John 21:21-23 Peter seeing him said to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man do?… "Well," says one, "it is very important to know about predestination and free will, you know." Yes, yes, and if you do not do anything good till you perfectly understand that, you have plenty of time to wait. "Yes, but how do those two things meet? Or is one true and not the other?" Well, I really do not know, and cannot tell you for the life of me whether I am predestinated to go to bed to-night or not; but I will tell you to-morrow morning. I am of the mind of poor Malachi down in Cornwall. A Wesleyan brother owed him some rent, and he said, "Malachi, I owe you five pounds, but I shall not pay you till you tell me if I am predestinated to pay it." "Oh," said Malachi, "put the money down there." With that Malachi put it in his pocket, and replied, "Yes, you are." I believe that the way to answer these questions is just to bring them to some practical test or other. But if any brother dwell upon that which angels cannot fathom, I say to him — in the words of my text I say to him — "What is that to thee? Follow thou Me." (C. H. Spurgeon.) Parallel Verses KJV: Peter seeing him saith to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man do?WEB: Peter seeing him, said to Jesus, "Lord, what about this man?" |
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