Question:
In what sense are we to understand the words of our Saviour, “And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto Me”?
Answer:
The lifting up referred to His death on the cross. That cross stood for the utter self-sacrifice, self-abnegation, of His life for the sake of others. That was His character, which has made Him a center of attraction in all the earth. Men have misunderstood His work; He has been reviled and exalted; His work has been viewed in parts only; nevertheless, in one way or another, He has drawn the attention of all to Himself; and in the judgment, His words and life will condemn or save.
