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wandering sheep, branches cut off, why do ye calumniate me? Why do ye not acknowledge
me? “Search the Scriptures, in which ye think ye have eternal life, they testify of me;” to the
Jews our Head saith, what the Body saith to you; “Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me.”3865
Why? Because ye do not “search the Scriptures, which testify of me.”
5. A testimony for the Head; “To Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He
saith not, And to seeds, as of many, but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.”3866 A
testimony for the body unto Abraham, which the Apostle hath brought forward. “To Abra-
ham were the promises made. As I live, saith the Lord, I swear by Myself, because thou hast
obeyed My Voice, and hast not spared thine own beloved son for Me, that in blessing I will
bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand
of the sea, and in thy seed shall all nations of the earth be blessed.”3867 Thou hast here a
testimony for the Head, and one for the Body. Hear another, short, and almost in one sen-
tence including a testimony for the Head and for the Body. The Psalm was speaking of the
Resurrection of Christ; “Be Thou exalted, O God, above the heavens.”3868 And immediately
for the Body; “And Thy glory above all the earth.” Hear a testimony for the Head; “They
digged My Hands and My Feet, they numbered all My Bones; and they looked and stared
upon Me; they divided My garments among them, and cast lots upon My vesture.”3869 Hear
immediately a testimony for the Body, a few words after, “All the ends of the world shall
remember themselves and be turned unto the Lord, and all the kindreds of the nations shall
worship in His sight; for the kingdom is the Lord’s, and He shall have dominion over the
nations.”3870 Hear for the Head; And “He is as a bridegroom coming forth out of His bride-
chamber.”3871 And in this same Psalm hear for the Body; “Their sound went out into all
the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.”3872
6. These passages are for the Jews, and for these of our own brethren. Why so? Because
these Scriptures of the Old Testament both the Jews receive, and these our brethren receive.
But Christ Himself, whom the others do not receive, let us see if these last receive. Let Him
speak Himself, speak both for Himself who is the Head, and for His Body which is the
Church; for so in us the head speaks for the body. Hear for the Head; He was risen from the
dead, He found the disciples hesitating, doubting, not believing for joy; He “opened their
3865 John vii. 36.
3866 Gal. iii. 16.
3867 Gen. xxii. 16, etc.
3868 Ps. lvii. 11.
3869 Ps. xxi. 17–19, Sept. (xxii. 16–18, English version).
3870 Ps. xxi. 28, 29, Sept. (xxii. 27, 28, English version).
3871 Ps. xix. 5.
3872 Ps. xix. 4.
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