All Men Are Drawn To The Uplifted Saviour

[Thompson, Darryl]

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Ellen G. White Estate, Devotional for January 23
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All Men Are Drawn To The Uplifted Saviour

And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me. John
12:32.

Never before was there such a general knowledge of Jesus as when He hung
upon the cross. He was lifted up from the earth, to draw all to Him.

Into the hearts of many who beheld that crucifixion scene, and who heard
Christ's words, was the light of truth to shine. With John they would
proclaim, "Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the
world." There were those who never rested until, searching the
Scriptures and comparing passage with passage, they saw the meaning of
Christ's mission. They saw that free forgiveness was provided by Him
whose tender mercy embraced the whole world. They read the prophecies
regarding Christ, and the promises so free and full, pointing to a
fountain opened for Judah and Jerusalem.

The sacrifice of Christ as an atonement for sin is the great truth
around which all other truths cluster. In order to be rightly understood
and appreciated, every truth in the Word of God, from Genesis to
Revelation, must be studied in the light which streams from the cross of
Calvary, and in connection with the wondrous, central truth of the
Saviour's atonement. Those who study the Redeemer's wonderful sacrifice
grow in grace and knowledge.

I present before you the great, grand monument of mercy and
regeneration, salvation and redemption,-the Son of God uplifted on the
cross of Calvary. This is to be the theme of every discourse.

Jesus is inviting and drawing by His Holy Spirit the hearts of young and
old to Himself. . . . When Christ crucified is preached, the power of
the gospel is demonstrated by the influence it exerts over the believer.
In place of remaining dead in trespasses and sins, he is awakened.

Lift up the Man of Calvary higher and still higher; there is power in
the exaltation of the cross of Christ.

>From Devotional: Our Father Cares, p. 32, 33.