The position of Christ is very striking as showing the absolute intrinsic perfectness of His love and obedience. There is an end of man—all that was in man was against—hatred to, God in goodness—so that He has no sustainment from man, only hatred and evil; He turns to God, and then He is forsaken. Broken, and more than broken from man—pressed up to death, He turns to God, and finds forsaking there—He was left alone, repelled by man and, in a certain sense, by God when He turned to Him—was alone, but accomplished all in His own love and obedience, and perfected the work, so that He could say " Therefore doth my Father love me."