[Faith-talk] A couple lines from a commentary I was reading this morning.

[Poppa Bear]

Here are a few lines that struck me regarding the Love and  far reaching
grace of Christ. 

, "He who sees beneath the surface, and beyond the

present, beholds His sheep where men can only see wolves. He sees an Apostle
in the blaspheming Saul, a teacher for all generations in the African
Augustine while yet a sensualist and a Manichee, a reformer in the eager
monk Luther, a poet-evangelist in the tinker Bunyan. He sees the future
saint in the present sinner, the angel's wings budding on many a shoulder
where the world's burdens lie heavy, and the new name written on many a
forehead that as yet bears but the mark of the beast, and the number of His
name. And the sheep whom He sees while He speaks are not only the men of
that generation. These mighty words are world-wide and world-lasting. The
whole of the ages are in His mind. All nations are gathered before His
prophetic vision, even as they shall one day be gathered before His judgment
throne, and in all the countless mass His hand touches and His love clasps
those who to the very end of time shall come to His call with loving faith,
shall follow His steps with glad obedience." Alexander McLaren commentary on
, the Gospel of John