He recognised the law of his new life and gladly obeyed it, and
so was not overcome of evil, but persistently and triumphantly
overcame evil with good (Romans xii. 21).
This is the spirit and method of Jesus; and by men filled with
this spirit and following this method He will yet win the world.
He came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give His
life a ransom for many. His spirit is not one of self-seeking, but
of self-sacrifice. Some mysterious majesty of His presence or voice
so awed and overcame His foes that they went back and fell to the
ground before Him in the Garden of His agony, but He meekly
submitted Himself to them; and when Peter laid to with his sword,
and cut off the ear of the high priest's servant, Jesus said to him,
"Put up thy sword into the sheath; the cup which My Father hath
given Me, shall I not drink it?"
This was the spirit of Isaac. When he digged a well, the
Philistines strove with his servants for it; so he digged
another; and when they strove for that, he removed and digged yet
another, "and for that they strove not: and he called the name of
it Rehoboth" (margin, _room_): "and he said, For now the
Lord hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the
land.... And the Lord appeared unto him the same night, and said,
I am the God of Abraham, thy father: fear not, for I am with
thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed" (Genesis xxvi.
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