And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons. John 12:26. the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works. John 17:14-16. Having a sword drew it, and smote the high priests servant, and cut off his right ear. He will not be in glory, and leave me behind him. I am not going to take a leap into the dark; you know where I am going, and you also know the road along which I am going. Ah! May we be such lovers of Christ that he may love us, and manifest himself unto as, for his names sake! And the other disciples came in a little ship; (for they were not far from land, but as it were two hundred cubits,) dragging the net with fishes. The Word is often the knife with which the great Husbandman prunes the vine; and, brothers and sisters, if we were more willing to feel the edge of the Word, and to let it cut away even something that may be very dear to us, we should not need so much pruning by affliction. We are apt to fancy that the burden of all the churches lies upon our shoulders, but, beloved, this is a great mistake. But all these things will they do unto you for my names sake, because they know not him that sent me. Wherever you are, you are your Heavenly Fathers own child; and you have realized the truth of what David wrote in the twenty-third Psalm, I will dwelt in the house of the Lord for ever. Usually, when we are singing that sweetly-solemn hymn, beginning For ever with the Lord, we are thinking about heaven. Nobody can feed Christs sheep unless they love him, and when we love Christ the most practical way of showing it is by taking care of his lambs his little ones and of all those that are his his sheep. 2005). I pray not that thou shouldst take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. Sometimes, we have to deliver the message of stern justice, which is one of doom to the guilty; but, oh, how sweet it is to be able to come with the message of the gospel! Crucifixion was a Roman, not a Jewish method of capital punishment, so God overruled the wanton wickedness of the worst of men for the accomplishment of his own eternal purposes, without, however, diminishing their responsibility and guilt in the least degree. Sad, sad spectacle! ask them which heard me, what I have said unto them: behold they know what I said. 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. If we are not perfect, if we fail in some respects, yet may the Master be able to say of us to God, They have kept thy word! Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the lord, he girt his fishers coat unto him, for he was naked,) and did cast himself into the sea. 2000. The womans message surprised them, and troubled them: So they ran both together. A good many people seemed to be running that morning. But the comforter, which is the Holy Spirit, 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. He wants Christ to manifest himself to all the world; he seems to have been a man of very broad views. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep. John 14:2. Unless we wait upon God to be instructed by his Spirit, even the plainest passages of Scripture may be obscure to us. You notice the division that there is here. But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause. He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. John 15:4. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I. For, when Christ is not pleased with us, we are not likely to have joy in ourselves, Oh, that we may so live as to please Christ! famous philosophers and historians. They do not believe in him; they say that there may or may not be such a Divine Being in the world as the Holy Spirit, but they have never come across his path. (700 B.C. Love awoke fear. And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me. Worldly men are not cognizant of the existence of the Holy Spirit. That was a very simple statement, every Sunday-scholar understands it now; but the twelve apostles did not understand it when they heard it. And it was the preparation of the Passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King! But that is not Christs way. I suppose that it is true that the Man of sorrows was the happiest man who ever lived. To say, For Christs sake, is one thing; but to say, I ask this in Christs name, is quite another matter. That they all may be one; as thou. Amen. Habakkuk 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. John 14:15-17. John 12:28-29. John 17:17-18. Yes, and many a Judas knows the place where the saints meet for worship, and knows the communion table too, and knows some of the most hallowed gatherings of Gods people where they pour out their hearts in private prayer; and the pity is that, knowing all that, too, the ancient Judas and the modern one do not savingly know the Master himself. On the platform, I hope, and everywhere else. John 21:23. John 17:4-6. And he has come; he is here, he has never been taken away; he still abides with and in the Church. See what perfect union there is between the Father and the Son, and note their mutual relationship to the chosen people, They are thine. with the same love? Do we all catch it? And when Christians, being one in Christ, and one in the truth, shall become more manifestly one in heart, and life, and faith, what glad days we may hope to see! Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou knowest not now, but thou shalt know hereafter. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. were told, although she was not correct every time. And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: As long as the Christ lived, he showed forth his Fathers glory, and so should we. John 17:7-8. 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. After the same manner as God the Father loves the Son after that same sort does the Son love us. John 14:28. Peter seeing him saith to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man do? The vine is very apt to become unclean and unhealthy; there are all sorts of creatures that love to suck its juices, so that even the most fruitful bough needs to be cleansed. Is this, then, dear friend, one reason why you are being chastened, because you are a fruit-bearing branch? John 15:27. The Jews therefore said unto him, It is not lawful for us to put any man to death: You Romans have taken from us the power of life and death, and we want him put to death. There was a clear confession that nothing short of Christs death would satisfy them. What is death? That fierce light that beat about the King of kings fell on him, and it blinded him eternally. They were popular Oh, what blessed keeping is that; to be kept in spiritual oneness! Christ prays for his own people: I pray for them:. You may hurry, and flurry, and worry; but you will lose by it. We must often pause before we pray, and say with our Lord, For this cause came I unto this hour. And they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover. You expected him to do it, did you not? I'm currently essential at work and nothing to do so AMA. I think that no Christian man will ever like the rattle of dice when he remembers that they were used at the cross; all games of chance should be put away from us, for we can, as it were, see our Masters blood bespattered upon them. Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: Your spiritual sight, which discerns the presence with you of the Holy Spirit, will show my continued existence when I am gone away from you.. The waves beat all round your vessel, but let not the vessel itself leak, and take in the water: Let not your heart be troubled.. and to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed? Have I shut myself up in the chamber of doubt, despondency, unbelief? It also discusses other civilizations such as Assyria, Mesopotamia, and The sentences are very simple, but they are also sublime. John 15:9. It is a great thing to divert the mind, when it is troubled, from that which bores into it, and threatens to destroy it. There you see divine election leading on to fruit-bearing, and perpetuated in perseverance: that your fruit should remain. It brings also to every one of its objects this conspicuous favor, prevailing power in prayer: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you., O you professors, who have no love to one another, you are breaking the Kings commandment! Christ wants his disciples to have peace. Epidaurus was the site of an oracle of Asclepios, the son of Apollo. Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. May the Lord fulfill it in all of us as well as in them, for his dear names sake! We must remember that a great change had taken place in him, and that the disciples were at some distance from the shore. This seems to be a sort of rehearsal of the dread scene soon to be enacted in Gethsemane. Our Lord went there to pray, and Judas knew that this was his custom. John 19:4-5. And when he had so said, he showed unto them his hands and his side. Do not merely find a temporary shelter in me, as a ship runs into harbour in stormy weather, and then comes out again when the gale is over; but cast anchor in me, as the vessel does when it reaches its desired haven. Jesus said: . For if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him, unto you. John 13:11. They had asked so little that it came to nothing, and they had not yet learned the art of using his name in prayer; and a great many Christians have not learned it yet. 2001. He dwelt with the apostles, but was not in them until after Christ rose from the dead. I have heard this text quoted as if it referred to Christ being extolled in preaching. If we could but bring men to believe God as a child believes its mother, practically and really, then their salvation would be a very simple and speedy matter. This is the crowning, crushing proof of human guilt: They believe not on me.. John 13:18. Why, that is a stronger plea altogether. Does not this prospect cheer you while you are journeying down the hill of life? If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. those not familiar with scientific terms and principles. And I will pray the Father, and He shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;-, There was the One who would enable the disciples to meet every trial, that other Comforter. A great many good people are outside the church; therefore try to make the church as much like the world as ever you can! And Pilate wrote a title and put it on the cross. beloved, look well to this. All other vines are but shadows of Christ. Hast thou been brought into such familiar acquaintance with God as to accept Jesus Christ as thy Saviour? He perishes that sins against the law, he dieth without mercy at the mouth of one or two witnesses. The loosing of the cable, the spreading of the sail, the crossing over the narrow sea, the coming to the eternal haven, and the abiding there, what Christian heart needs to dread this? Jesus answered, I have told you that I am he: if therefore ye seek me, let these go their way: It is very cheering to us to think of our Lord meeting all the enemies of his people, gathering up all their weapons into his own heart that his people might go free. 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. Ay, but she would have done it somehow or other; for, if faith laughs at impossibilities, and cries, It shall be done, it is love that actually does the deed of holy daring. John 18:22-24. John 20:13. John 20:13. There is a sad future in store for tares, according to another parable; but, somehow, there is a much sadder lot reserved for those that were, in some sense, branches of the vine, those who made a profession of faith in Christ, though they were never vitally united to him; those who for a while did run well, yet were hindered. Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? John 14:4. It discusses more Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given are of thee. John 18:12-14. We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God. Go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.. So that all who gathered around the cross might read it. There is the great canon of the Christian life. John 21:10. That is the faith the true faith that wants no buttressing and props, but believes the testimony of God. Are you at this moment full of faith? 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. Mark the final perseverance of the saints, how they shall hold on and hold out for ever. John 12:30-32. Oh! Prayer is a holy exercise, for Jesus prayed; and what a powerful influence prayer has, for his prayer has brought to us another Comforter, . May the Holy Spirit apply its teaching to our hearts as we read it! Telling them that the source of his glory would be his death. Then saith Pilate unto him, Speakest thou not unto me? Jesus answered them, Do ye now believe? 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 19:31. John 21:7. John 20:17. You cannot make anything of them. John 18:1-2. That is a very beautiful description of Christs death: His hour was that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, just as though he was merely going on a journey, leaving one land for another; and if this be a fair description of such a stormy passage as that of our Lord Jesus, who died for our sins upon Calvarys cross, it must with equal truth describe the death of any of the children of God. He will never drop from that dear pierced hand any portion of the eternal gift of his Father. It is even so. John 14:31. 2 John Nice resource if John 19:32-34. I will not leave you comfortless: He does this by his Spirit, but still he means more than that. Do we seek to obey it? He is the eternal Son of the eternal Father; he is really what Melchisedec was metaphorically, "having neither beginning of days, nor end of life." "In the beginning was the Word," John 16:25-26. And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them. By-and-by, if we die, he will come again to meet us; and if we do not die, then will the promise be fulfilled to the greatest possible extent, for Jesus will come again, and receive in his own proper person those who are alive and remain unto his coming. I may ask a man to give me such and such a thing for the sake of another; that is good pleading so far as it goes. That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. I go to prepare a place for you. Now was fulfilled the word of Simeon, Yes, a sword shall pierce through thine own soul also, that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed. Did the Saviour mean, as he gave a glance to John, Woman, thou art losing one Son; but yonder stands another, who will be a son to thee in my absence? These are the stripes with which we are healed. But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on him: That the saying of Esaias the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spake, Lord, who hath believed our report? Jesus answered them, Do ye now believe? John 14:1. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they way be one, as we are. We are of the same flesh and blood as Judas; and although we might not be tempted by a sum of money, we may be tempted by a sinful pleasure or by a sinful shame. Such sorrow was in his heart that he asked, What shall I say? Great trouble brings astonishment, amazement, bewilderment with it; and the human soul of Christ felt as ours feels when in great agony. John 17:15-16. For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; Every preacher of the gospel should ask is it that this is true concerning himself. What though the cross, and nails, and spear, are in the road? John 20:14. Who were they that they should have wanted to improve on Christs words? There is a sacred discipline in Christs house, a part of which consists in this, that, as our obedience to our God declines, so will our power in prayer decrease at the same time. Do they need to be sanctified? John 14:18-19. Father save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour. If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them. They will be left therefore. 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. It is not always the most venturesome that is the most practical. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. John 18:10. The common robe of the country, for Christ assumed no garment or vesture that would make him seem great. She had predicted defeat for the Greek army. The inner life is one, the source of that life is one, the nourishment of that life is one, and the end of that life is one, so that all who possess it must be one, one in Christ, and one with one another, even as Christ is one with the Father. John 15:11. 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. How divine must he be who, in his condescension, took upon himself our nature! Thomas had been one of the twelve apostles for years, he had during all that time had Christ for his Teacher, yet he had learned very little. This he said, signifying what death he should die. John 12:23. Christ has kept all his sheep, and all his lambs; and he will do the same, dear friends, even to the end. 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. John 12:48. Mary would fain have held her Lord, but he says to her, Go to my brethren. You will always find that it is best and safest to do what Jesus tells you, when he tells you, and as he tells you. Many of you know the words of this chapter by heart; you could repeat them without a mistake. It is, What I have thought out, I make known to you. It is, What has come to me by the spirit of the age, the culture of the period, I tell you. God save us from this kind of talk! I now paint minis on the side. This exposition consisted of readings from John 17:15-26; And Mat 26:36-46. Severed from me, ye can bear no fruit whatever. Christ is God, and therefore, looking into the future, he can speak of his approaching departure as though it had already happened. She saith unto them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they have laid him. If you knew all things, you would rejoice exceedingly in that very thing that now most troubles you. Amen. Such a full life so pregnant with meaning so active, and all its activity so intensely real and spiritual, that to write a life of Christ is an impossibility: and though there have been many very admirable lives of Christ in our time, I recommend you to keep to one which is the best of them all, and that one is written by four. These words rise like the peak of a mighty Alp almost out of our sight into the clear brightness of heaven hast loved them as thou has loved me. Now, believer, thou canst not fully comprehend this, but believe it that as surely as the Father loves the Son, as and after the same manner also he loves you without beginning, without measure, without change, without end Thou hast loved them as thou hast loved me.. They represent Christ, but he is himself the substance. You should need no more than 250 sleeves, for cards approximately 2.5 x 3.5 inches (63 x 88mm). John 16:7. When reading a Passage, be sure you carry out all of its instructions. This chapter contains some of the most precious words that the Lord Jesus uttered before he died upon the cross. Ye may indeed sip of his cup, but ye can never drink it to its dregs as he did. 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! How gracious it was on our Lords part to say the best he could of his disciples! John 20:19. you think you are true blue; but you would run at the first touch of water, not to mention fire. It employs someone as wonderful as you, after all.). This other disciple was, no doubt, John, who thus veiled himself as he did on other occasions. Some have said he was a large-hearted man, who investigated truth. 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