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

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presentation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> higher. And in this instance it<br />

was not only what He taught, but <strong>the</strong> contrast with<br />

that to which <strong>the</strong>y had been accustomed on <strong>the</strong> part<br />

<strong>of</strong> ' <strong>the</strong> Scribes,' which filled <strong>the</strong>m with<br />

amazement. <strong>The</strong>re was no appeal to human<br />

authority, o<strong>the</strong>r than that <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> conscience; no<br />

subtle logical distinctions, legal niceties, nor<br />

clever sayings. Clear, limpid, <strong>and</strong> crystalline,<br />

flowed His words from out <strong>the</strong> spring <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

Divine <strong>Life</strong> that was in Him.<br />

Among <strong>the</strong> hearers in <strong>the</strong> Synagogue that Sabbath<br />

morning was one <strong>of</strong> a class, concerning whose<br />

condition, whatever difficulties may attach to our<br />

proper underst<strong>and</strong>ing <strong>of</strong> it, <strong>the</strong> reader <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> New<br />

Testament must form some definite idea. <strong>The</strong> term<br />

'demoniacal possession' occurs not in <strong>the</strong> New<br />

Testament. We owe it to Josephus,* from whom it<br />

has passed into ecclesiastical language, •oomp.<br />

We dismiss it <strong>the</strong> more readily, that, in our view, it<br />

conveys a wrong MoSUrt *" impression. <strong>The</strong> New<br />

Testament speaks <strong>of</strong> those who had a spirit,<br />

wS^'rbucu or a demon, or demons, or an unclean

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