Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are. When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, A dark, foul brook, through which flowed the blood and refuse from the temple. John 16:33. I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word. John 16:6. Again, I leave the world, there is his death, resurrection, and ascension into the glory of God. This chapter contains some of the most precious words that the Lord Jesus uttered before he died upon the cross. If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will and it shall be done unto you. Twice over, we are told that, while his Master was being buffeted, Peter stood in the midst of the ribald throng, and warmed himself. Micah Are we resting in that blessed knowledge? All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall show it unto you. And when he had spoken this, he saith unto him, Follow me. See how our Lord continues to drive at that point, for he would have his people happy. The chief priests answered, we have no king but Caesar. John 13:1. John 17:19-20. political, military, and economic aspects of the Roman empire. And now I am no more in the world,. What shall I say? Do you ever have to ask that question when you are trying to pray? If anyone is trusting in himself, he may soon utter a falsehood concerning his Lord, as Peter did. We must not ask, in the name of Christ, for what would be absurd or outrageous for us to expect God to grant, neither dare we use that sacred name in pleading for things which would only be for the satisfaction of our own will. Ye are clean, but not all. Where sits the man, in this house of prayer, who is not clean, the sinner who has not yet been washed by Jesus Christ? Sometimes, when you are reading the Bible, you will come across a text of which you will say to yourselves, What is this? We have a thousand things some of them very painful and humiliating to us, to remind us that we are still in the world. John 14:22-23. Therefore did Christ warn his disciples that they should not be offended.. We are better helped by the Holy Spirit than we should have been if Jesus had remained on earth. When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. The apostles blundered, and lost themselves in the words of their Master, instead of entering into the spirit of what he said; so we must not wonder if we often do the same. That they might be sure it was he the same who had died by crucifixion that they might see how intimate he was with them familiar that his scarcely healed wounds should be seen by them. Was there ever such a sight of majesty in misery before or since? Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you. We are not to omit any one of them, nor to make a little nick in our conscience as some do, nor to neglect what seems to be a comparatively small duty; for neglected duties, even of the lesser kind, often set upon us as little stones in a boot do upon a traveler. We often think we have great heaps of the gold of faith; and it glitters very brightly, but it is not the precious metal after all. O righteous Father, the world hath not know thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me. Do not act so, beloved, but look for comfort even when your heart is breaking: As she wept, she stooped down, and looked , John 20:11-12. into the sepulcher, and seeth two angels in white , The resurrection color, the color of joy and gladness: two angels in white. John 21:23. 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.. Nothing could have made Mary happier than to believe that her Lord had risen from the dead, and nothing ever made her more sorrowful than feeling that she must say, They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulcher, and we know not where they have laid him.. 2 John John 16:7. For the joy that was set before him, he endured the cross, despising the shame; and, notwithstanding his boundless and bottomless grief, yet there was within him such communion with God, and love to men, and the certainty of his ultimate triumph, that kept him still joyous above the seas of tribulation. God save us from such an awful doom as that! The Saviour doubtless linked his little band of disciples with the ancient promise, There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains, the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon. What great events from little causes spring! Pilate then went out unto them. You shall be known to be the disciples of the much fruit-bearing Saviour. They proceeded courteously; they went to one of Christs disciples who, coming from Galilee of the Gentiles, would be likely to sympathize with them, and they sought an introduction to Jesus.
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While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled. And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me. It is very sweet to know that we shall be for ever with the Lord if we die before his coming; but still the hope of Gods people is the coming of the Lord, the resurrection of the dead his taking to himself all his redeemed to be for ever with him. John 20:6. He is the truth of all things that exist: I am the true Vine. Does anybody ask which is the true Church? He lifted up his eyes to heaven,-. If ye love me, keep my commandments. The people therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it thundered: others said, An angel spake to him. And every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. Christ has summoned the dread lord of evil to his bar, and judged him. This exposition consisted of readings from John 17:15-26; And Mat 26:36-46. When they turn unto the Lord, even this sin shall be forgiven them; but they will not forgive themselves for having committed it; and, like Paul, they will count themselves the chief of sinners because they persecuted the Church of God. John 18:31. How shall we dive into their depths? John 20:13. Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word in truth. John 17:1.And said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee. All things that the Father hath are. We have often, in commenting, noticed Peters fault; perhaps we have noticed that too much. I do not say, Peace, Peace, where there is no peace. These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven,-, Not his hands, as we do who are poor suppliants; but his eyes, indicating whither his thoughts went. They did not want to be protected then from dangers not come. He shall glorify me: Now that is a sure mark of the Holy Spirit. Sometimes we are afraid to pray; sometimes we feel as if we could not bring ourselves to the prayer. Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end. What strange paraphernalia they brought with them to the garden of Gethsemane,- lanterns to show them the way to the Sun of righteousness, torches with which to find out the bright and morning Star and weapons with which to overcome the Lamb of God, who had nothing to oppose to them but his own innocence. The first necessity of a true pastor is love to Christ, the second necessity of a true pastor is love to Christ, and the third necessity of a true pastor is love to Christ. So was he led as a sheep to the slaughter, as Isaiah had long before foretold that he would be. DOUGHERTY: Riddles and Colonization Oracles 31 Greek verb to wash or cleanse (0ovwo).10 The puzzle of a pun temporarily ob scures the correct meaning of a word or name, and being able to appreciate the Isaiah What a terrible doom, to have had a name to live, and then to be taken away! Those who are in great trouble are often in that dazed condition in which half-awakened persons are; and there is a measure of sleepiness about us all in times of sorrow. Because he lives, there is a loving, living, lasting union between us and Christ. He had fallen into a fit of despondency, and got away, as broken-hearted, depressed people often do, trying to get quite alone, when Christian company would be one of the best ways of finding comfort and solace. Every word in this address of Christ was full of comfort to his disciples. How particular some men are about some merely human rubric, yet the divine precepts of the law they violate with impunity. Yet Andrew and Peter also had Greek names. Turns played faster and it was more competitive going head to head. Luke Jesus answered, I have told you that I am he: if therefore ye seek me, let these go their way: that the saying might be fulfilled, which he spake, Of them which thou gavest me have I lost none. Daniel A person in such terrible agony as he was enduring might have mentioned fifty things, but he singles out this one because there was a prophecy concerning it. Christ is in the Old Testament in many places where, as yet, even we have never seen him. Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also. You may all come to Jesus Christ if you will. These gracious women stood by the cross: we call them the feebler sex; but we must grant that they are the stronger of the two in anything which has to do with pure disinterested love. If ye love me, keep my commandments. He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. Then took they the body of Jesus. John 18:27. None but thoughtless persons imagine that. John 14:7. And these things I said not unto you at the beginning, because I was with you. John 14:29-30. Our Lord could not cross that brook Cedron without being reminded of the time when David went that way in the hour of his sorrow, though he knew that he had to face a far greater trial than that of David. Hereafter I will not talk much with you; for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me. John 20:19. You shall know them when you can bear them. The world makes us know that. Jesus answered and said, This voice came not because of me, but for your sakes. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? Have you some familiar place where you go to meet your Lord? John 17:11. Now Caiaphas was he, which gave counsel to the Jews, that it was expedient that one man should die for the people. Faith is the remedy. John 21:20-21. Clank! John 12:16. John 18:29-30. John 18:22-23. As soon then as they were come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid thereon and bread. I am no more in the world, but these are in the world. You and I know that we are in the world. But now you and I knew his indwelling. It offered some information on the oracles, such as
They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King! There was a universal aspect of it: Thou hast given him power over all flesh. There was a special design in it: That he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him. Sometimes, two views of the same thing may appear to contradict each other; but when we are taught of God, we soon discover that they do not really do so, and that a grand truth may be contained in the two descriptions of it. And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha: Probably a knoll of rock which today stands outside the city gate looking wonderfully like a skull, with two depressions in the rock which at distance appear like eyes. My teaching is all done, my ministry is finished; and though there are still some arrears of suffering, yet those shall be fully discharged in due time. Jesus saith unto them, I am; as though appropriating to himself the name of Jehovah, and they went backward, and fell to the ground, astounded and confounded. Is not that sweetly put on the part of our divine Lord? John 14:21-22. John 17:18. 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. John 16:13. And did cast himself into the sea. John 14:3. It is not always the most venturesome that is the most practical. Well, then, knowing Christ, we also know the Father, and have seen him. they rent his seamless robe, and it still remains torn through the schisms and errors which divide his people one from another. They are not of the world, and are kept from the evil in the world; do they need to be sanctified? And whether Thomas did put his finger into the print of his nails or not, we cannot tell. Think of a dying man prayerfully going through the whole of the Scriptures and carefully fulfilling all that is there written concerning him: That the scripture might be fulfilled, Jesus saith, I thirst.. We ought to be very careful that we do not deliver our own thoughts, or suggestions, excogitations and philosophies. O friends of Christ, show yourselves friendly by your entire obedience to his gracious will! John 17:11-12. Strange treatment this for him who came to save and bless! John 17:26. Of course, Christ would not have been received back by his Father if he had not completed the work of righteousness which his Father gave him the commission to perform. I am coming again, so be not troubled as though you had said Good-bye to me forever. But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. And ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy. John 12:49. If you could have added your own quest to Clank! John 19:18-19. But Jesus gave him no answer. I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. The Revised Version is more correct: Come and break your fast, Come and have your breakfast., John 21:12-15. If you resolve to follow Christ men will be sure to call you old-fashioned, ridiculous, Puritanic, and I know not what besides, yet what does it matter to you if they do? The high priest then asked Jesus of his disciples and of his doctrine. He never authorized you to make use of his name about everything. New York: Oxford University Press,
Therefore they could not believe, because that Esaias said again, He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them. John 14:7. I wish that some slow-coaches had a little of his pace. It is ignorance that makes men hate Gods people and his Son: They have not known the Father, nor me. Truly did Paul say, I did it ignorantly in unbelief; and for such persecutors there is full and free forgiveness. Could not you be more joyous? We might have expected that the verse would end, and I have kept them. But their keeping Gods Word is the evidence that Christ has kept them. Do all that you can, beloved, to promote the unity of the people of God, not only on the larger scale, wherein all churches snail be brought together in loving accord, but also on the smaller scale among your own friends, and those Christian brethren who are in your own church. How is it part of your identity? I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father. Deuteronomy Then came the soldier, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him. For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken. John 19:16. Zechariah Oh, how easy it is to read much of Scripture and yet to know little about its teaching! you think you are true blue; but you would run at the first touch of water, not to mention fire. Thank God for that! John 14:23. Not boastingly, there was no boasting in our Lord, but truthfully conscientiously, from the bottom of our heart may each one of us be able to say, I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do! Questioning the Delphic Oracle. John 13:18-19. Ours came down to the tie breaker, and then it was a difference of 3 points. It is to be found only in Christ and in those who are joined to him in mystical but real union: I am the true vine,. At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you. No one else can care for that true Vine as the Father-the Husbandman-does. John 17:25. Peter then denied again: and immediately the cock crew. It would have puzzled us to explain how such a prophecy could be fulfilled at all, parting Christs raiment among them, and then casting lots for his vesture; yet so it was, they divided what could be divided, and they cast lots upon what would have been spoilt if they had rent it. That your joy may be full.. You are sent into this world to do an errand, not for yourselves, but for your Master. King of the Jews, the utmost scorn was thrown into the last word, of the Jews. There had been a general tradition that there should arise among the Jews a king who would subdue the nations, and the Romans jested at the very thought that they should be conquered by the leader of such a despised race as the Jews, and so they said, King of the Jews.. John 20:27-28. A person cannot always speak in the name of another; cannot do it at all unless he has received an authorization so to do. There must be a heaven, for I am going there myself, and I am going on purpose to make it ready for you.. These were probably Gentiles, who were staying at Jerusalem; perhaps, proselytes who had come up to the feast. That they also might be sanctified through the truth. For if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. He must always have felt sorry that he took Peter into a place where he was so strongly tried. The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. John 17:2. Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. Are you afraid of Monday? Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. While the doors are yet shut, he can appear within my spirit, and say, Peace be to you. You shall have it when the time comes. Then said he to Thomas. Until Christ himself perishes, no child of his can ever be lost. Obedience, then, is rewarded with a holy friendship, for Christ becomes in the highest sense our Friend; but we are not his friends till we cease to delight in sin, and turn away from it into the paths of holiness. Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! In order to unlock the Oracle's reputation, there is a long quest chain (shared by both factions) you need to get through. Ye are my friends, if ye do whatever I command you. These fruitless branches are to be taken away. Is Christ still betrayed by his professed friends? And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them. I do not think that, this side of heaven, any of us can know to the full the meaning of this wondrous chapter. If we have but real, vital personal, having connection with Christ, to whatever section of the visible Church we may belong, we are part of the true vine. And we are told, in the next sentence, who is the great Caretaker of the Church? He was no moderately good man, he was not one who was only a little useful in the world; but our blessed Master was perfectly consecrated, he abounded in every good word and work; and unless we are the same, how shall men think that we are his disciples? information. John 18:3. Our law does not condemn a man before it hears the evidence against him. He purgeth it (pruneth it) that it may bring forth more fruit. I cannot understand, said one to me the other day, why I am so very sorely afflicted. Still, Mary was a brave woman, for she said to the gardener, Tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away.. And where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour. Was it that a remarkable change had passed over the Master that, after his resurrection from the dead, there was a glory about him quite unusual, such as they had never seen before, except when they were with him on the holy mount? It was quite enough for the Lord to call his attention to her by saying Behold thy mother. How I wish we were always in such a state of heart that we did not need specific precepts, a hint would suffice. John 19:19-20. We have here our Lords homely talk to his disciples; it is full of sublimity, yet it is blessedly simple. Lord of evil to his gracious will sheep to the prayer Christ is in the,! Be lost counsel to the feast then as they were come to Jesus Christ if you could have your. 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