Lord, shew us the Father. Why, no man can see the Fathers face, and live! Have you, dear friends, believed all the more because of them? Go to some foreign country and get yourself made a martyr of. No, no; If ye love me, keep my commandments. Then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you. And Jesus saith unto them, Come and dine. I will not leave you comfortless, I will come to you. As if to show that they thought him the worst of the three, and therefore gave him shall I call it the place of chief dishonour? All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you. John 18:12. What an admirable answer that was! John 17:14-15. I do not know why these Greeks went to Philip, who was of Bethsaida of Galilee, unless it was because he had a Greek name. There is an awful increase of sin produced by Christ speaking to a man; and if any of you have been very near to the Kingdom, and your conscience has been aroused, and your mind has been impressed by the truth, and yet you have gone back to your sin, you have multiplied that sin a thousandfold. We must let the will of God rise above all; but, subject to that will, we may ask anything in Christs name, and he will do it. Jesus Christ in you: I in them, and then the Father in Christ: and thou in me, . Revelation, Search Wikipedia using spiritual discretion. We say, Forewarned, forearmed. So the disciples were; and so are you. But that the world may know that I love the Father; and the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world? For he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will show you things to come. Ah! John 17:11. They are original thinkers, inventors; they bring forth fresh things out of the depth of their wonderful minds; but even the Holy Ghost is here said not to speak of himself.. And they left the supper-table to go to the garden, the garden of his agony. Ah! says Christ, do ye now believe? But Peter stood at the door without. to know the possibilities of our nature; to know what God can do by us. I have no doubt that the angel who sat at the feet was quite as content to sit there as the other was to sit at the head. These things I command you, that ye love one another. There is more here than merely giving us consolation. It is not a mere formal salutation, but there is a real, true peace communicated to you when I thus speak.. Jesus said, I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman, or vine-dresser. There is no magnet like the death of Christ. Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. We know we have to discover the remaining Shrines, but there arent enough paths on the board to find them all. A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world. Then frequent it; and though as yet in your bodies you cannot reach to him, yet in spirit you can. They shall put you out of the synagogues; yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service. I do not see it. John 12:37. That was an improvement upon the meeting of the previous Lords-day evening; Thomas had learnt by this time what he had lost the week before, so he was present on this occasion. If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also. His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb. We seldom speak even of any of the great mysteries of the gospel without uttering some words of our own which show that we have understood them yet. It is only suitable to Christ, the God-man, and it is in itself one of the best evidences of the inspiration of Scripture. But are not you and I often very slow to ask the meaning of the Masters words? Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Surely, never did any human poem match this peerless prose of the Divine Teacher. That is to say, As you proclaim my gospel, I will back up your message; when you preach of pardoning blood, I will make it efficacious. John 17:3. They lame him, they may not prevent him from traveling, but they mar his comfort on the road. Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do those knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. 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. No prior knowledge is required. His poor Victim who stood before him was infinitely greater in character than he was. They get rid of the Christ of the gospel, and they soon get rid of God out of creation too, and there is no coming to the Father in any way or fashion except by Christ. Can it be that he shall be glorified in me? John 21:1. Father, glorify thy name. John 16:4. Welcome to the Oracle's Legacy: A World of Gods and Mortals. Let us bless Jesus that he is not here. 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. If so, he has given to us eternal life. So short-lived also is the admiration of Christ by carnal minds, for they do admire him after a fashion, they cannot help doing so. The eternal authority of God is at the back of the testimony of Christ. How many Christians have never learned to pray in the name of Christ! But because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue: for they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God. May our souls enjoy it day by day. The friendship it's built. 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. He asks for his peoples unity; he asks for their joy, he asks for their preservation, and now he asks for their purification, their sanctification: Sanctify them through thy truth:. Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? He will never drop from that dear pierced hand any portion of the eternal gift of his Father. These books ultimately predicted the There is the root of the whole business, to be still one with Jesus by vital union, deriving the sap of our life entirely from him. Therefore, have patience. Are you at peace at this moment? Esther 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. It was a great mercy that the Lord was there to heal the ear, and to forbid the use of the sword in his defense. John 14:21-23. If you want to do what will please him do as he did. John 19:1-3. John 19:30-37. That is sorrow; but when we know that our son has gone to the other side of the world, and we know why he has gone, and where he has gone, and what is coming of it, we are greatly comforted. This is such knowledge as the universities cannot teach; it is such knowledge as the most-learned doctors cannot attain to by themselves. Help! Practical service is better than personal rapture. His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb. John 15:10. I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. You have believed in God, though he has not manifested himself to you in his person as I have done. There is such a wonderful mixing of the two natures, without any confusion of ideas, so manifestly does he plead as man, and yet so clearly does he also pray as none but the Son of God could pray, that he must be the God-man, the one mediator between God and man. Oh, that this love may be in us, for Christs sake! Though you may think it a loss not to have his corporeal presence, yet would you like to call him away from yonder harps that ring out his praises, and the perfect love of the Father with whom he reigns supreme? I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them as thou hast loved me. John 12:23-24. John 21:9. 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 saith unto them, Peace be unto you. That disciple was known unto the high priest, and went in with Jesus into the palace of the high priest. Go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.. They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. Glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee: Did Jesus look upon his suffering as his glory? Oracles. 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. 2023 Dire Wolf Digital, Inc. All Rights Reserved. John 16:14. They went forth, and entered into a ship immediately; and that night they caught nothing. He departed, and did hide himself.. How wonderful this is! In these words we have both the general and the special aspects of redemption. Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him; because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue: For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God. She would also receive Many a time have we asked that question with great admiration of the special sovereign grace of God, that he should manifest himself to us, and not to the world. This verse reminds us of our Lords prayer on the cross, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. Persecution of Gods people usually arises from ignorance of God the Father and God the Son. From these words, it is clear that, many of the afflictions which we have to endure are not brought upon us because we are unfruitful, but because we are bearing fruit. This is the process by which he manifests himself unto his people, and not unto the world: . Notice what our Saviour asked of his Father for them and for us: . Yet why should we not unless the grace of God should prevent it? It does not do for us to presume to judge the Word of God; we should rather let the Word of God judge us. You know that he said, Whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. Of course, Christ would carry out his own precept, so we see that he did not mean that his disciples were literally to turn the other cheek to those who struck them, but that they were to bear such treatment patiently, and not to give a railing answer. The sentences are very simple, but they are also sublime. Anyhow, I will come again, and receive you unto myself, remains one of the sweetest promises that was ever given to believers by the Lord Jesus Christ. I do not say, Peace, Peace, where there is no peace. They said this among themselves. This was not a wise course, for what can ignorance learn of ignorance? John 17:20-22. Yes, for there is no limit to the malice and impudence of the human heart. He who really knows Christ, and understands Christs character, understands, so far as it can be understood by man, the character of God. Affliction is used, but it is rather the handle of the knife than the knife itself. - A.D. 300) The oracles of Greece and the sibyls of Rome were women chosen by the gods through which divine advice would be spoken through them. In hindsight, I think I would have preferred 3 player. The people answered him. Whatever he might have said about his doctrine, they would have twisted into a ground of accusation against him, so he simply said, Mine has been public teaching, open to all. I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. Good if And when he had said this, he went out again unto the Jews, and saith unto them, I find in him no fault at all. Do you wonder that they were filled with sorrow? Yes, we do know where Christ has gone, and we also know the way. The There is, perhaps, no sin which so effectually hardens the heart as that of gambling; it is a sin with which Christians should not have even the reluctant connection. The task that seems well-nigh impossible is readily performed when the spirit is invigorated by love. whom seekest thou? Here our Saviour speaks by anticipation. John 14:24-26. At that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you: John 16:27. Yet Andrew and Peter also had Greek names. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I. Christ as man had condescended to become less than the Father; he had taken upon himself the form of a servant, but now he was going back to take his own natural dignity again. We have heard of a Spanish bandit who confessed to his priest, after having murdered a great many persons, not his robberies and his murders, but the fact that a drop of blood had spurted on to his lips on a Friday, and thus he had defiled the feast day by taking animal food! 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. Now Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him. Happy are they who have it. Certainly not. how emphatically true this is! It is apt to repeat itself, as the Lord himself did in Gethsemane when he prayed three times, using the same words. While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light. John 14:2-3. and to grow more and more so as the years advance. When you read the story afterwards, without the earnest manner and the living tone of the speaker, you do not see why it had such a strange effect upon his hearers. But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause. All of the Father that we can know is visible in Christ, for in him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily. And if we truly know Christ, we also know the Father. Haggai The servants name was Malchus. Christs actions are the pattern for us to imitate! John 18:31. John 17:21. Colossians John 20:13. Christ cannot come and comfortably manifest himself to those who are living out of order and disregarding his words. John 16:25. But not for long; the worlds joy at Christs death was soon over. I said just now that the doctrinal words of Christ were to be regarded by us. Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? He was a stranger here, and his people are also strangers and foreigners. If you cannot find your way into the heart of any truth, the Spirit of God has the clue to it, so ask him to guide you into it. Pilate then went out unto them, and said, What accusation bring ye against this man? Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given are of thee. Hereafter I will not talk much with you; for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me. Hereafter I will not talk much with you; for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me. John 15:5. What is a non-gaming experience you'd like to see captured in board game form? I wonder not that those who doubt concerning him, doubt about everything; if they will not have this light, how shall they see? Thanks! I have known a man warm himself at a very big fire through coming into possession of a large amount of property, but he has also grown very cold spiritually for these coals of fire do not warm the heart. He did not want an answer. The release of the large amounts of The most famous was the sibyl of Cumae, who wrote nine books But Jesus gave him no answer. John 17:6. Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: I am all that you want on your way to heaven, the truth that will make heaven for you, and the life which you will enjoy with me for ever in heaven. Wicked men will shut you out of my Fathers house below: the temple at Jerusalem, though being still used for Jewish worship after all its ritual and ceremonialism have been abolished, will cease to be my Fathers house to you; but there is a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens, and there is room for all of you there. John 16:14-15. There are some whom God will hear, and some whom God will not hear. Classical Antiquity And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God. As Jesus Christ said that he did not bear witness to himself, but spoke the words which his Father had given him, so the Spirit of God does not speak of himself, but he bears witness to the truth which Christ has revealed, and also makes known things to come. But he will never reveal anything contrary to that which Christ has revealed in his Word. 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