through the Son. 12
Jesus revealed no qualities, and exercised no powers, that men may not have through faith in Him. His perfect humanity is that which all His followers may possess, if they will be in subjection to God as He was. (DA 664.4) 13
John 5:30 14
Proverbs 16:9 15