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60 - The Desire of Ages - Ellen Gould · Philosophy and Faith

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  The law of the new Kingdom. The time of the Passover was drawing near,
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  and again Jesus turned toward Jerusalem. In his heart was the peace of
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  perfect oneness with the Father's will. And with eager steps he pressed on towards
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  the place of sacrifice. But a sense of mystery, of doubt and fear
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  fell upon the disciples. The Savior went before them, and they were amazed,
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  And as they followed, they were afraid. Again. Christ called the
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  twelve about him, and with greater definiteness than ever before, he opened to
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  them his betrayal and sufferings. Behold, he said, we go up to
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  Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son a
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  man shall be accomplished. For he shall be delivered unto the gentiles, and
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  shall be mocked and spitefully entreated and spitted on, and they shall scourge him
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  and put him to death. And the third day he shall rise again.
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  And they understood none of these things, And this saying was hid from them.
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  Neither knew they the things which were spoken. Had they not just before
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  proclaimed everywhere the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand, had not Christ himself promised
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  that many should sit down with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the Kingdom of
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  God. Had he not promised to all who had left aught for his sake
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  a hundredfold in this life and a part in his kingdom, And had he
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  not given to the twelve the special promise of positions of high honor in his
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  kingdom to sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel. Even now he
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  had said that all things written in the prophets concerning him should be fulfilled,
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  And had not the prophets foretold the glory of the Messiah's reign. In the
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  light of these thoughts, his words in regard to betrayal, persecution, and
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  death seemed vague and shadowy. Whatever difficulties might intervene, they believed that the
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  kingdom was soon to be established. John the son of Zebedee, had been
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  one of the first two disciples who had followed Jesus. He and his brother
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  James had been among the first group who had left all for his service.
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  Gladly, they had forsaken home and friends that they might be with him.
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  They had walked and talked with him. They had been with him in the
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  privacy of the home, and in the public assemblies. He had quieted their
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  fears, delivered them from danger, relieved their sufferings, comforted their grief,
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  and with patience and tenderness, had taught them till their hearts seemed linked with
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  his, and in the ardor of their love, they longed to be nearest
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  to Him in his kingdom at every possible opportunity. John took his place next
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  to Savior, and James longed to be honored with as close connection with him.
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  Their mother was a follower of Christ and administered to him freely of her
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  substance. With a mother's love and ambition for her sons, she coveted for
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  them the most honored place in the new kingdom. For this she encouraged him
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  to make request. Together, the mother and her sons came to Jesus,
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  asking that he would grant a petition on which their heart were set. What
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  would ye that I should do for you, he questioned. The mother answered,
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  grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on my right
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  hand and the other on the left, in thy kingdom. Jesus bears tenderly
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  with them, not rebuking their selfishness and seeking preference above their brethren. He
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  reads her hearts. He knows the depth of their attachment to him. Their
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  love is not a mere human affection, though defiled by the earthliness of its
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  human channel, it is an outflowing from the fountain of his own redeeming love.
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  He will not rebuke, but deepen and purify. He said, are
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  ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of? And to
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  be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They recall his mysterious
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  words, pointing to trial and suffering, Yet answer confidently, we are able.
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  They would count it highest honor to prove their loyalty by sharing all that
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  is to befall their Lord. Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and
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  be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with. He said before him
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  a cross instead of a throne. Two malefactors, his companions at his right
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  hand and his left, John and James, were to share with their master
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  in suffering. The one first of the brethren, to perish with the sword,
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  the other longest of all, to endure toil and reproach and persecution.
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  But to sit on my right hand and on my left, he continued,
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  is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom
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  it is prepared of my Father. In the Kingdom of God, position is
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  not gained through favoritism. It is not earned, nor is it received through
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  an arbitrary bestow It is the result of character. The crown and the throne
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  are the tokens of a condition attained. They are the tokens of self conquest
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  through our Lord Jesus Christ. Long afterward, when the Disciple had been brought
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  into sympathy with Christ through the fellowship of his sufferings, the Lord revealed to
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  John, what is the condition of nearness in his kingdom? To him that
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  overcometh, Christ said, will I grant to sit with me in my throne,
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  even as I also overcame and am set down with my Father and his
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  throne. Him that overcometh, will I make a pillar in the temple of
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  my God, and he shall go no more out, And I will write
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  upon him the name of my God, and I will write upon him my
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  new name. Revelation three twenty one twelve. So Paul the Apostle wrote,
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  I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is
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  at hand. I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course.
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  I have kept the faith. Henceforth there is laid up for me a
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  crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, shall give me
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  at that day, said Timothy four six eight. The one who stands nearest
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  to Christ will be he who on earth has drunk most deeply of the spirit
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  of his Self. Sacrificing love. Love that vaunteth not itself, is not
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  puffed up, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no
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  evil. First Corinthians thirteen four or five. Love that moves the disciple,
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  as it moved our Lord to give all to live in labor and sacrifice,
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  even unto death, for the saving of humanity. This spirit was made manifest
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  in the life of Paul. He said, for to me, to live
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  is Christ, for his life revealed Christ's to men, And to die is
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  gain gained to Christ. Death itself would make manifest the power of his grace
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  and gather souls to him. Christ shall be magnified in my body, he
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  said, whether it be by life or by death. Philippians won twenty one
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  twenty. When the ten heard of the request of James and John. They
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  were much displeased. The highest place in the kingdom was just what every one
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  of them was seeking for himself, and they were angry that the two disciples
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  had gained a seeming advantage over them. Again, the strifeest to which should
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  be greatest, seemed about to be renewed. When Jesus, calling them to
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  him, said to the indignant disciples, he know that they which are accounted
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  to rule over the gentiles, exercise lordship over them, and their great ones
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  exercise authority upon them. But so shall it not be among you. In
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  the kingdoms of the world. Position meant self aggrandizement. The people were supposed
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  to exist for the benefit of the ruling classes. Influence, wealth, education,
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  were so many means of gaining control of the masses for the use of
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  the leaders. The higher classes were to think, decide, in joy,
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  and rule. The lower were to obey and serve. Religion, like all
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  things else, was a matter of authority. The people were expected to believe
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  in practice as their superiors directed. The right of man as man to think
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  and act for himself was wholly unrecognized. Christ was establishing a kingdom on different
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  principles. He called men, not to authority, but to service the strong,
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  to bear the infirmities of the weak. Power position, talent education placed
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  their possessor under the greater obligation to serve his fellows. To even the lowliest
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  of Christ's disciples, it is said, all things are for your sakes Second
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  Corinthians four fifteen. The son of Man came not to be ministered unto,
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  but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. Among
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  his disciples, Christ was in every sense a caretaker, a burden bearer.
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  He shared their poverty, He practiced self denial on their account. He went
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  before them to smooth the more difficult places, and soon he would consummate his
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  work on earth by laying down his life. The principle on which Christ acted
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  is to actuate the members of the Church, which is his body. The
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  plan and ground of salvation is love. In the Kingdom of Christ, those
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  are greatest who follow the example he is given and act as shepherds of his
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  flock. The words of Paul reveal the true dignity and honor of the Christian
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  life. Though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself
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  servant unto all not seeking mine? Own prophet, but the prophet of many,
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  that they may be saved. First Corinthians nine nineteen ten thirty three.
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  In matters of conscience, the soul must be left untrammeled. No one is
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  to control another's mind, to judge for another, or to prescribe his duty.
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  God gives to every soul freedom to think and to follow his own convictions.
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  Every one of us shall give account of himself to God. No one
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  has a right to merge his own individuality in that of another. In all
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  matters where principle is involved, Let every man be fully persuaded in his own
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  mind Romans fourteen twelve and five. In Christ's kingdom there is no lordly oppression,
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  no compulsion of manner. The angels of heaven do not come to the
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  earth to rule and to exact homage, but as messengers of mercy, to
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  cooperate with men in uplifting humanity. The principles and the very words of the
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  Saviour's teaching in their divine beauty dwelt in the memory of the beloved Disciple to
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  his latest days. The burden of John's testimony to the churches was this is
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  the message that she heard from the beginning that we should love one another.
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  Hereby perceive we the love of God, because He laid down his life for
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  us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. First
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  John three eleven sixteen. This was the spirit that pervaded the Early Church after
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  the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. The multitude of them that believed were of
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  one heart and of one soul. Neither said any of them that aught of
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  the things which he possessed was his own. Neither was there any among them
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  that lacked. And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of
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  the Lord Jesus. And great grace was upon them all Acts four thirty two,
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  thirty four, thirty three, end of Chapter sixty