The Golden Chain - Robert J. Wieland

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