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THE MESSAGE HEEDED 333 sacrifice, He turned not aside until He had given His life. There was no rest for Him between the throne and the cross. Point after point Paul lingered over, in order that those who should read his epistle might fully comprehend the wonderful condescension of the Saviour in their behalf. Presenting Christ as He was when equal with God and with Him receiving the homage of the angels, the apostle traced His course until He had reached the lowest depths of humiliation. Paul Avas convinced that if they could be brought to comprehend the amazing sacrifice made by the Majesty of heaven, all selfishness would be banished from their lives. He showed how the Son of God had laid aside His glory, voluntarily subjecting Himself to the conditions of human nature; and then had humbled Himself as a servant, becoming obedient unto death, ^'even the death of the cross,"' that He might lift fallen man from degradation to hope and joy and heaven. When we study the divine character in the light of the cross, we see mercy, tenderness, and forgiveness blended with equity and justice. We see in the midst of the throne One bearing in hands and feet and side the marks of the suffering endured to reconcile man to God. We see a Father, infinite, dwelling in light unapproachable, yet receiving us to' Himself through the merits of His Son. The cloud of vengeance that threatened only misery and despair, in the light reflected from the cross reveals the writing of God : Live, sinner, live ! ye penitent, believing souls, live! I have paid a ransom. ^ Phil. 2 : 8.