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Jesus, Our Sympathetic Savior

Because Jesus accepted our humanity, He can comfort us in our afflictions.

By Ellen G. White

God permitted His beloved Son, full of grace and truth, to come from a world of indescribable glory to a world marred and blighted with sin, darkened with the shadow of death and the curse. He permitted Him to leave the bosom of His love, the adoration of the angels, to suffer shame, insult, humiliation, hatred, and death.

Hating sin with a perfect hatred, He yet gathered to His soul the sins of the whole world as He trod the path to Calvary, suffering the penalty of the transgressor. Guiltless, He bore the punishment of the guilty; innocent, yet offering Himself to bear the penalty of the transgression of the law of God. The punishment of the sins of every soul was borne by the Son of the infinite God. The guilt of every sin pressed its weight upon the divine soul of the world’s Redeemer. He who knew

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About the author

Ellen G. White, the most prolific female author in history, especially loved to write about Jesus, her Friend and Savior. Adapted from Our High Calling, May 5, “Despised and Rejected”; Steps to Christ, pp. 13, 120; The Ministry of Healing, p. 504; and Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing, “The Beatitudes: Blessed Are They That Mourn.”

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