9. Why did the Lord make such detailed planning for His life on earth? Hebrews 7:25.
NOTE: ‘Christ offered up His broken body to purchase back God’s heritage, to give man another trial. “Wherefore He is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by Him, seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them.” Hebrews 7:25. By His spotless life, His obedience, His death on the cross of Calvary, Christ interceded for the lost race. And now, not as a mere petitioner does the Captain of our salvation intercede for us, but as a Conqueror claiming His victory. His offering is complete, and as our Intercessor He executes His self-appointed work, holding before God the censer containing His own spotless merits and the prayers, confessions, and thanksgiving of His people. Perfumed with the fragrance of His righteousness, these ascend to God as a sweet savour. The offering is wholly acceptable, and pardon covers all transgression. Christ has pledged Himself to be our substitute and surety, and He neglects no one. He who could not see human beings exposed to eternal ruin without pouring out His soul unto death on their behalf will look with pity and compassion upon every soul who realizses that he cannot save himself.’ Christ’s Object Lessons, page 156.
10. How did Jesus, our High Priest, view his own role? Hebrews 2:14, 15, 17, 18; 1 John 3:8.
NOTE: ‘Shall any man or woman be indifferent to the very souls for whom Christ is pleading in the courts of heaven? Shall you in your course of action imitate the Pharisees, who would be merciless, and Satan, who would accuse and destroy? Oh will you individually humble your own souls before God, and let that stern nerve and iron will be subdued and broken? …Step away from Satan’s voice and from acting his will, and stand by the side of Jesus, possessing His attributes, the possessor of keen and tender sensibilities, who can make the cause of afflicted, suffering ones his own … Practise working in lines in which Christ worked. You must never put on the cloak of severity and condemn and denounce and drive away from the fold, poor, tempted mortals; but as labourers together with God, heal the spiritually diseased. This you will do if you have the mind of Christ.’ Christian Education, page 160.