The Fundamentals - Torrey - XXV - Chapter 3 (The moral glory of Jesus Christ a proof of inspiration)

Required reading
The Fundamentals edited by R. A. Torrey (Available from Amazon or free here) - Read Chapter 3 (The moral glory of Jesus Christ a proof of inspiration).

My summary
This week Moorehead looks at the moral glory of Jesus Christ as a proof that the Bible is inspired.

According to Moorehead the moral glory of Christ 'consists of the perfections which marked his earthly life and ministry; perfections which attached to every relation he sustained, and to every circumstance in which he was found'.

Thus Moorehead looks at Jesus' moral glory as it appears in his:
(i) humanity;
(ii) pattern of man;
(iii) unselfishness and dignity;
(iv) superiority human judgement and intercession;
(v) sinlessness;
(vi) assemblage and correlation of virtues;
(vii) omnipotence and omniscience.

Then Moorehead shows how Jesus' moral glory demonstrates inspiration of the gospels, and then the rest of the Bible.

What grabbed me
Lots of great material in this chapter.

I liked Moorehead's observation that Jesus never asked people to pray for him: 'So likewise He is superior to human intercession. He never asks even His disciples nor His nearest friends, and certainly never His mother Mary, to pray for Him. In Gethsemane He asked the three to watch with Him, He did not ask them to pray for Him. He bade them pray that they might not enter into temptation, but He did not ask them to pray that He should not, nor that He should be delivered out of it. Paul wrote again and again, "Brethren, pray for us" "pray for me." But such was not the language of Jesus. It is worthy of note that the Lord does not place His own people on a level with Himself in His prayers. He maintains the distance of His own personal dignity and supremacy between Himself and them. In His intercession He never uses plural personal pronouns in His petitions. He always says, "I" and "me," "these" and "them that thou hast given me ;" never "we" and "us," as we speak and should speak in our prayers.'

I'm constantly asking people to pray for me, which simply demonstrates how weak I am in comparison to Christ.

Next week's reading
Read Chapter 4 (The testimony of the Scriptures to themselves).

Now it's your turn
Please post your own notes and thoughts in the comments section below.