Mark 9:32 KJV
But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him.
Jamieson Fausset and Brown says concerning this verse, "Their most cherished ideas were so completely dashed by such announcements, that they were afraid of laying themselves open to rebuke by asking Him any questions..."[1]
Recently I have been reading some discussion about the parable of the sower and who exactly represents the genuinely saved in it. The conclusion was made by one that only the seed on the good ground brought forth salvation because only that seed heard and understood. The implication was that understanding is necessary for salvation. Since I have read that discussion I have noted repeatedly in the Gospels that Jesus' own disciples very often did not understand the Lord.
But as I read JFB's commentary this morning I was reminded of how often we Christians ignore what Jesus says or are afraid to go to a godly source of counsel because we do not want to hear godly counsel. We are afraid that godly counsel will shake up our preconceived world. We have things where we want them and we do not want even the Lord to dash our notions. Is it that we do not understand? Or is it that we do not want to understand?
[1] E-Sword 7.8.5, A Commentary on the Old and New Testaments by Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset and David Brown
But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him.
Jamieson Fausset and Brown says concerning this verse, "Their most cherished ideas were so completely dashed by such announcements, that they were afraid of laying themselves open to rebuke by asking Him any questions..."[1]
Recently I have been reading some discussion about the parable of the sower and who exactly represents the genuinely saved in it. The conclusion was made by one that only the seed on the good ground brought forth salvation because only that seed heard and understood. The implication was that understanding is necessary for salvation. Since I have read that discussion I have noted repeatedly in the Gospels that Jesus' own disciples very often did not understand the Lord.
But as I read JFB's commentary this morning I was reminded of how often we Christians ignore what Jesus says or are afraid to go to a godly source of counsel because we do not want to hear godly counsel. We are afraid that godly counsel will shake up our preconceived world. We have things where we want them and we do not want even the Lord to dash our notions. Is it that we do not understand? Or is it that we do not want to understand?
[1] E-Sword 7.8.5, A Commentary on the Old and New Testaments by Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset and David Brown
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