Jesus did not give us what we really ask: a rational explanation of the existence of suffering, and a demonstration how the terrible waste of human resources which suffering involves really contributes toward human fulfillment. He said that the Son of Man had to suffer; he did not say why. He accepted it and made it the medium of salvation; but he left it mysterious why this is the only means by which the saving act can be accomplished. His own death illustrates better than anything else his principle of not resisting evil. That evil is overcome by non-resistance has been comprehended by very few Christians. These few were convinced that Jesus presented in his words and life not only a good way of doing things, not only an ideal to be executed whenever it is convenient, but the only way of doing what he did.
John L. McKensie
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