Evening Reading for September 12 John 16:23-27 Suggested further reading: Hebrews 6:9-12 Anton paraphrases, `Ye need not so think of my intercession as if the Father were not himself well disposed, but must first be coerced into kindness. No! He himself loveth you and himself ordained my intercession. We should notice here how graciously our Lord acknowledges the grace there was in the disciples, with all their weakness. When myriads of Jews regarded Jesus as an impostor, the eleven loved him and believed in him. Jesus never forgets to honour grace, however much it may be mingled with infirmity. How weak was the faith and love of the apostles! How soon, in a very few hours, they were buried under a cloud of unbelief and cowardice! These very men whom Jesus commends for loving and believing, before the morning sun arose forsook him and fled. Yet, weak as their graces were, they were real and true and genuine. They were graces which hundreds of learned priests and scribes and Pharisees never attained and, not attaining, died miserably in their sins. Let us take great comfort in this blessed truth. The Saviour of sinners will not cast off them that believe in him, because they are babes in faith and knowledge. He will not break the bruised reed or quench the smoking flax. He can see reality under much infirmity and where he sees it, he is graciously pleased. The followers of such a Saviour may well be bold and confident. They have a Friend who despises not the least member of his flock and casts out none who come to him, however weak and feeble, if they are only true. For meditation: God never forgets anything that we do, however insignificant it is.
Posted on: Fri, 12 Sep 2014 20:10:35 +0000
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