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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www. million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: ANDREW. " 0 taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in Him."-Psalm xxxiv. 8. NDREW has good claims to be ranked first of the ZX Apostles. He was not only among the first called to be disciples of Jesus; he was certainly the first to display the true spirit of Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www. million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: ANDREW. " 0 taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in Him."-Psalm xxxiv. 8. NDREW has good claims to be ranked first of the ZX Apostles. He was not only among the first called to be disciples of Jesus; he was certainly the first to display the true spirit of Christianity. He is not the writer of an epistle, he is not the founder of a church, we read nothing of him in the Acts of the Apostles except his name; yet he is the first of the Apostles-the first to feel the power of the truth as it is in Christ Jesus, and the first to make that truth known, quietly and wisely, but promptly and earnestly. He is " Simon Peter's brother" and so far his position is an obscure one; he is known not from his own great doings, but from his relation to one whom God enabled to do great things; yet he is Simon Peter's1 teacher, the instrument by whom he who displayed so great zeal, and wrought so wondrous changes in the state of the world, was first led into the paths of truth - and on that account to be held " in everlasting remembrance." I. The history of Andrew is to be gleaned from five passages in the Gospels of Mark and of John-the former, being the attached disciple and companion of his distinguished brother Peter-the latter being one who could appreciate and sympathise with Andrew's prompt and steady faith in their common Master, and with his yearning zeal and quiet helpfulness in bringing others to Him. Indeed, as it is a proverb to say a man is known by thecompany he keeps, it speaks volumes for the character of Andrew that he was the companion of such a man as John, even before either knew Jesus-that they were fellow- disciples of the Baptist, waiting for the redemption of Israel-that they seem to have been the Books, Literary Collections~~General, The-Apostles-Of-Our-Lord~~Alexander-Macleod-Symington, 999999999, The Apostles Of Our Lord, Alexander Macleod Symington, 1104557843, Kessinger Publishing Company, , , , , Kessinger Publishing Company<

ISBN: 9781104557843

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