While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light. John 14:27-28. If you really do bring forth fruit to God, you must expect to have trial, trouble, affliction, and that full often. Now shall the prince of this world be cast out. The overthrow of the usurper began from that time, and that overthrow of the devil is still going on; and, blessed be God, it will reach its completion one of these days, and we shall yet rejoice in a new heaven, and a new earth, on which the trail of the serpent shall never be traced. John 1 Joh 1:1. If it die, in the true sense of the word, in being separated into its constituent elements, then it bringeth forth much fruit. Christs way to glory was through the grave he must go down that he might mount to the throne. Continue ye in my love. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are. He could be stubborn about some things which shows that he had strength of mind if he had chosen to use it; yet he was beaten to and fro like a shuttlecock by these wicked men, and seemed to have no power to resist them. information. 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. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep. Who ever heard of such a thing? Which was a contradiction of his Master, which Thomas ought not to have uttered. Do not let the world so besmear and defile them as to do them mischief. The very heart of Christ is laid bare to his people: The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him. Happy are his people; glad to be his servants, gladder still to be his friends. 28; Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: That is to say, Pilates hall. John 19:8-10. To hoard your energies will be really to destroy them, like hoarded wheat which in the end becomes useless; but to give up your energies, to expend your life-forces, this is to sow the wheat, and this is the way to ensure the harvest. John 15:10-11. It was a wicked expediency that would murder Christ in order to save a nation; but it did not really do so after all, for the guilt of slaying Christ brought upon the nation the glaring crime of deicide. Jesus answered him I spake openly to the world; I ever taught in the synagogue and in the temple, whither the Jews always resort; and in secret have I said nothing. He seems to pray here as if he stood already within the veil; not pleading in agony as he did in the garden of Gethsemane, but speaking with that authority with which he is clothed now that his work on earth is done. They might have made him a crown, yet surely it need not have been one of thorns unless they intended to put him to the utmost torment that they could conceive. But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs: but one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side,-, To make sure that he should not survive,, John 19:34-37. Can there be found, in all the records of mankind, in all the documents that have ever been preserved, anything that can match this record of our Saviours great intercessory prayer? Ye shall know it; ye shall live in it; it shall be the atmosphere you breathe. You gave them all up for me once, but now you have taken to them again; do you really love me better than your fishing and your fish?. Wait for it, for it is sure to come. Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? Then went in also that other disciple, which came first to the sepulcher, and he saw, and believed. Looking away from your dear ones whom you must leave as Jesus left his disciples, may you each one be able to say, And now come I to thee! also made prophecies based on his dreams, much like Pythia at Delphi. And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simons son, to betray him; Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he was come from God, and went to God; He riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments; and took a towel, and girded himself. The chief lesson is that this act had been done at leisure by someone who was in no hurry whatever. For our Lord has a way of making personal application of his word. How is it part of your identity? Now Annas had sent him bound unto Caiaphas the high priest. Jesus said, I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman, or vine-dresser. Until you have it, this verse applies to you: The Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him.. This is the token of Gods chosen people. What it was it that was finished? Now when I am no longer seen of you, believe in me as you believe in the invisible God. It is well for us to have the same faith in Christ that we have in the everlasting God. A person cannot always speak in the name of another; cannot do it at all unless he has received an authorization so to do. were not infallible and many texts refused to mention the errors that the John 13:18. The book was John 16:2. May we be such branches in the true vine that our fruit shall thus remain. Christ had so dealt with his disciples that he left them like a pruned vine, ready and prepared for fruitfulness. John 18:4-5. He did not want an answer. 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. 2000. 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. Herodotus also has mentioned What mockery there was in Pilates use of this title, and yet how true it was! I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me: There is a specialty in intercession, as well as in redemption. This exposition consisted of readings from Luk 23:33-46; John 19:25-30. And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them. John 21:3. Let us not do that, but let us rather accept the Crucified as our Master and Lord, and cheerfully bow at his feet. They have preserved it as a priceless blessing. He is going away, yet he is himself the way; and he is himself the beginning and the end, he is everything to his people: the way, the truth, and the life. We are obliged to have mixed metaphors when we talk of Christ, for he is the mixture of everything that is delightful and precious. That was enough to make any of Christs loved ones weep, and if ever you hear a sermon which has not Christ in it, you may well go down the aisle weeping, and if any ask why you weep, you may reply, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they have laid him.. It is not a spiritual coming merely; it is a personal coming. None can add to it without a curse. It has become a fashion with them. Oh, when shall this great prayer be answered? John 14:8-10. John 17:4-5. This is not an exact translation of our Saviours words; he might too readily have revealed his identity if he had spoken like that. You must bear fruit, or else be cast away; but you cannot bear any fruit except by real union and constant communion with Jesus Christ your Lord. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. And he has come; he is here, he has never been taken away; he still abides with and in the Church. The grain of wheat, when put into the ground, if it remains as it is, will never increase; it must die if it is to bring forth fruit. Oh! But now that he has gone up on high, he does greater wonders by his servants than he himself personally did, for he said to a few poor fishermen, Go and break up the Roman Empire, and they did it. It seems a strange thing that Jesus should have said, I thirst, because, out of all the pains that he endured upon the cross, and they were very many and very sharp, he never mentions one except thirst. This item is part of a JSTOR Collection. Because of his divinity, be knew all that would come upon him, but what a wondrous manhood his was that, although he knew all that would befall him, he went forth calm and composed, resigned to his Fathers will and said to those who had come to seize him, Whom seek ye? I think he is saying to some of us, whom seek ye? We have not come here to slay him; we have not come here to fight against him, and lead him away to crucify him; yet I hope that we can truly say that we have come seeking Jesus. John 16:13. I never knew any great sin in the world, nor any great heresy, nor any great combination of men to maintain it without the question of expediency coming under consideration. I said just now that the doctrinal words of Christ were to be regarded by us. Jesus answered and said, This voice came not because of me, but for your sakes. medical epidemics and plagues, to wars and invasions. The path out of our HQ takes 3 Boots! This was as though he had said, Thou hast given them to me, my Father, to become my bride; and now I am about to die, and to return to thee, I give back this bride of mine into thy charge. 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. John 15:21. which does not glorify Christ, it is not the Holy Spirit; it is not the Comforter. What? said he to himself. : Legacy Acquisitions Incorporated is designed by Andy Clautice and Paul Dennen, and published by Dire Wolf.Board game mechanics: Deck, Bag, and Pool Building Delayed Purchase End Game Bonuses Events Legacy Game Map Addition Movement Points Narrative Choice / Paragraph Once-Per-Game Abilities Card Drafting Pick-up and Deliver Player Elimination Point to Point Movement Push Your Luck Scenario / Mission / Campaign Game Set Collection Variable Player Powers Variable Set-up. John 17:22-23. December and to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed? It seems as if our Lord intended to let them realize something of his divine power and glory, for the utterance of that august expression, I am which is his Fathers name, staggered them, and they fell to the ground. If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: For Christ is also the mighty God, the everlasting Father. All the character of God is seen in the Christ of God, and he who truly comes to Christ has really come to the Father. It has been well observed that Thomas was the first person who ever proved to himself the Deity of Christ from the exhibition of his wounds. As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world. 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 must remember that a great change had taken place in him, and that the disciples were at some distance from the shore. John 19:29. Habakkuk 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? At his will, their will shall sweetly yield itself up, and they shall come into the net. In this wondrous prayer, note the special design of the words of Christ; not only that we might have joy, but that we might have Christs joy, and not merely have a little of it, but might have it fulfilled in ourselves. The Gospels according to Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John are the best life of Christ out of sight. No; Without me, ye can do nothing.. Neither pray I for these alone, , This little handful of disciples who had been gathered to his name, . Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. 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. And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them, It is a wonderful thing that Christ should be glorified in his people. Dear friends, do not need pressing or driving to holy duty; be not as bullocks that must be goaded, but rather have within you such a spring of love that it shall be a delight to do anything that may give joy to the heart of the Well-beloved. He does not merely pray, Sustain thy Son, but, Glorify thy Son. In truth, our Lords lowest stoop was his highest glory. As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground. There is always somebody who has not learned the lesson. On the way from the supper table to the garden of Gethsemane, or while still lingering in the upper room, our Lord spoke this wondrous parable. He answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me. Now there stood by the cross of Jesus, his mother, and his mothers sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene. 2001. And they took Jesus, and led him away. John 12:42. that they may be one, even as we are one.. O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me. that he would do so! Go into the streets and preach; where you would be hooted. The world makes us know that. Incarnate love has fulfilled its self-imposed task. John 14:16-19. 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. But we have a custom, that I should release unto you one at the passover: will ye therefore that I release unto you the King of the Jews? For he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. He saith unto him, Yea, lord; thou knowest that I love thee. And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak. The high priest then asked Jesus of his disciples, and of his doctrine. Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. Oxford History of the Roman World. O soul, thou art indeed happy if this is the case with thee! I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, , John 17:9. 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. There are some things which we could not ask in Christs name; that is, using his authority in asking for them. Now Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him. Do not accept any testimony that would add to it. The oracles were constantly turned to in times of crises. He must meet his great enemy now and leave his dearest friends. Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Is the knowledge of God life? If you do these things, chide yourself, and cease from this evil habit at once, for your Lord says to you, This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.. And if we will but trust him, and seek to imitate his wondrous life, we also shall do the works that he did, and do them on an even larger scale, and do them with even greater results. They had asked very little, and they had never asked even that little in Christs name; and there are but few Christians who do so even now. And none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou? So it is clear that Judas was not amongst those who were given to Christ by his Father; if he had been, he also would have been kept., Christ looked beyond all that was to happen to him before he could return to his glory, and as he saw his Father waiting to welcome him, he cried And now come I to thee. These might be appropriate words in the mouth of a dying believer: And now come I to thee.. I also put that I was bored at work. And I in you. The most famous of the oracles was the oracle of Apollo, the god of the sun, God grant that we may be often at the mercy-seat! Simply browse for your screenshot using the form below. until his grace controls it, and changes it, your will inclines you to stay further away from Christ rather than to come to him. 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! They fulfilled what had been written long before, even as they afterwards did when they put Christ to death. So shall you bring forth fruit, but not else. But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. 1965. This is a wonderful trinity of unities, each one a mystery, but each one to be known by the believer when he is instructed of the Spirit of God: Christ in the Father, the saints in Christ, and Christ in them. Did you never, when reading the Bible, come across a text, that was opened up to you so sweetly that you vied out just as these disciples did Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb.. Is it possible to play a round on either side of the board without ever having done legacy? Players build reputation with The Oracles through daily quests. If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them. And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God. He will make the word which is uttered to be true. No man cometh unto the Father, but by me. Some, in these days, talk about a spiritual attachment to the person of Christ, while they shoot their envenomed darts against the dogmas of Christ; but that will not do. And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out. The eternal authority of God is at the back of the testimony of Christ. Are they your friends? And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Pilate entered into the judgment hall again, and called Jesus, and said unto him, Art thou the King of the Jews? And ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: There are some people who are very fond of quoting the first part of this verse, they are very glad to hear a sermon upon the free, sovereign grace of God. The best view of God we can ever have is Christ in the person of his Son. Now Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him, and said unto them, Do ye enquire among yourselves of that I said, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me? Do we know the Father? What strange delusions, what singular chimeras of monstrous shape will pass through the heart of grief! And these things I said not unto you at the beginning, because I was with you. he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father? Father, glorify thy name. So they are not of the world, and the world treats them as speckled birds, and hates them even as it hated their Lord and Master. John 14:1. If thou dost manifest thyself to us, who are only a few poor fishermen, thou does not extend thy kingdom so; but if thou wouldest manifest thyself to the world in all thy glory, surely they would be surprised and overwhelmed, and thy kingdom would thus come. Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing. We need not be so very anxious to know at present, this is the time of love. John 21:12. One of the largest, most distinguished, and innovative of the university presses today, its collection of print and online journals spans topics in the humanities and social sciences, with concentrations in sociology, musicology, history, religion, cultural and area studies, ornithology, law, and literature. Id say if she likes deck builders shes golden. John 15:12. Christ knows where fishes are. Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. They were popular throughout the great empires and pilgrims would make their way from far off places just to ask them a question and receive the answer of a god. 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