I heard a preacher say something recently that I just loved. “Preaching of the gospel is a beggar telling another beggar where to find some bread.” As I have said before, I am a student here with you. I am a beggar as well, searching for the scraps that it pleases Him to reveal to us. With that I pray that by His grace He uses today’s lesson by A.W. Pink to enlighten us all and that we may submit ourselves to hear His whispers.
Being a student here among you with an eagerness to learn, I have added a new part to my Blog. This is a discussion board that anybody, including me, may ask questions and receive other’s insight to questions and/ or enlightenment. I truly look forward to what all have to contribute.
Today’s question from me “Is there a difference in a newly saved or young convert?”
Extra reading: from C.H. Spurgeon. This is truly one for any student of theology Sound Theologians
Jhn 9:8 The neighbors therefore, and they which before had seen him that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged?
Jhn 9:9 Some said, This is he: others said, He is like him: but he said, I am he.
Jhn 9:10 Therefore said they unto him, How were thine eyes opened?
Jhn 9:11 He answered and said, A man that is called Jesus made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and said unto me, Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash: and I went and washed, and I received sight.
Jhn 9:12 Then said they unto him, Where is he? He said, I know not.
- Does this show us anything of a newly saved or young convert?
“Our Lord’s dealings with this poor fellow shadow forth His gracious work in us today. Note, seven things, in connection with Christ and the blind beggar.
- First, He looked in tender pity upon the one who so sorely needed His healing touch.
- Second, He declared that this man had been created to the end that the power and grace of God might be manifested in him (verse 3).
- Third, He intimated that necessity was laid upon Him (verse 4): the eternal counsels of grace "must" be accomplished in the one singled out by Divine favor.
- Fourth, He announced Himself as the One who had power to communicate light to those in darkness (verse 5).
- Fifth, He pressed upon the blind beggar his desperate need by emphasizing his sad condition (verse 6).
- Sixth, He pointed him to the means of blessing and put his faith to the test (verse 7).
- Seventh, the beggar obeyed, and in his obedience obtained evidence that a miracle of mercy had been wrought upon him.
Each of these seven things has their counterpart in the realm of grace today.” – A.W. Pink
