Christ's Majestic 'If I Will' Silences Comparison
Peter's question—'Lord, and what shall this man do?'—springs not merely from idle curiosity but from the natural longing that his beloved friend John might share...
This is historical examples on christ's sovereignty over life and death and the danger of comparing callings, drawing on John 21:21-22.
Peter's question—'Lord, and what shall this man do?' —springs not merely from idle curiosity but from the natural longing that his beloved friend John might share his appointed suffering. Yet Christ's response cuts through all such speculation with sovereign authority: 'If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? Follow thou Me!' In those words burns a majestic rebuke and a profound revelation.…
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