John 1:10-11 He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.… I. THE GREAT ADVENT; OR, THE ARRIVAL OF THE HEIR. 1. The illustrious personage described. (1) The Word of God; implying personality, intelligence, eternity, divinity. (2) The Creator of the universe. (3) The life and light of men; the source of whatever mental, moral, or spiritual truth ever entered into the soul of man. (4) The heir of Israel and humanity. He came into His own possessions. (a) Into the world which by reason of His creatorship was His. (b) Unto Israel, the special creation of His grace, and His peculiar treasure. 2. The manner of His coming pictured. He came(1) Voluntarily. The Baptist was sent; Christ came.(2) Opportunely. In the fulness of the times; the time pre-appointed by God; the time pre-eminently adapted for a new religion. The false faiths had been tried and found wanting. The Mosaic economy had served its purpose. The Roman power had provided a means of universal communication, and Greece a universal language. (3) Graciously. To communicate the life and the light without which neither Israel nor humanity could be saved. It would not have been surprising had He come to condemn rather than to save. (4) Unostentatiously. We might have anticipated an advent in great power and glory.: instead of that it was in the form of a servant. II. THE MOURNFUL REJECTION; OR, THE REPUDIATION OF THE HEIR. Israel's conduct representative of the world's. This rejection was — 1. Symbolized at His birth. "No room for Him in the inn." Manger for His cradle. 2. Experienced throughout His life. "Despised and rejected of men." Calumniated as a wine-bibber, a blasphemer, an impostor, a confederate of Beelzebub, and persecuted and scorned. 3. Confirmed by His death. " Away with Him"! "Crucify Him"! Learn(1) The amazing condescencion of Christ. (2) The supreme claim of Christ. (3) The wickedness and danger of the unbelief which rejects Christ. (T. Whitelaw, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.WEB: He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world didn't recognize him. |
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