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4. I--Messiah.
in vain--comparatively in the case of the greater number of His
own countrymen. "He came unto His own, and His own received Him not"
(Isa 53:1-3;
Lu 19:14;
Joh 1:11; 7:5).
Only a hundred twenty disciples met after His personal ministry was
ended
(Ac 1:15).
yet . . . my judgment . . . with the Lord--Ultimately, God will do
justice to My cause, and reward (Margin for "work," compare
Isa 40:10; 62:11)
My labors and sufferings. He was never "discouraged"
(Isa 42:4; 50:7, 10).
He calmly, in spite of seeming ill success for the time, left the
result with God, confident of final triumph
(Isa 53:10-12;
1Pe 2:23).
So the ministers of Christ
(1Co 4:1-5;
1Pe 4:19).
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