Phineas F. Bresee - A Prince In Israel - Media Sabda Org

unchangeable purpose of our Lord: to bear witness to the truth. Man's foreordained and true destiny
is the same as His of highest destiny. Every man can say, and in the clearest light must say, "To this
end was I born," etc.
God's Plan
God has planned every human life. How carefully God planned everything! How careful is the
plan for the building of a world! How exact the balance with a million other worlds! It is said that
He weighs the mountains in scales and the earth in a balance. How carefully it must be weighed
against every other particle in the universe! How particular the measurements of force and attraction!
How careful the adjustment of it all with every other body of matter in the universe! How carefully
planned is all animal and vegetable life, and all their adjustments! So it is with a tree or a flower.
Take an oak; see it springing out of an acorn. Not less is this plan manifest in the rose, the violet, the
creeping vine. Every house, temple, and cathedral is carefully planned. A human life, so much
greater than them all, is not left to chance. God has the plan of every life fully wrought out in the
outline of its magnificent possibilities. They are not all after the same pattern. They are not all great
oaks or towering pines, or redwoods. But each one has his place in the Divine plan, and one part is
as great, as beautiful, as glorious as the other, being in the Divine plan and purpose. The one great
end being the manifestation of the Divine glory; that end being in every man, as in the Lord Jesus,
to be a witness to the truth. The manifestation of Jesus' regnancy, His highest kingship, was in His
being a witness to the truth.
What Is Truth?
When Jesus declared that He was a king, to this end was He born, and for this cause came He into
the world that He should bear witness unto the truth, Pilate was aroused a little, enough to say, "What
is truth?" But he was so overwhelmed by the conditions, that he did not wait for a response, but
turned to go out and say to the people: "I find in him no fault at all." But he asked the great question.
Jesus' mission was in it. His kingdom was in it. His knowledge was in it--also the being and destiny
of every one who hears His voice. Had Pilate tarried, Jesus might not have undertaken to tell him.
It might not have been possible to have told him. That one touch of the Christ was as a flash of
lightning. For an instant, strange landscapes seemed to flash before him, far distances seemed to
come nigh; towering mountains stood like specters; far-off worlds glimmered. But a flash of
lightning scarce reveals the universe; it needs the day, and the morning had not dawned upon Pilate.
But to us the Day Star is risen, the sun is in the heavens. We ought to be able to see more clearly.
What is the great end of man? To glorify God and enjoy Him for ever. Yes, that is the catechism.
That is great. But what does it mean? What lies underneath it? What is it to glorify God? It seems
now very evident that we are to be with Christ, in Him, filled by Him, our personality mingled with
His personality.
One Face
What is truth? Not a statement of fact, not a principle, not a science, not a philosophy. Truth is
infinitely more than all this. Truth is personality. Righteousness is personality. Power is personality.
Love is personality. God is personality, divine personality, which embraces all this in an unthinkable