In marked contrast to the teachers of His day was the Saviour to conduct Himself among men. In His life no noisy disputation, no ostentatious worship, no act to gain applause, was ever to be witnessed. The Messiah was to be hid in God, and God was to be revealed in the character of His Son. Without a knowledge of God, humanity would be eternally lost. Without divine help, men and women would sink lower and lower. Life and power must be imparted by Him who made the world. Man's necessities could be met in no other way.


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Skønt denne skildring af den lovede frelsers frygtelige lidelse og grusomme død var meget dyster, rummede den rige løfter, for Herren sagde om ham, som det var hans vilje "at slå. ..... med sygdom", for at han kunne fuldbringe "et skyldoffer":

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