Episode 330
John 4:1-6
Until John, we have been using older manuscripts of Ryle's Expository Thoughts. Just recently, though, EP Publishing has put out a lightly updated version of Ryle's work, which I am now working from. If you are interested in a physical copy of the Expository Thoughts, you can find it HERE.
John 4:1-6
- We should observe what is said about baptism. We read that, “Jesus Himself did not baptize, but his disciples.”
- We should observe what is said about our Lord’s human nature. We read that Jesus was “wearied from His journey.”
"Baptism and the Lord’s Supper will always be most truly reverenced in those churches where the truth as it is in Jesus is most fully taught and known."
"He has learned by experience what it is to be a man. To say that the Virgin Mary or anyone else can feel more sympathy for us than Christ is ignorance no less than blasphemy."
Questions:
1. Ryle points out that proclamation of, and belief in, the gospel, and not baptism, is the principal thing. He also says that baptism cannot be neglected or despised without committing a great sin, thus emphasizing its importance, nonetheless. If you have put your trust in Jesus Christ, have you been baptized or have you neglected or despised this grace?
2. Ryle points out the live-giving truth that Jesus was both fully God and perfect man. Jesus, in the flesh, can relate to us in everyway, understands our weaknesses, our trials, and temptations. Do we go to Jesus with our difficulties as one who understands, as one who relates to us perfectly, and as our willing High Priest? May we find Him as we have been promised, come to Him, and find rest.
