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

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it—unbelief, since <strong>the</strong> questions would have been<br />

easily answered—indeed, never have arisen—<br />

^had <strong>the</strong>y believed that He was <strong>the</strong> Christ. And <strong>the</strong><br />

same alternative still holds true. If ^ this One' is<br />

what negative criticism declares Him, which is all<br />

that it can know <strong>of</strong> Him by <strong>the</strong> outside: <strong>the</strong> Son <strong>of</strong><br />

Mary, <strong>the</strong> Carpenter <strong>and</strong> Son <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> carpenter <strong>of</strong><br />

Nazareth, Whose family occupied <strong>the</strong> humblest<br />

position among Galileans—<strong>the</strong>n whence this<br />

wisdom which, say <strong>of</strong> it what you will, underlies<br />

all modem thinking, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong>se mighty works, which<br />

have moulded all modem history ? Whence—if He<br />

be only what you can see by <strong>the</strong> outside, <strong>and</strong> yet<br />

His be such wisdom, <strong>and</strong> such mighty deeds have<br />

been wrought by His S<strong>and</strong>s ? Is He only what you<br />

say <strong>and</strong> see, seeing that such results are noways<br />

explicable on such principles; or is He not much<br />

more than this—even <strong>the</strong> Christ <strong>of</strong> God ?<br />

* And He marvelled because <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir unbelief.' In<br />

view <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir own reasoning it was most<br />

unreasonable. And equally unreasonable is modem<br />

unbelief. For, <strong>the</strong> more strongly negative criticism

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