[Manna - December 7]
When He was reviled, He reviled not again. 1 Peter 2:23
NOT because His enemies had found in Him something
that could properly and justly be reviled and
evil spoken of;—nor because His enemies were so
nearly perfect that He could find nothing in them to
revile and speak evil of; but because He was so full
of submission to the divine will that He was enabled
to take the scoffs and railings of the people, and to
bear these humbly and patiently, and to remember
that even hereunto He was called, did Jesus endure
patiently and learn the lessons, and prove Himself
faithful, and develop and demonstrate His true character,
and feel and manifest His pity for the people,
in their blindness and ignorance, and His love for
them. Z. '01-298 R2879:4