The Incomparable

Waikato Times, Volume 128, Issue 21365, 8 March 1941, Page 11

The Incomparable

Accomplishing His Purpose More than nineteen hundred years ago nf^fo Wa n b , orn contrar y to the laws “f, I fS' ■ Th l S Man llved ln P° v erty and was reared m obscurity. He did not travel extensively. Only once did He cross the boundary of the country in which He lived; that was during His exile in childhood. His hies work was confined to a little place much less m size than the State in which I live. He possessed neither wealth nor influence. His relatives were inconspicuous, uninfiuential, and had neither training nor education. . He never wrote a book, and yet all the libraries of the country could not hold the books that have been written about Him. He never wrote a song, and yet He has furnished the theme for more songs than all the songwriters combined. He never founded a college, but all the schools put together cannot boast of having as many students. He never practised medicine, and yet He has healed more broken hearts than all the doctors far and near. He never marshalled an army, nor drafted a soldier, nor fired a gun, and yet no leader ever had more volunteers who have, under His orders, made more rebels stack arms and surrender without a shot being fired. Relied Upon Truth The method Christ used in accomplishing His purpose was a novel one. He did not employ the printing press to create public sentiment in His favour. He did not organise a new political party to lift Him by its vote into prominence. He did not amass a strong army and hurl it against a weaker one. In accomplishing His purpose He did not rely on force as did Napoleon, Caesar, Cromwell, and Alexander. In accomplishing His purpose He did not rely on organisation, civilisation, cultivation, education, reformation, nor any other “ation.” He relied upon one intangible thing, namely, “Truth.”

In coming to this world He had but one objective. He did not come to save us from sorrow, for He was a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. He did not come to save us from temptation, for He was tempted in all points like as we are. He did not come to preach nor teach nor heal. He did not come to work at the cause in the realm of effect; nor to white-wash us, but to wash us white; nor to repair, but to replace. Repaired goods are second-hand goods, and Christ is not in the secondhand business. He did not come to put a new patch on an old garment, for Christianity is a sworn foe to patchwork. Nor did He come to deal with our wrong-doing, but rather to deal with our wrong-being.

He came to deal with that thing that blights homes, that breaks hearts and digs graves. He came to deal with that thing that insulted God, that killed the prophets, that robbed Heaven and made hell the high capital of the universe. He came to transform us from the sensual to the spiritual . . . His purpose in coming is set forth in the following Scriptures; “I am come that they might have Life, and that they might have it more abundantly.” “For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.”