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addressed by our Lord had such illumination, and yet not all of them
were "taught of God." The "hearing," and "learning," or "being taught of
God," here spoken of must signify the opening of the inner ear by the
unseen operation of God Himself. Most emphatically does Jesus affirm
that without this exercise of the Divine will and Divine power upon the
individual no man can receive Him. The mere manifestation of God in the
flesh is not enough: an inward and special enlightenment is required to
enable a man to recognise God manifest in the flesh. The words, then, of
ver. 44 can only mean that in order to apprehend the significance of
Christ and to yield ourselves to Him we must be aided individually and
inwardly by God.

Whether the "giving" of ver. 37 is intended to signify an act prior to
the teaching and drawing may reasonably be doubted. It is prior to the
"coming" to Christ, as the terms of the verse prove: "All that the
Father giveth Me shall come to Me: and him that cometh to Me I will in
no wise cast out." Principal Reynolds says it is "the present activity
of the Father's grace that is meant, not a foregone conclusion," No
doubt that is in strictness true. Our Lord, in the face of general
unbelief, is comforting Himself with the assurance that after all He
will draw to Himself all whom the Father gives Him; and this implies
that the Father's giving is the main factor in His success.

THE EXPOSITOR'S BIBLE.

EDITED BY THE REV. W. ROBERTSON NICOLL, M.A., LL.D.

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St. Mark.
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Genesis.
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