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The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah Vol 1 - Predestination

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which made <strong>the</strong> Saviour in <strong>the</strong> one instance<br />

reprove as <strong>the</strong> requirement <strong>of</strong> sight, which by itself<br />

could only produce a transitory faith, that which in<br />

<strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r He marvelled at as greatness <strong>of</strong> faith, for<br />

which He had in vain looked in Israel. <strong>The</strong> great<br />

point in <strong>the</strong> history <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> * court-<strong>of</strong>ficer' is Israel's<br />

mistaken view <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Person <strong>and</strong> Work <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

Christ. That in thd narrative <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Ceiiturion is <strong>the</strong><br />

preparedness <strong>of</strong> a simple &ith, unencumbered by<br />

Jewish realism, although <strong>the</strong> outcome <strong>of</strong> Jewish<br />

teaching. <strong>The</strong> carnal realism <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> one, which<br />

looks for signs <strong>and</strong> wonders, is contrasted with <strong>the</strong><br />

simplicity <strong>and</strong> straightforwardness <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r.<br />

Lastly, <strong>the</strong> point in <strong>the</strong> history <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Syro-<br />

Phcenician woman, which is sometimes<br />

confounded with it,' is <strong>the</strong> intensity <strong>of</strong><br />

' <strong>The</strong>se will readily occur on comparison <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

two narratives. Archdeacon Watkim (ad lac,) has<br />

grouped <strong>the</strong>se under eight distinct particulars.<br />

Ck)mp. Li$cke (Bv. Joh.) i. p. 626.<br />

' So partially <strong>and</strong> hesitatingly Origen^ (^rytostom^

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