Wahine
2008-11-20 11:55:55
#51 Big Dave has said it best. And BMoon – #22,#67 – has made valuable contributions to this thread.
I would only add that, while no biblical scholar am I, it always seemed to me that Christ simply spoke the power of Truth both in the Temple and as He traveled about. He didn’t choose people, they chose Him. They wanted to be healed.
To those in His audience, they either heard the Truth, or they rejected it. It either broke their hearts, already made ready to receive it; or it angered them, and they sought to silence Him.
If I read BMoon correctly, his heart was ready to receive Christ. How wonderful he knows the loving arms of our Lord.
We are either drawn to Truth or not. But we cannot choose unless the Truth be heard.
