{"id":2137,"date":"2023-03-15T06:33:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-15T10:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kenpulsmusic.com\/blog\/?p=2137"},"modified":"2023-03-14T23:18:02","modified_gmt":"2023-03-15T03:18:02","slug":"grace-in-time-of-danger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kenpulsmusic.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/grace-in-time-of-danger\/","title":{"rendered":"Grace in Time of Danger"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"Christiana,<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Mercy:<\/strong> Then said Mercy, \u201cWhat a sudden blank is here! I made account we had now been past all danger, and that we should never see sorrow more.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christiana:<\/strong> \u201cYour innocency, my sister,\u201d said Christiana to Mercy, \u201cmay excuse you much; but as for me, my fault is so much the greater, for that I saw this danger before I came out of the doors, and yet did not provide for it, where provision might have been had. I am, therefore, much to be blamed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mercy:<\/strong> Then said Mercy, \u201cHow did you know this before you came from home? Pray open to me this riddle.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christiana:<\/strong> Why, I will tell you. Before I set foot out of doors, one night, as I lay in my bed, I had a dream about this; for I thought to myself that I saw two men, as like these as ever the world they could look, stand at my bed\u2019s feet, plotting how they might prevent my salvation. I will tell you their very words. They said (\u2019twas when I was in my troubles), \u201cWhat shall we do with this woman; for she cries out, waking and sleeping, for forgiveness? If she be suffered to go on as she begins, we shall lose her as we have lost her husband.\u201d This, you know, might have made me take heed and have provided when provision might have been had.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mercy:<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cWell,\u201d said Mercy, \u201cas by this neglect we have an occasion ministered unto us to behold our own imperfections, so our Lord has taken occasion thereby to make manifest the riches of his grace. For he, as we see, has followed us with unasked kindness; and has delivered us from their hands that were stronger than we of his mere good pleasure.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Notes and Commentary<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Christiana and Mercy resume their journey, they reflect on their recent peril. Though neither one was expecting danger, they were caught off guard for different reasons. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mercy was truly surprised by the encounter. She did not see the danger coming. She had been accepted at the Gate and was joyfully following the Way to Life. Her expectations were unrealistic, believing that now safely through the Gate, the dangers of the journey were past. She confesses to Christiana, \u201cWhat a sudden blank is here!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Continue Reading Notes and Commentary<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The text for <\/strong>The Pilgrim’s Progress<\/strong><\/em> and images used are public domain<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Notes and Commentary for Part II \u00a92014, 2023 Ken Puls<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are from 
the New King James Version (NKJV) \u00a91982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Return to A Guide to John Bunyan\u2019s The Pilgrim\u2019s Progress Part 2<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mercy: Then said Mercy, \u201cWhat a sudden blank is here! I made account we had now been past all danger, and that we should never see sorrow more.\u201d Christiana: \u201cYour innocency, my sister,\u201d said Christiana to Mercy, \u201cmay excuse you much; but as for me, my fault is so much the greater, for that I saw this […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5,10],"tags":[293,309,186,12,11,117,66],"class_list":["post-2137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary","category-the-pilgrims-progress","tag-danger","tag-deliverance","tag-encouragement","tag-john-bunyan","tag-pilgrims-progress","tag-saving-grace","tag-spiritual-warfare"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4lLgO-yt","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenpulsmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenpulsmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenpulsmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenpulsmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenpulsmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2137"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kenpulsmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2139,"href":"https:\/\/kenpulsmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2137\/revisions\/2139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenpulsmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenpulsmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenpulsmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}