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Study Resources :: Text Commentaries :: F.E. Marsh :: Readings 451-500 (The Word - Wedges)
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F.E. Marsh :: 460. Two Followings

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  1. Coldness. “And Peter followed afar off” (Luke 22:54). This is one of the seven downward steps in the fall of Peter. The first was self-confidence; the second was sleeping instead of watching; the third was doing what he had no authority to do, namely, cutting off the ear of the servant of the high priest; the fourth was following afar off; the fifth was sitting down in the company of the ungodly; the sixth was denying his Master; and the seventh was denying Him with oaths and curses (Luke 22:33, 45, 50, 54, 55, 57; Matt. 26:72, 74). Beware of the first step, for it leads to all the rest.
  2. Cleaving. “My soul followeth hard after Thee” (Ps. 63:8), or as it might be rendered, “is glued to Thee.” The Hebrew word rendered “followeth” here is the same as is rendered in Gen. 2:24, “cleave”; in Ruth 1:14 “clave”; in Psalm 119:31 “stuck”; in Jeremiah 42:16, “follow close”; in Job 41:17 “joined”; and in Gen. 31:23 “overtook.” Now if we look at the above Scriptures, we find the following thoughts:—Affection, devotion, faithfulness, attention, oneness, and earnestness. If we are following hard after the Lord there will be:—
    1. Affection for Him.
    2. Devotedness to Him.
    3. Faithfulness to Him.
    4. Attention to Him.
    5. Oneness with Him.
    6. Earnestness of aim to be near Him.
    “Hard after Thee.” As the sheep follows the shepherd; as the student his studies; as the business man his business; as the athlete for the prize; as the bird after its food; and as a hunter after the prey.
    “Thee.” Not theories, not dogmas, not self, not the world, or pleasure, but Thee, Thee alone, and Thee always.
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