The Golden Chain - Robert J. Wieland
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own will, but the will of Him who sent Me" (John<br />
5:30; 6:38). "Christ did not please Himself<br />
(Romans 15:3). <strong>The</strong>refore His righteousness was<br />
the fruit of a constant struggle to yield His will to<br />
His Father's will; and the terrible extent of that<br />
struggle is seen in His agony in Gethsemane and on<br />
the cross. Ellen White's expression indicates that "a<br />
taint of corruption resting upon Christ" would have<br />
been equivalent to His “yielding to corruption.”<br />
And that would have been sin. And that He never<br />
did, or thought, or purposed, or even fantasized.<br />
6. How could Christ have taken upon<br />
Himself the sinful nature of man after the fall,<br />
and not have had "a taint of sin"?<br />
<strong>The</strong> word "taint" means a touch or flavor<br />
indicating the presence of the tainting article.<br />
Spoiled milk has the "taint" of spoilage because the<br />
spoilage is there. If Christ had "a taint of sin" or<br />
permitted it "for one moment" to "rest upon Him,"<br />
He would be a sinner and thus have brought on<br />
Himself "the taint of sin." Jones's and Waggoner's<br />
message never presented the slightest "taint" of sin<br />
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