The following is from an article by J. Rufus Moseley as recorded in the book Ineffable Union With Christ: Living in the Kingdom (Selected Writings of J. Rufus Moseley, 1927-1937) compiled and edited by Gregory S. Camp:
"God to be God had to raise Jesus from the dead. The incarnation and the full offering up of Jesus in death necessitated the resurrection of Jesus and His being put on the throne of the universe.
"If the agony dedication in Gethsemane (Thy will be done under the most trying and crucifying ordeal of time and eternity), and the carrying out of this dedication in judgment and on the cross had ended in actual failure--as it appeared to end until God showed His hand--this would have been as essentially Godless world, and the universe a mindless chaos.
"If God could have raised Jesus and failed to do so, He would not have been God; if He did not have the power to do it, He would have been an inadequate God.
"Thanks and glory be to Him that He held Jesus to the very highest and Jesus held Himself to the very highest, both revealing God's perfect love and perfect power in seeming defeat on the Cross, and perfect love in glorious triumph in the resurrection.
"The way He dealt with Jesus and the way He deals with us, always answering at the right moment and in the best way, gives us a revelation of Him that is wholly satisfying, transforming, and glorious."
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