Bloggers I read are taking their Christmas breaks, or repeating old posts, recapping their best posts of the year, and soon will be reviewing events that took place in 2019. And don’t forget the lists of Bible Reading Programs for 2020 is coming out of the closet.
I need to finish my 2019 M’Cheyne reading before I commit to 2020. But I’ve already begun to think about tackling Prof. Grant Horner’s 10 List’s again. Not so much that I think I can actually keep up with it, but because of the need to get more immersed in all the Books of the Bible.. Let’s recall all the Scripture is about Jesus Christ. So the more we read the more we understand.
Luke 24:27 And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.
Luk 24:44 And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.
Luk 24:45 Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures,
Luk 24:46 And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:
Luk 24:47 And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
Luk 24:48 And ye are witnesses of these things.
In the meantime as I finish reading the Book of John, I wanted to highlight one example of this:
John 15:25 But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
John 15:24 If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
I reversed the verses to emphasize not only the example of scripture but that they were without excuse for not seeing it…… Old John Gill writes:
John 15:24
If I had not done among them the works,…. This is another, and a new argument, evincing the inexcusableness of their ignorance, and infidelity, and sin, taken from the works that Christ did; such as healing the sick, raising the dead, giving sight to the blind, causing the dumb to speak, the deaf to hear, and the lame to walk, cleansing lepers, and casting out devils; which were clear proofs, and full demonstrations of his deity, and of his being the true Messiah:
and which none other man did; in his own name, and by his own power; and which none of the men of God ever did; as Moses, Elijah, Elisha, or others; and particularly that of giving sight to one that was born blind: now if these works had not been done among them, openly, visibly, and publicly,
they had not had sin; or so much sin; or their sin of unbelief would not have been so great, or attended with such aggravating circumstances; or they would not have been guilty of the sin against the Holy Ghost, as many of them were; who saw his works and miracles, and were convicted in their own consciences that he was the Messiah, and yet rejected him, against all the light and evidence which the Spirit of God gave by them, and by whom Christ wrought his miracles:
but now have they both seen; the works which were done, and the Messiah, whose mission from the Father they proved;
and hated both me and my Father; for their rejection of him as the Messiah, notwithstanding the doctrines he taught, and the miracles he wrought, plainly arose from obstinacy, malice, and inveterate hatred against Christ, and against the Father that sent him.
I am reminded that Paul puts the idea of inexcusably plainly for all to see in the book of Romans. And this applies to everyone….no excuses.
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