| The Ideal of Jesus Contributor(s): Clarke, William Newton (Author) |
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ISBN: 1458923649 ISBN-13: 9781458923646 Publisher: General Books OUR PRICE: $20.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2012 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
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| Physical Information: 0.17" H x 7.44" W x 9.69" (0.36 lbs) 82 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Ill THE PICTURE OF THE HIGH AIM I Wish to bring out various qualities that enter into the ideal of Jesus; but in leading on toward this exposition I am moved to introduce the study exactly as his actual ministry was introduced, by an illustration of the ideal that we are seeking to discern. He himself is the great illustration, and we shall be richer and wiser for our purpose if we first look at him in a pair of scenes that show us the spirit that made his life what it was. There is no better illustration of the vital manner in which his high truth was conveyed from him to his first disciples, nor a more instructive one for us at this far distance. I have named it the Picture of the High Aim. The method of it brings home to us the fact, most important for our purpose, that we are to learn of no professional teacher. We are coming to an actual Person, who does not always set himself to teach, but lives his lessons in our sight. His life breathes upon us the spirit of holy instruction. To be a pupil to him is not only to listen; it is also to look, to feel our way into the spirit of what he said and did, to understand his life. In himself his ideal stands before us. We meet the Master in the company of his disciples at a crisis of his ministry. The popular favorthat he had enjoyed was passing, and he felt it necessary to prepare for the dark end which he foresaw. Therefore he took his disciples apart in a quiet place, and subjected them to the questioning that would be most helpful to them. He began by asking, Who do the people say that I am ? He obtained answers, but they were not of any deep significance: the people had not taken him very seriously, or put any important estimate upon him. Then he turned upon his friends themselves, with the demand, But who say ye that ... |
