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

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Gospel. Briefly, it is this, as addressed to His<br />

contemporaries, nay, with wider application to <strong>the</strong><br />

men <strong>of</strong> all times: First, <strong>the</strong> Kingdom <strong>of</strong> God cannot<br />

be drcumscribedj as you would do it.* Secondly, it<br />

Ttt.i-« cannot be extemded, as you would do it, by<br />

external means,^ but oometh » tw. t to us from<br />

God,® <strong>and</strong> is entered by personal determination<br />

<strong>and</strong> sepa- • tt. 7-it ration*^ Thirdly, it is not<br />

preached, as too <strong>of</strong>ten is attempted, when * rr, it, u<br />

thoughts <strong>of</strong> it are merely <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> external.* LasiHy,<br />

it is not mant- •▼▼•iM* feeted in life in <strong>the</strong><br />

manner too common among religionists, but is very<br />

real, <strong>and</strong> true, <strong>and</strong> good in its effects.' And this<br />

Kingdom, as received 'tt. ir-io by each <strong>of</strong> us, is<br />

like a solid house on a solid foundation, which<br />

nothing firom without can shake or destroy.'<br />

•rw.Urm<br />

<strong>The</strong> infinite contrast, just set forth, between <strong>the</strong><br />

Kingdom as presented by <strong>the</strong> Christ <strong>and</strong> Jewish<br />

contemporary teaching is <strong>the</strong> more striking, that it<br />

was expressed in a form, <strong>and</strong> clo<strong>the</strong>d in words<br />

with which all His hearers were familiar; indeed,

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