John 11:40 Jesus said to her, Said I not to you, that, if you would believe, you should see the glory of God? Though the sun shines, yet if my eye is closed I am in darkness. If you meet a man in the spirit of unbelief, or scorn, or pride, he will not unbosom himself to you; and if you so meet God, neither are you fitted to see, nor will He disclose to you, His glory. The order is, If thou wilt believe, thou shalt see. We recognize this order throughout our Lord's procedure. "He could not do many of His mighty works there because of their unbelief." "All things are possible to him that believeth." What is needed is not so much a keen, strong intellect, that can fight its way through perplexities and falsehoods, that can cross-question witnesses, that can balance evidence — not this half so much as the spirit of a little child. This is heaven's law throughout the economy of grace, He that believeth shall see. (J. Culross, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?WEB: Jesus said to her, "Didn't I tell you that if you believed, you would see God's glory?" |
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