(Bunyan’s biographer, Faith Cook, relates how he found assurance and rest for his troubled soul in the second part of John 6.37)
The first half of John 6:37 had formerly terrified him: ‘All that the Father giveth me shall come to me.’ ‘What’, he would think, ‘if my name is not among that number? How can I know if I am one of those who have been “given”?’ At last he found untold solace in the second half of the verse, ‘…and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out’ , for that certainly included John Bunyan!
Faith Cook, Fearless Pilgrim: The Life and Times of John Bunyan, Evangelical Press, 2008, p.119
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November 24, 2009 at 8:53 pm |
Hi soulangler, just wanted to thank you for all the quotes you are posting. I really enjoy and learn from reading them. Thank you!
November 25, 2009 at 11:04 am |
Thanks for your comment 🙂