We are in danger of thinking about Christ, as God, as man, as the atonement, as the Saviour, and as exalted upon the throne, and we form an image of Christ, while the real Christ, that which is the very heart of His character, remains unknown.  What is the real Christ?  Divine humility, bowed down into the very depths for our salvation.  The humility of Jesus is our salvation.  We read, “He humbled Himself, therefore God hath highly exalted Him.”  The secret of His exaltation to the throne is this:  He humbled Himself before God and man.  Humility is the Christ of God, and now in Heaven, to-day, that Christ, the Man of humility, is on the throne of God.  What do I see?  A Lamb standing, as it had been slain, on the throne; in the glory He is still the meek and gentle Lamb of God.  His humility is the badge He wears there.  You often use that name—­the Lamb of God—­and you use it in connection with the blood of the sacrifice.  You sing the praise of the Lamb, and you put your trust in the blood of the Lamb.  Praise God for the blood.  You never can trust that too much.  But I am afraid you forget that the word “Lamb” must mean to us two things:  it must mean not only a sacrifice, the shedding of blood, but it must mean to us the meekness of God, incarnate upon earth, the meekness of God represented in the meekness and gentleness of a little Lamb.

But the salvation that Christ brought is not only a salvation that flows out of humility; it also leads to humility.  We must understand that this is not only the salvation which Christ brought; but that it is exactly the salvation which you and I need.  What is the cause of all the wretchedness of man?  Primarily pride; man seeking his own will and his own glory.  Yes, pride is the root of every sin, and so the Lamb of God comes to us in our pride, and brings us salvation from it.  We need above everything to be saved from our pride and our self-will.  It is good to be saved from the sins of stealing, murdering, and every other evil; but a man needs above all to be saved from what is the root of all sin, his self-will and his pride.  It is not until man begins to feel that this is exactly the salvation he needs, that he really can understand what Christ is, and that he can accept Him as his salvation.  This is the salvation that we as Christians and believers specially need.  We know the sad story of Peter and John; what their self-will and pride brought upon them.  They needed to be saved from nothing except themselves, and that is the lesson which we must learn, if we are to enter the life of rest.  And how can we enter that life, and dwell there in the bosom of the Lamb of God, if pride rules?  Have we not often heard complaints of how much there is of pride in the Church of Christ?  What is the cause of all the division, and strife, and envying, that is often found even among God’s saints?  Why is it that often in a family there is bitterness—­it may be only for half an hour, or half a day; but what