Testimonies for the Church, Volume 9 - Ellen G. White

desires His church to be.
From His high position, Christ, the King of
glory, the Majesty of heaven, saw the condition of
men. He pitied human beings in their weakness and
sinfulness, and came to this earth to reveal what
God is to men. Leaving the royal courts, and
clothing His divinity with humanity, He came to
the world Himself, in our behalf to work out a
perfect character. He did not choose His dwelling
among the rich of the earth. He was born in
poverty, of lowly parentage, and lived in the
despised village of Nazareth. As soon as He was
old enough to handle tools, He shared the burden
of caring for the family.
Christ humbled Himself to stand at the head of
humanity, to meet the temptations and endure the
trials that humanity must meet and endure. He must
know what humanity has to meet from the fallen
foe, that He might know how to succor those who
are tempted.
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