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SALVATION IN JESUS
D. J. Wright
I suppose there is a sense, beloved brethren, in this passage
of Peter getting the salvation that our brother has been
referring to, finding the Person in whom it is. Perhaps the
passage has the aspect of, what might take place in our day-
to-day lives and the things that arise in them, and how the
saving power of the Lord’s hand is necessary in them. There
are circumstances here which the Lord brought about Himself.
Peter did not find himself in these circumstances through self-
will or anything like that. Where we began to read it says, “And
immediately he compelled the disciples to go on board ship”,
so that there were circumstances brought about of His own
making, and there is no question but that He had in view that
the experience Peter had would be a vital part of his
education. By extension, it is written for our education. He sent
them off in this ship and then He went up into the mountain to
pray. That is very much like the present dispensation. Here we
are in contrary conditions where, at times we feel the rigours of
the way, and the agitation that Satan contrives. But the Lord
Jesus, the One in whom the salvation that our brother has
referred to is found, on high, is above it all, but He is there as
living to make intercession for us. A wonderful thing that! He is
taking account of the whole situation. He being outside of it,
but is ever mindful of what circumstances, what pressure, any
one may be going through.
Then there came the time when He went off to them on the
sea; it says, “in the fourth watch of the night he went off to
them, walking on the sea”. The Lord Jesus was superior to the
conditions. While the boat was tossed by the waves the Lord
Jesus walked on the sea. One who was able to control things,
but who personally was above them. It is in these
circumstances that He comes to them. “And the disciples,