I deceived it was just an all around Pink day today. I have been questioned many times about my use of others. Outside of them being able to write better than me, I mainly use others commentaries on occasion because it is a different way of saying the same thing but it may ring differently in someone else’s ears. The key is still discernment! This is why I pray fervently that God would strip away any ignorance and press in the hearts of others that which is truth (no matter who’s words they may have been originally
Extra credit: Looking at The Cause of Salvation today in our extra reading from of course A. W. Pink
Jhn 11:53 Then from that day forth they took counsel together for to put him to death.
Jhn 11:54 Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews; but went thence unto a country near to the wilderness, into a city called Ephraim, and there continued with his disciples.
- Why did Jesus avoid them?
Then from that day forth they took counsel together for to put him to death. (John 11:53). What a fearful climax was this to all that had gone before! Again and again we have noted the incorrigible wickedness of the Jews. Not only was He not received by His own, but they cast Him out. Not only was He despised and rejected by men, but they thirsted for His blood. The religious head of the Nation, the high priest, moved for His death, and the Council passed and ratified his motion. Nothing now remained but the actual execution of their awful decision. Their only consideration now was how and when His death could best be accomplished without creating a tumult among the people. No doubt they concluded that the raising of Lazarus would result in a considerable increase in the number of the Lord’s followers, hence they deemed it wise to use caution in carrying out their murderous plan. (exert from A.W. Pink Exposition of the Gospel of John)
