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John 17:6-7. aspects of Greek religion, such as the cosmogony, the gods, rituals, and cults. areas on many occasions, usually Roman cities or provinces. Im about halfway through Legacy with my partner. and to grow more and more so as the years advance. So do not be troubled because I am going away from you. For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you. They saw a person standing there, but they were not sure who it was. It would make no sense to a newbie. Many nowadays say to us, Do not preach against error; it is not expedient to do so. And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book: But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the son of God: and that believing ye might have life through his name. Reject it at once. So we do not quite see here, by the calm reading of this narrative, why the disciples leaped all of a sudden into such confidence. Those servants of Christ who follow at their Masters heel, and do his bidding at all times, are the true knights of the King who win the honours that God alone can give. Surely the passage seems to culminate here. No man has life eternal, then, who is in ignorance of God, and of his Son, Jesus Christ; but once to know God, and to know Christ, is sure evidence that we possess a life that can never die: This is life eternal.. The throne on which he sits is the throne of grace. John 16:17-18. at Delphi. Your Master was bound, and I think we ought to be willing to be anything that Christ was. We know we are; do we not, brethren? Bear with each others faults. For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me. So there we see him standing, bound, before Caiaphas, the acting high priest for that year. If it is only the light of conscience, even if you know it is not perfect, yet, nevertheless, never sin against it; for, if you do-you will quench it, and to quench the light you have, is the way to effectually prevent your having any more: While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light.. It is Jesus the Son of God who, in receiving glory from his Father, is also able to return it to his Father. We ought to be the gladdest people in all the world, because Christ is ours, and is spiritually with us as he promised that he would be. This is such knowledge as the universities cannot teach; it is such knowledge as the most-learned doctors cannot attain to by themselves. Request Permissions, Published By: University of California Press. I wish all of us were half as good as Peter. The sheep shall be delivered into the hand of the Father in full number, there shall not be one of them missing in that day when they shall pass under the rod of the great Shepherd. We are Gods preventive men, to prevent as much of the evil as we can; and we are to fight with the evil that cannot be prevented, and to seek to overthrow it in Christs name. Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. John 20:25. Andrew and Philip appear to have been staunch friends and fellow-labourers; and it is always well when Christian men can work for Christ with congenial companions. John 17:16-18. That is very well; but suppose he says, I come from that friend of yours, and he told me to use his name, and to put whatever you did for me to his account. But the Father does it sometimes by removing them by death; at other times by permitting them openly to expose their own character, until they are then amenable to the discipline of the Church, and are removed. He that knoweth Christ knoweth the way, the truth, the life, yea, and God himself. John 12:28-29. I haven't seen/heard of any true story expansion to continue the campaign, but that would be baller! No Date. What could defile such wretches at these? Verily, verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you. John 17:24. Through the word which I have spoken unto you. We were taking lots of damage and it didn't really feel like we could get far from HQ (the start). I said just now that the doctrinal words of Christ were to be regarded by us. If anyone is trusting in himself, he may soon utter a falsehood concerning his Lord, as Peter did. John 17:22-23. John 14:24-26. Here we have the two doctrines of a general and a particular redemption. Mockery was blended with cruelty. He says, The words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself. Now, if it is so with the Master, how much more ought it to be so with the servants! This exposition consisted of readings from Mar 15:34-47; John 19:38-42; John , 1 CORINTHIAN 5:1-9. And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me. I pray not that thou shouldst take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. Happy are they who know how to use the name, the authority, the claims, the rights of Jesus as an argument with which to back their prayers. Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out. Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe in me through their word; There is a great company of people who are not at present believers, but who shall yet believe on Christ through the testimony of those who are already believers on him. They who have not received the life of Christ cannot see Christ. While Jesus does pray the Father for us, yet we are not to look upon that as if Christs prayer made the Father love us. And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe. Jesus answered and said, This voice came not because of me, but for your sakes. John 21:20-25. The eternal union between Christ and the Father should never be forgotten by us. This is the process by which he manifests himself unto his people, and not unto the world: . prophetess named Sibyl, who like the oracle at Delphi, spoke the words of Apollo Have you ever done something you wouldn't have otherwise, specifically because you identify as a tabletop gamer and consider it something a gamer would do? May God make us all useful, and keep us from falling into transgression as Peter did! The spunge is introduced here too; it always seems to me very remarkable that, in the death of Christ the circle of life was completed. Yet a little while and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also. He had given them peace while he was with them. Not merely will you do very little, but you can do nothing at all if you are severed from Christ. It there be divisions, let them not come through you. He had put together the linen clothes, and wrapped up the napkin, and laid it in a place by itself.. When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith into his mother, Woman, behold thy son! These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: Ye have not yet learnt how to use my name in prayer. Our Lord had not yet taught them so to pray; but now we know what it is to ask in the name of Christ, it is to pray with the authority of the risen and glorified Son of God. Dear child of God, you sometimes sit in the corner, and think to yourself, How insignificant I am! We can hardly imagine what she did think; but when people are in great grief, they often think a great many things which they would not think if they were quite in their right minds. And Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did another disciple: that disciple was known unto the high priest, and went in with Jesus into the palace of the high priest. Oh! It was so with the Lord Jesus himself; it is still so with us, it is in proportion as we ourselves shall be prepared to die that we shall be prepared to give life to others. John 20:8. Either by death, or by shutting them up in monasteries, or causing them to dwell in caverns alone. How surely do we belong to the Father if we in very deed belong to Christ, and what a holy unity is thus established! And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced. Romans They answered him, No. follow thou me.. John 14:21-22. John 20:30-31. And Judas also, which betrayed him, knew the place: for Jesus ofttimes resorted thither with his disciples. I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness. The voice of God had been heard on a much earlier occasion, at Sinai; and then it was attended with thunder, as it was here. He must recollect in his death everything that would cause him grief: When Jesus therefore saw his mother, . Oh, that we were doing so to the fullest extent that is possible to us! John 17:9. Thrice he had denied his Lord, so thrice he must be questioned concerning his love to the Lord whom he said he did not even know, and then for the third time he was re-commissioned by his Lord: . Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? He lifted up his eyes to heaven,-. Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdest thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest; but when thou shall be old, thon shall stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not. What if, after all, I should have been torturing a divine Being, a God who has come among men in their likeness?. And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them. He did not give up the ghost, and then bow his head, because he was dead; but he bowed his head as though in the act of worship, or as leaning it down upon his Fathers bosom, and then gave up the ghost. They wanted to know more of his teaching, and to learn whether he was indeed the promised Messiah. John 18:9. and to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed? John 12:48. Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also. May each believing soul among you have a deep peace! You remember that, in the garden of Gethsemane, Christs disciples were sleeping for sorrow, and so they lost some of the lessons that they might otherwise have learnt. How he came there we do not knew, but doors cannot shut him out. That your joy may be full, a ripe joy, a joy that fills your being, that sparkles in your eye, dances in your feet, leaps in your heart, an unutterable, inexpressible joy: That your joy may be full.. And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them. Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and said unto them, Peace be unto you. 2 Corinthians The Scripture was fulfilled in the preservation of his own, and also fulfilled in the destruction of the traitor. He surrendered himself to all the ignominy of the death of the cross, he died, and was buried in the heart of the earth, but he sprang up again from the grave, and ever since then myriads have come to him through his death, even as these Greeks came to him in his life. O worker for God, seek not glory before thy work is done! There is nothing for him to rest upon. And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. These fruitless branches are to be taken away. These are the stripes with which we are healed. If I tell you exactly that would ruin it out right. The old sinner would not go to bed that night until he had seen the man whom he hated brought bound before him. You are sure to be troubled in heart unless you have much faith in God. And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me. And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: Unity is the glory of the Church of Christ. Christ knows where fishes are. John 18:15-16. At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you. If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin. Now, dear friends, has the purpose, for which this Book was written, been answered in your case? Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence. This exposition consisted of readings from John 14:1-12 : and Col 1:1-19. Jesus asks that he may be gloried by his Father that he also may glorify his Father, he put the two things together: Father, glorify thy Son that thy Son may also glorify thee. This is not a plea that is fit for merely human lips. how many come to this end! Blessed word! And when she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw Jesus standing and knew not that it was Jesus. After the finished work, Christ was to have the glory. The book also went into detail on the political and Yes, it is so, but may you and I never be guilty of that terrible crime! God is continually taking away from the Church, in some way or other, non-fruit-bearers. For he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you. John 21:20-21. John 12:24. But I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you. Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mothers sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene. Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth. For I am not yet ascended to my Father: I have to go away from you, so do not imagine that you can hold me back. We are better helped by the Holy Spirit than we should have been if Jesus had remained on earth. 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