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

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<strong>the</strong>ir inquiry, He bade <strong>the</strong>m tell John for answer<br />

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inmost characteristic <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Messianic Kingdom,<br />

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<strong>of</strong> warning, but as a fresh ' Beatitude:' ' Blessed is<br />

he, whosoever shall not be sc<strong>and</strong>alised in Me.' To<br />

faith, but only to faith, this was <strong>the</strong> most<br />

satisfactory <strong>and</strong> complete answer to John's inquiry.<br />

And such a sight <strong>of</strong> Christ's distinctive Work <strong>and</strong><br />

Word, with believing submission to <strong>the</strong><br />

humbleness <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Gospel, is <strong>the</strong> only true answer<br />

to our questions, whe<strong>the</strong>r <strong>of</strong> head or heart.<br />

But a harder saying than this did <strong>the</strong> Lord speak<br />

amidst <strong>the</strong> forthpouring <strong>of</strong> His testimony to John,<br />

when his messengers had left. It pointed <strong>the</strong><br />

hearers beyond <strong>the</strong>ir present horizon. Several facts<br />

here st<strong>and</strong> out prominently. First, He to Whom<br />

John had formerly borne testimony, now bore<br />

testimony to him; <strong>and</strong> that, not in <strong>the</strong> hour when<br />

John had testified for Him, but when his testimony

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