Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- INTRODUCTORY: THE BACKGROUND OF MYSTERY
- I THE MANIFOLD CHRIST
- II THE CONVERSION OF FORCE
- III THE DRIFT OF THE AGES
- IV THE HIDDEN MAN
- V THE REST OF GOD
- VI GOD'S LOVING PROVIDENCE
- VII THE NEW TESTAMENT THEORY OF EVOLUTION
- VIII GOD'S GOODNESS MAN'S SALVATION
- IX POVERTY AND THE GOSPEL
- X GOD IN THE WORLD
- XI JESUS THE TRUE IDEAL
- XII THE GROWTH OF CREATION
- XIII THE BATTLE OF LIFE
- XIV THE LIBERTY OF CHRIST
- XV CONCORD, NOT UNISON
- XVI LIBERTY AND DUTY OF THE PULPIT
- XVII THE VITALITY OF GOD'S TRUTH
XI - JESUS THE TRUE IDEAL
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 August 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- INTRODUCTORY: THE BACKGROUND OF MYSTERY
- I THE MANIFOLD CHRIST
- II THE CONVERSION OF FORCE
- III THE DRIFT OF THE AGES
- IV THE HIDDEN MAN
- V THE REST OF GOD
- VI GOD'S LOVING PROVIDENCE
- VII THE NEW TESTAMENT THEORY OF EVOLUTION
- VIII GOD'S GOODNESS MAN'S SALVATION
- IX POVERTY AND THE GOSPEL
- X GOD IN THE WORLD
- XI JESUS THE TRUE IDEAL
- XII THE GROWTH OF CREATION
- XIII THE BATTLE OF LIFE
- XIV THE LIBERTY OF CHRIST
- XV CONCORD, NOT UNISON
- XVI LIBERTY AND DUTY OF THE PULPIT
- XVII THE VITALITY OF GOD'S TRUTH
Summary
“Wherefore, seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of faith; who, for the joy that was set before him, endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.”
—Heb. xii: 1–3.Our Version and the Revised Version err, I think, in the rendering. In italics, in both instances, the word “our” is inserted:
“Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith.”
That “our” transfers the meaning to us; but it is not in the Greek, though it was supposed to be implied. It is a great deal better rendering to say that Christ was “the author and the finisher of faith;” for there passes in array that illustrious procession; and the one theme that runs through the whole grand symphony of so many performers was their faith. Then, says the apostle, let Jesus Christ stand in the place of all those; for he is the author and the finisher of faith.
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- Evolution and Religion , pp. 328 - 338Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009First published in: 1885