Miracle does not require to be
understood, only to be believed, in order to take place. With men
it is impossible, but with God it is possible. Jesus not only
affirmed this, but proved it in His own person. The impression of
His personality convinced the disciples of the fact of the
forgiveness of their sins and of their second birth, and gave them
courage to believe in a new divine life and to live it. He had in
fact lost His life and saved it; He could do as he would. He had
escaped the limits of the race and the pains of self-seeking
nature; He had found freedom and personality in God, who alone is
master of Himself, and lifts those up to Himself who seek after
Him.
Jesus works in the world and for the world, but with His faith He
stands above the world and outside it. He can sacrifice Himself
for the world because He asks nothing from the world, but has
attained in retirement with God to equanimity and peace of soul.
And further, the entirely supra-mundane position, at which Jesus
finds courage and love to take an interest in the world, does not
lead Him to anything strained or unnatural.
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