THE K I N G ’ S B U S I N E S S tian world falls to a lower octave, and light and love and hope decline.— Beecher. I have wondered what those self constituted instructors of the race can have in their minds when they say that Christ was the best teacher the world ever saw and yet find this teacher saying that He is the Son of God, the head of the church and is from everlast ing to everlasting. If He was a perfect teacher, why are not these truths to be accepted? If He was mistaken how can He be regarded as the best teacher the world ever heard?— John Hall. Since ninety-nine hundredths of all Christians in all ages have rendered divine wor ship to Christ, it follows that He is either entitled to receive worship or He has as a religious teacher so failed in His mission as to lead nearly all His disciples into the idolatry of creature worship.—Binney. Christ must have been either insane or divine. If He wag a man, for Him to have made such claims for Himself as He did, indicated insanity. On the supposition that He was divine these claims are rational and indicate a being transcending the meas ure of man.—Beecher. v. 18. Thou art Peter. There is a Greek play upon the words “Thou art Petros” (a little rock) “and upon this rock (petra) I will build my church.” He does not promise to build His church upon Peter but upon Himself, as Peter himself is careful to tell us. (1 Pet. 2:4-9).—Scofield. Petra is feminine and therefore could not refer to Peter, but if it refers to Peter’s confession, then it would agree with “homologia” (feminine) and is rendered “confes sion” in 1 Tim. 6:13 and “profession” in 1 Tim. 6:12; Heb. 3 :1 ; 4:14; 10:23. —Comp. Bible. On this rock. The church was built not on Peter’s person ality but on Peter’s confession.—Garry. Peter himself interprets this statement in 1 Pet. 2:4-6. Peter confesses Christ as Son of God. The Church is founded on this rock. (Eph. 2 :20 ).—Brooks..
1036 tion than through the merits of His atonement.” Lew Wallace, American General and Author, said, “After six years given to impartial investigation of Christianity, as to its truth or falsity, I have come to the deliberate conclusion that Jesus Christ was the Messiah of the Jews, the Saviour of the world, and my personal Saviour.” v. 13. Whom do men say that I am? As a preparation for the news of His approaching death they must first be brought into a distinct apprehension of His deity.—Tor- COMMENTS FROM rey. MANY SOURCES v. 15. Whom K. L. Brooks say ye? It is far more important to know who Jesus was than to know what He said. The morality of the teachings of Jesus would not rest upon any adequate foundation if Jesus had no authority.---Patton. v. 16. Son of the living God. The name of Jesus Christ the Son of God is greater than any. It is holding five hundred million people by its majestic spell and enduring power.—Sunday. This confession had been made before (Jn. 1:49; Mt. 14:33; Jn. 6:69) but the confession as now made was with- clearer conception of its import. Our obtaining eternal life depends upon our believing it. (Jn. 20:31). Its denial is the supreme lie. (1 Jn. 2 :22 ).— Torrey. v. 17. Flesh and blood hath not re vealed it. A man who can read the New Testament and not see that Christ claims to be more than a man can look all over the sky at high noon on a cloudless day and not see the sun.— Biederwolf. You must tear the book to shreds and scatter the fragments to the four winds if you would get rid of the deity of Christ.—Adeney. If Christ he not divine, every impulse of the Chris-
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