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

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<strong>of</strong> study, nor by wearing discipline, least <strong>of</strong> all by<br />

an inborn good disposition, that <strong>the</strong> sonl attains <strong>the</strong><br />

new life, but by a birth from above, by <strong>the</strong> Holy<br />

Ghost, <strong>and</strong> by simple faith which is brought within<br />

reach <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> fallen <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> lost.'<br />

Philo had no successor. In him Hellenism had<br />

completed its cycle. Its message <strong>and</strong> its mission<br />

were ended. Henceforth it needed, like ApoUos,<br />

its great representative in <strong>the</strong> Christian Church,<br />

two things : <strong>the</strong> baptism <strong>of</strong> John to <strong>the</strong> knowledge<br />

<strong>of</strong> sin <strong>and</strong> need, <strong>and</strong> to have <strong>the</strong> way <strong>of</strong> God more<br />

perfectly expounded.* On <strong>the</strong> •Aetozriu. o<strong>the</strong>r<br />

h<strong>and</strong>. Eastern Judaism had entered with Hillel on a<br />

new stage. This direction led far<strong>the</strong>r <strong>and</strong> far<strong>the</strong>r<br />

away from that which <strong>the</strong> New Testament had<br />

taken in following up <strong>and</strong> unfolding <strong>the</strong> spiritual<br />

elements <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Old. That development was<br />

incapable <strong>of</strong> transformation or renovation. It must<br />

go on to its final completion—<strong>and</strong> be ei<strong>the</strong>r true,<br />

or else be swept away <strong>and</strong> destroyed.<br />

' I cannot agiee with WHu (u. 8., p. to <strong>the</strong> Apostle's

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