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

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histcny is <strong>the</strong> entire spontaneity <strong>of</strong> our Lord's<br />

help.^ It is idle to speak ei<strong>the</strong>r <strong>of</strong> faith or <strong>of</strong><br />

receptiyeness on <strong>the</strong> man's part. <strong>The</strong> essence <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

whole lies in <strong>the</strong> utter absence <strong>of</strong> both; in Christ's<br />

raising, as it were, <strong>the</strong> dead, <strong>and</strong> calling <strong>the</strong> things<br />

that are not as though <strong>the</strong>y were. This, <strong>the</strong> fimdamental<br />

thought concerning His Mission <strong>and</strong><br />

power as <strong>the</strong> Christ shines forth as <strong>the</strong> historical<br />

background in Christ's subsequent, explanatory<br />

discourse. <strong>The</strong> ^ Wilt thou be made whole P' with<br />

which <strong>Jesus</strong> drew <strong>the</strong> man's attention to Himself,<br />

was only to probe <strong>and</strong> lay bore his misery. And<br />

<strong>the</strong>n came <strong>the</strong> word <strong>of</strong> power, or ra<strong>the</strong>r <strong>the</strong> power<br />

spoken forth, which made him whole every whit.<br />

Away from this pool, in which <strong>the</strong>re was no<br />

healing; away—^for <strong>the</strong> Son <strong>of</strong> God had come to<br />

him with <strong>the</strong> outflowing <strong>of</strong> His power <strong>and</strong> pitying<br />

help, <strong>and</strong> he wcm made whole. Away with his bed,<br />

not, although it was <strong>the</strong> holy Sabbath, but just<br />

because it was <strong>the</strong> Sabbath <strong>of</strong> holy rest <strong>and</strong> holy<br />

delight!<br />

In <strong>the</strong> general absorbedness <strong>of</strong> all around, no ear,

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