Dr Douglas looks at 3 key things in vs48. The sign, the kiss and the holding fast.
How different these things would have been in another man and in another circumstance - other than that of Judas the betrayer in the garden of Gethsemane.
The believer ought to be one who has evidence and signs about them that they belong to the Lord.
Their love ought to be that unhindered love to Christ.
And the exhortation to every believer is to hold Him fast.
N.B. There is emphasis in application upon the place that testimonies have within the church.
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John Douglas is Principal of the Whitefield College of the Bible and senior minister of Lisburn Free Presbyterian Church in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.