The Golden Chain - Robert J. Wieland

the cross, it would have been a denial of His
Father's will and therefore sin for Him. Paul says,
"Consider him who endured.... You have not yet
resisted to bloodshed [as He did], striving against
sin" (Hebrews 12:3, 4). If Christ had wiped the
bloody sweat from His brow and come down from
His cross, Ellen White indicates He would have
sinned:
Could one sin have been found in Christ, had
He in one particular yielded to Satan to escape the
terrible torture, the enemy of God and man would
have triumphed (DA 761).
Christ claimed to be sinless because "I always
do those things that please" "the Father" (John
8:46, 29). "Christ did not please Himself" and it
was in His denying His own will and seeking
instead His Father's will that He "overcame" (cf.
Romans 15:3; John 5:30 and 6:38; and Revelation
3:21).
(b) Therefore, had He refused the cross He
could not have said, "I have kept My Father's
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