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The Lighthouse Digital Library
Christ and His Righteousness
By
Ellet J. Waggoner
Letting the Light shine
Lighthouse Publishing, IncAbrams, WI 54101Version 1.0
©
1998
 
iiiIn the first verse of the third chapter of Hebrews we have an exhortationwhich comprehends all the injunctions given to the Christian. It is this:"Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider theApostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus." To do this as theBible enjoins, to consider Christ continually and intelligently, just as He is,will transform one into a perfect Christian, for "by beholding we becomechanged."Ministers of the gospel have an inspired warrant for keeping the theme,Christ, continually before the people and directing the attention of thepeople to Him alone. Paul said to the Corinthians, "I determined not toknow anything among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified" (
1 Cor.2:2
), and there is no reason to suppose that his preaching to the Corinthianswas different in any respect from his preaching elsewhere. Indeed, he tellsus that when God revealed His Son in him, it was that he might preach Himamong the heathen (
Gal. 1:15, 16 
), and his joy was that to him grace hadbeen given to "preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ."
 Eph. 3:8
.But the fact that the apostles made Christ the burden of all their preaching isnot our sole warrant for magnifying Him. His name is the only name underheaven given among men whereby we can be saved.
 Acts 4:12.
ChristHimself declared that no man can come unto the Father but by Him.
 John14:6 
. To Nicodemus He said, "And as Moses lifted up the serpent in thewilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up; that whosoeverbelieveth in Him should not perish, but have eternal life."
 John 3:14, 15
.This "lifting up" of Jesus, while it has primary reference to His crucifixion,embraces more than the mere historical fact; it means that Christ must be"lifted up" by all who believe in Him, as the crucified Redeemer, whosegrace and glory are sufficient to supply the world's greatest need; it meansthat He should be "lifted up" in all His exceeding loveliness and power as"God with us," that His Divine attractiveness may thus draw all unto Him.See
 John 12:32
.The exhortation to consider Jesus and also the reason therefor, are given in
 Heb. 12:1-3
: "Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so greata cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight and the sin which doth soeasily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,looking unto Jesus the Author and Finisher of our faith; who for the joy thatwas set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down
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