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That union and love might exist among His disciples was the burden of our Saviour’s last prayer for them prior to His crucifixion. With the agony of the cross before Him, His solicitude was not for Himself, but for those whom He should leave to carry forward His work in the earth. The severest trials awaited them, but Jesus saw that their greatest danger would be from a spirit of bitterness and division. Hence He prayed: {5T 236.4} | |
| Vidnesbyrd for menigheden bind 5 kapitel 25. 236. Fra side 236 i den engelske udgave. | tilbage |
At enhed og kærlighed måtte råde iblandt hans disciple, var hovedemnet i vor Frelsers sidste bøn for dem forud for hans korsfæstelse. Skønt korsets kvaler ventede ham, var det ikke sig selv han nærede bekymring for, men for dem, han skulle overlade at videreføre hans værk på jorden. De alvorligste prøvelser ventede dem; men Jesus så, at deres største fare ville være bitterhedens og splidens ånd. Han bad: |