They said therefore to him, “Who are you?” Jesus said to them, “Just what I have been saying to you from the beginning.
He claimed nothing new and professed no change in character. From the first He had said He was the light of the world, sent by His Father. They might easily gather He was the Messiah, yet in the face of contempt and persecution He adhered to that profession unchanged.
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The sufferings of Christ, the darkened sun, the quaking earth, the rending rocks, are clear demonstrations of who He is. Such convincing proofs compelled even His enemies to cry, Verily, this was the Son of God.
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He had piped grace to them; they would not dance. Now He mourns in wrath, to see if they will lament. Four terrors fall on the stubborn: His departure, their enmity to the true Messiah, their fruitless seeking, and their inability to follow Him. Worse than war or plague, these spiritual judgments destroy the soul itself. Ichabod, the glory departs when Christ goes.
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Commenting on John 8:21-30