He who sent me is with me. The Father hasn’t left me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to him.”
Amid the blazing golden lamps of the treasury at tabernacles, when all Jerusalem danced in joy, Christ proclaims in the most absolute sense: I am the Light of the World. The Baptist was a burning lamp sent to witness to that Light; but He alone is the true Light that lightens every man coming into the world, the Messiah promised of old.
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Commenting on John 8:12-59
To you who gnash upon Me, I stand alone and uncountenanced; but I have a sympathy transcending all human applause. I came to do My Father's will, and in doing it I have not ceased to please Him; therefore He stands by Me with approving smile and supporting arm.
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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