Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. Ix to Xxviii
The book Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. Ix to Xxviii was written by author Maclaren, Alexander, 1826-1910 Here you can read free online of Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. Ix to Xxviii book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. Ix to Xxviii a good or bad book?
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But it was not the'flesh and blood' Peter, but Peter as the recipient and faithfulutterer of the divine inspiration in his confession, who receivedthese privileges. Therefore they are not his exclusive property, butbelong to his faith, which grasped and confessed the divine-humanLord; and wherever that faith is, there are these gifts, which areits results. They are the 'natural' consequences of the true faithin Christ, in that higher region where the supernatural is thenatural. Peter's grasp of... Christ's nature wrought upon hischaracter, as pressure does upon sand, and solidified his shiftingimpetuosity into rock-like firmness. So the same faith will tend todo in any man. It made him the chief instrument in the establishmentof the early Church. On souls steadied and made solid by like faith, and only on such, can Christ build His Church. Of course, themetaphor here regards Jesus, not as the foundation, as the Scripturegenerally does, but as the founder. The names of the twelve apostlesof the Lamb are on the foundations of the heavenly city; and, inhistorical fact, the name of this apostle is graven on the deepestand first laid.
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