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

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Fa<strong>the</strong>r. He knew Him ; He saw His working; He<br />

was in fellowship <strong>of</strong> love, <strong>of</strong> work, <strong>of</strong> power with<br />

Him. He had come to loose every yoke, to give<br />

life, to bring life, to be life—^because He had life:<br />

life iu its fullest sense. For, contact with Him,<br />

whatever it may be, gives life: to <strong>the</strong> diseased,<br />

health ; to <strong>the</strong> spiritually dead, <strong>the</strong> life <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> soul;<br />

to <strong>the</strong> dead in <strong>the</strong>ir graves, <strong>the</strong> life <strong>of</strong> resurrection.<br />

And all this was <strong>the</strong> meaning <strong>of</strong> Holy Scripture,<br />

when it pointed forward to <strong>the</strong> Lord's Anointed;<br />

<strong>and</strong> all this was not merely His own, but <strong>the</strong><br />

Fa<strong>the</strong>r's Will—<strong>the</strong> Mission which He had given<br />

Him, <strong>the</strong> Work which<br />

• wv. i»-M He had sent Him to do.*»<br />

Translate this into deed, as all His teachings have<br />

been, are, <strong>and</strong> will be, <strong>and</strong> we have <strong>the</strong> miraculous<br />

cure <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> impotent man, with its attendant<br />

circumstances. Or, conversely, translate that deed,<br />

with its attendant circumstances, into words, <strong>and</strong><br />

we have <strong>the</strong> discourse <strong>of</strong> our Lord. Moreover, all<br />

this is fundamental to <strong>the</strong> highest underst<strong>and</strong>ing <strong>of</strong>

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