“…and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him.”  (Mark 8:22) We do not deny the free agency of man, as we have sometimes been accused. Man freely does what he does. However, only one Man possesses absolute free agency. Jesus Christ, being one with His Father, does what He wills as He wills in all things. This freedom of will and action is clearly seen in His public life and ministry. His free agency is seen in the great variety of His mighty work. Though each of them...

“Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O LORD; thou art great, and thy name is great in might. Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee. But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities. Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder:...

“In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.” (John 7:37) The occasion of this invitation  was the Feast of Tabernacles; the third of three main feasts that the faithful of Israel celebrated annually. The Passover was held in the Spring, our month of April; Pentecost was fifty days after Passover, our June; and lastly the Feast of Tabernacles was in the fall, our October. This feast was held to commemorate...