"Man became a lost sinner by a
look, for the first thing recorded of Eve in connection with the fall of our first parents is that 'The woman
saw that the tree was good for food' (Gen. 3:6). In like manner, the lost sinner is saved by a look. The Christian life
begins by looking: '
Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else' (Isa. 45:22). The Christian life
continues by looking: 'let us run with patience the race which is set before us,
looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of faith' (Heb. 12:2). And at the
end of the Christian life we are still to be looking for Christ: 'For our conversation (citizenship_ is in heaven; from whence also we
look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ' (Phil. 3:20). From first to last, the one thing required is
looking at God's Son."
A.W. Pink
Exposition of the Gospel of John
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