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

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thrown down (by disease) in metpy. <strong>the</strong> house,<br />

paralytic' tiie MSXir^M<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>Jesus</strong> to heal, in tbB same maimer as he knows<br />

his own comm<strong>and</strong>s as OHAI an <strong>of</strong>ficer would be<br />

implicitly obeyed ; for, surely, no thoughtfol reader<br />

would seriously entertain <strong>the</strong> suggestion, that <strong>the</strong><br />

military language ^ <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Centurion only meant,<br />

that he regarded disease as caused by evil demons<br />

or npxious powers who obeyed <strong>Jesus</strong>, as soldiers<br />

or servants do <strong>the</strong>ir <strong>of</strong>ficer or master. Such might<br />

have been <strong>the</strong> underr lying Jewish view <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

times; but <strong>the</strong> fact, that in this very thing <strong>Jesus</strong><br />

contrasted <strong>the</strong> faith <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Gentile with that <strong>of</strong><br />

Israel, indiisates that <strong>the</strong> language in question must<br />

be taken in its obvious sense. But in his selfacknowledged<br />

^ unfitness' lay <strong>the</strong> real ' fitness' <strong>of</strong><br />

this good soldier for membership with <strong>the</strong> true<br />

Israel; an^ in his deep-felt *• unwprthiness' <strong>the</strong> real<br />

^ worthiness' (<strong>the</strong> ejusdem ponderis) for ' <strong>the</strong><br />

Kingdom' <strong>and</strong> its blessings. It was this utter<br />

disclaimer <strong>of</strong> all claim, outward or inward, which<br />

prompted that absoluteness <strong>of</strong> trust which deemed

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