John the Baptist See on Luke 9:7-9. The answer of the Apostle shewed the sad truth that Jesus had come to His own possessions and

His own people received Him not; that the Light had shined in the darkness, and the darkness had not comprehended it. He had not come to force belief,but to win conviction.He had never even openly proclaimed His Messiahship, but left His works to speak for Him. God's method is not to ensure faith by violence; as the Fathers say "Force is alien to God" (βία ἐχθρὸν Θεῷ).

Continues after advertising
Continues after advertising