It is the Heavenly Father's will thus to exercise them so as to put his own children to a definite test. Therefore I am assured that this anchorage of Divine example will hold the vessel in the tossings of the wildest sea of doubt, and I shall be as safe as He was, if the vessel itself is engulfed in the waves of suffering and sorrow. His act is an argument. His prayer is an inspiration. The duty of following truth at all hazards is not altered, and it is only a false wisdom and prudence which shuns the search.
Any obedience is better than none.
All your duties are obediences. To do what He bids is to obey Him, and to obey Him is to approach Him. I have put no emphasis on the virgin birth in the course of this chapter. After all, a virgin birth would be possible without any implications of deity. Such is our dependence upon God that we are obliged not only to do everything for His sake, but also to seek from Him the very power.