29.03.2013 Views

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

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

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

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

Create successful ePaper yourself

Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.

were a sentient being: ' Be silent! Be silenced!'<br />

And immediately <strong>the</strong> wind was bound, <strong>the</strong> panting<br />

waves throbbed into stillness, <strong>and</strong> a great calm <strong>of</strong><br />

rest fell upon <strong>the</strong> Lake. For, when Christ sleepeth,<br />

<strong>the</strong>re is storm ; when He waketh, great peace. But<br />

over <strong>the</strong>se men who had erst wakened Him with<br />

<strong>the</strong>ir cry, now crept wonderment, awe, <strong>and</strong> fear.<br />

No longer, • St icwk L as at His first wonderworking<br />

in Capernaum, was it: ^ WTiat is this ?' *<br />

^ but ^Whoy <strong>the</strong>n, is this?' * And so <strong>the</strong> gr<strong>and</strong><br />

question, which <strong>the</strong><br />

enmity <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Pharisees had raised, <strong>and</strong> which, in<br />

part, had been answered in <strong>the</strong> Parables <strong>of</strong><br />

teaching, was still more fully <strong>and</strong> practically met<br />

in what, not only to <strong>the</strong> disciples, but to all time,<br />

was a Parable <strong>of</strong> help. And <strong>Jesus</strong> also did wonder,<br />

but at tihat which alone could call forth His<br />

wonder—<strong>the</strong> unreachingness <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir faith: where<br />

was it ? <strong>and</strong> how was it, <strong>the</strong>y had' no faith ?<br />

Thus far <strong>the</strong> history, related, <strong>of</strong>ten almost in <strong>the</strong><br />

same words, by <strong>the</strong> three Evangelists. On all sides

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!