Our Greatest Need Ron Spear - The Eternal Gospel Church

84 OUR GREATEST NEEDChrist was put to the closest test, requiring the strength ofall His faculties to resist the inclination when in danger, to useHis power to deliver Himself from peril, and triumph overthe power of the prince of darkness. Review and Herald,April 1, 1875.I present before you the great Exemplar. . . . As really didHe meet, and resist the temptations of Satan as any of thechildren of humanity. In this sense alone could He be a perfectexample for man. He subjected Himself to humanity tobecome acquainted with all temptations wherewith man isbeset; He took upon Him the infirmities and bore the sorrowsof the sons of Adam. Our High Calling, 57.Christ alone had experience in all the sorrows and temptationsthat befall human beings. Never another of womanborn was so fiercely beset by temptations. Education, 78.In the wilderness of temptation . . . He [our Lord] wasexposed to the assaults of satanic agencies. These assaultswere more severe than man has ever passed through. . . . Inthis conflict the humanity of Christ was taxed as none of uswill ever know. . . . These were real temptations, no pretense.Christ “suffered being tempted.” Selected Messages,book 1, 94–95.He [Christ] not only became an exile from the heavenlycourts, but for us took the risk of failure and eternal loss. TheDesire of Ages, 131.Had the head of Christ been touched, the hope of thehuman race would have perished. Divine wrath would havecome upon Christ as it came upon Adam. Christ and thechurch would have been without hope. Manuscript Releases,vol. 16, 119.In His closing hours, while hanging upon the cross, Heexperienced to the fullest extent what man must experience