Here, the true reason why many receive these via e-mail or visit my site on occasion; insightful commentary by someone other than myself. Todays is from old faithful A.W. Pink whom I quote and copy frequently. I pray God instructs me along with all that read this and that we may appeal to our Lords omniscient love to heal our sickness.
Extra credit: Scott Price the pastor of Gospel of Grace Church an emerging church in Ross, Ohio has an electronic newsletter with some great articles that I have begun to glean. Hear is his most recent article Do you hear what the Law says.
Jhn 11:3 Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.
- Can we take away anything that they did not approach Him asking for anything?
Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick. Each word in this touching message of Martha and Mary is worthy of separate consideration. Lord was the language of believers, for no unbeliever ever so addressed the despised Nazarene. Lord acknowledged His Deity, owned His authority, and expressed their humility. Lord, behold: this is a word which arrests attention, focalizes interest, and expressed their earnestness. He whom thou lovest. This is highly commendable. They did not say, he who loves thee. Christ’s fathomless love for us, and not our feeble love for Him, is what we ever need to keep steadily before our hearts. Our love varies; His knows no change. It is indeed striking to note the way in which the sisters refer to Lazarus. They did not blame him! They did not even say, our brother, or thy disciple, but simply he whom thou lovest is sick. They knew that nothing is so quick in discernment as love; hence their appeal to the omniscient love of Christ. He whom thou lovest is sick. There are two principle words in the Greek to express sickness: the one referring to the disease itself, the other pointing to its effect weakness, exhaustion. It is the latter that was used here. As applied to individual cases in the N.T. the word here used implies deathly-sick note its force in Acts 9:37 and Philippians 2:26, 27. In John 5:3 and 7 it is rendered impotent. It is not at all likely that Martha and Mary would have sent to Christ from such a distance had not their brother’s life been in danger. The force, then, of their message was, He whom thou lovest is sinking. – A.W. Pink
