Thought for February 26

[Thompson, Darryl]

     As His representatives among men, Christ does not choose angels who
have never fallen, but human beings, men of like passions with those
they seek to save. Christ took upon Himself humanity, that He might
reach humanity. Divinity needed humanity; for it required both the
divine and the human to bring salvation to the world. Divinity needed
humanity, that humanity might afford a channel of communication between
God and man. So with the servants and messengers of Christ. Man needs a
power outside of and beyond himself, to restore him to the likeness of
God, and enable him to do the work of God; but this does not make the
human agency unessential. Humanity lays hold upon divine power, Christ
dwells in the heart by faith; and through co-operation with the divine,
the power of man becomes efficient for good. Desire of Ages, p. 296