Life’S Cry To The Thirsty Ones
LIFE'S CRY TO THE THIRSTY ONES
In chapter five of John there is a contrast between life and religion, but there is no actual persecution. This persecution begins in chap ter seven.
While the religionists were having a feast, they plotted to kill Jesus (John 7:1-2). This is an accurate picture of today's religion, for religion, in principle, is the same today. On the one hand, the religionists worship God, while on the other hand they plot to kill God's real seekers. If you are a true seeker after life, you must be prepared to find that religion will attempt to kill you. This has happened from the first century down to the present time. In every century the real seekers after life have been persecuted by the religionists. Madame Guyon, for example, was imprisoned by the religionists of her day. As long as you go along with the Lord according to the inner life and not according to the outward things, you will be persecuted by the religious people.
The Lord is God the Creator (1:1, 10). How ever, as a man He suffered the persecution of