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

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<strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> hopeful, even in those who seemed most<br />

lost; He quenched not <strong>the</strong> dimly burning flax, nor<br />

brake <strong>the</strong> bruised reed. It was not contempt <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

world, but sadness over it; not condemnation <strong>of</strong><br />

man, but drawing him to His Heavenly Fa<strong>the</strong>r; not<br />

despising <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> little <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> poor, whe<strong>the</strong>r<br />

outwardly or inwardly such, but encouragement<br />

<strong>and</strong> adoption <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>m—toge<strong>the</strong>r with keen insight<br />

into <strong>the</strong> real under <strong>the</strong> mask <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> apparent, <strong>and</strong><br />

wi<strong>the</strong>ring denunciation <strong>and</strong> unsparing exposure <strong>of</strong><br />

all that was evil, mean, <strong>and</strong> unreal, wherever it<br />

might appear. Such were some <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> results<br />

ga<strong>the</strong>red fit)m His past life, as presented in His<br />

teaching.<br />

Thirdly : Of <strong>the</strong> prevailing ideas around, with<br />

which He was<br />

BOOK bronght in contact, some have already been<br />

mentioned. Surely, <strong>the</strong> n earnestness <strong>of</strong> His<br />

Shammaite bro<strong>the</strong>r, if such we may venture to "*" '<br />

' designate him; <strong>the</strong> idea <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Kingdom suggested<br />

by <strong>the</strong> Nationalists, only in its purest <strong>and</strong> most

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