ii2 Christ will give Eternal Life to all. CHAP. 



Or what woman, having ten pieces of silver, if she 

 lose one piece, doth not light a lamp, and sweep 

 the house, and seek diligently until she find it ? " T 

 There is no suggestion, in either of these parables, of 

 any possibility that what was lost may not be found. 

 It is true that in the parallel passage in Matthew 2 

 the words occur, "if so be that he find it"; this, 

 however, cannot be meant to suggest that Christ's 

 search for the lost sheep may after all be unsuccessful ; 

 but rather to suggest that if the rescue of a lost 

 sheep by a human shepherd is possible, its rescue by 

 the Divine Shepherd is certain. With this agrees 

 His saying : "The Son of Man came to seek and to 

 save that which was lost." 3 



If we are reminded that not all men are Christ's 

 sheep, 4 we reply that this is true under the present 

 dispensation ; but all things, in both the visible and 

 the invisible worlds, have been given by the Father 

 to Christ. "All things have been delivered unto 

 me of my Father." 5 "All authority hath been 

 given unto me in heaven and on earth." e And in 

 yet clearer words He elsewhere tells for what purpose 

 all things have been given to Him. In His " consecra- 

 tion prayer," as it has been well called, He says : 

 O/UTW ^ov(riav Traces crap/cos, iva Trav o SeSw/ca? 

 Sdxry avroi? farjv ouwvtov. That is, literally 

 translated, "Thou gavest Him authority over ALL 



1 Luke xv. 4, 8. 2 Matt, xviii. 13. * Luke xix. 10. 

 4 John x. 26. 5 Matt. xi. 27. 6 Matt, xxviii. 18. 



