John 19:21-22. No, he just repeated to his disciples the words he had received from the Father: I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me. If Jesus acted thus, how much more must the messengers of God receive the word from the Lords mouth, and speak it as they receive it! He did not feel so sure of their faith as they did. 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? In this verse you get the doctrines of general and particular redemption blended. These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you. 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. Now are we sure that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should ask thee: by this we believe that thou camest forth from God. These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you. Those wounds preach peace and joy. For he shall receive of mine, and shall show it unto you. The game is intended for 2 to 4 players. This is not that mixed potion which he refused, wine mingled with myrrh, which was intended to stupefy the dying in their pains: When he had tasted thereof, he would not drink; for he would not be stupefied. These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. John 14:24. Our Lord did not say, Of sin, because of the evil of drunkenness. That is a great sin, a cursed sin, and there are other great sins; but Christ said, Of sin, because they believe not on me. That is the root sin, the foundation sin, the sin that keeps a man in his sin. Good children are truly happy when their parents are happy in them. They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots. It was a hard thing for them to have to miss him; they could not tell what might happen to them when their Leader was gone from their midst. And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King! Legacy, what would it have been? GOSPEL OF JOHN EXPOSITION BY C H SPURGEON JOHN 1 COMMENTARY. John 14:6. I will not leave you comfortless: He does this by his Spirit, but still he means more than that. Then the band and the captain and officers of the Jews took Jesus, and bound him, and led him away to Annas first; for he was father in law to Caiaphas, which was the high priest that same year. Fruitfulness, perseverance, and power in prayer, these are the priceless boons that come to us through our being one with Christ. What a wonderful union this is Christ in the Father; the saints in Christ, and Christ in the saints.
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. There are some things that we ought to wish to know; and Christ encourages his people to come to him for information. John 16:5-6. John 21:10. And the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Fathers which sent me. Christ could not die without the question of expediency turning up. He believed, as a Roman in gods many. Father, glorify thy name. Give good heed to that sweet word, beloved brethren, Abide in me. Do not seem to get into Christ, and then depart from him. But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so do I. Arise, let us go hence. And when I view him, shall I not have seen the Father, and have entered into the Fathers rest? Good if
I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou invest me to do And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was. In the endurance of the cross, there was a mutual glorification. Every day we need the sanctifying influence of the Holy Spirit to lead us unto holiness. And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: I in them, and thou in me, , Do you understand this wonderful union? It was the Lord, the Lord who had asked them if they had any food, the Lord who had filled the net which had previously been empty, the Lord who had given them his own fish from his own fire, that they might have breakfast with him. John 18:19-21. But all these things will they do unto you for my names sake, because they know not him that sent me. The end of existence? And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, The Paraclete, the Succored, the Helper. They were touched by the common feeling; they desired to see this wonderful Man who had raised to life one who had been dead four days. what glorious words. And forthwith came there out blood and water. That was a very gracious saying of Christs, If therefore ye seek me, let these go their way. This is what Christ says on his peoples behalf to death, and to the law and the justice of God, and though this saying does not excuse the disciples flight, it does make some sort of apology for their going away every man to his own home. It is always better to keep out of harms way if we can. those not familiar with scientific terms and principles. John 15:10. Yet he was their old familiar friend. If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; As I have already reminded you, it is only an abiding faith that is a real faith, the faith that remains fixed in Christ the vital union with Christ maintained day by day. You cannot take a branch away from the vine for a little while, and then put it back again; its life depends upon the perfect continuity of its union. Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: Sometimes the world appears to have the best of it. My poor perplexed brother, if you cannot get to Jesus Christ by yourself, it will be a good thing for you to say to some Philip, Sir, I would see Jesus. Perhaps Philip will tell his friend Andrew, and then Philip and Andrew will go together, and tell Jesus, and so you will get to him. John 17:6. You who are only soul and body need to receive that third and loftier principle the spirit which is wrought in us by the Spirit of God. So, when Christ came back again, they would remember no more the sorrow of their travail hour in which they saw him bound, and spat upon, and taken off to execution, and mocked upon the tree. Be scrupulous, brethren, lest, through the neglect of what some regard as scruples, you should bring upon yourselves great sorrows. There was a conflict in the Saviours heart, the weakness of his true manhood striving with the strength of his infinite affection to his people, and also to his Father. All who are vitally joined to Christ are in the true Church, for he says, I am the true Vine,-. Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him, went forth, and said unto them, Whom seek ye? And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was. First, John gives us an account of our Saviours appearance before Annas, of which I need not say much, as I recently preached upon it. What a glorious assurance is that! I want to sleeve the cards in my copy of the game. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also. John 18:28-38. Oh, what a blessed distinction does the grace of God make between men! John 14:24-26. Rituals
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? He does not appear to have investigated the testimony of Mary Magdalene and of the others. Surely, the coming of a few Greeks to see him was not very much in the way of glorification. What happens when verse from Ovid, history as written by Herodotus, satyr plays, the works of Thucydides, an Attic red-figure kylix, and tracts describing medicinal practice of the ancient world are gathered in one place and analyzed with scholarly verve? And after this Joseph of Arimathea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth; for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak; and he will show you things to come. As we are taught it by the Divine Spirit, it becomes fresh truth to us, though it was ever in Christs eternal mind. The way we know. John 12:23-24. they rent his seamless robe, and it still remains torn through the schisms and errors which divide his people one from another. 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. John 14:23. If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it. Find ye them where ye may, if they are one with Christ, they are his they are parts of the divine vine; they are belonging to his Church. That is a grand expression: Thou has; loved them, as thou hast loved me. What ! Let us go to Gethsemane and to the Passion; let us go to fulfill the Fathers will. It was a sure proof of Christs love when he went forward from speaking to suffering that he might save his own forever. 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. There is no magnet like the death of Christ. But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart. You are like a ship, and all the water in the sea cannot hurt a ship, if it is kept outside of her. These were probably Gentiles, who were staying at Jerusalem; perhaps, proselytes who had come up to the feast. John 16:32. Lanterns to give light to the Sun, torches to find out the Light of the world; Weapons with which to fight with the Lamb of God, the unarmed Sufferer. In these words we have both the general and the special aspects of redemption. We say, Forewarned, forearmed. So the disciples were; and so are you. 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. Sometimes, God makes the basest men the unconscious utterers of truth which they do not themselves comprehend. The lapidary does not chase upon the wheel the stone that is not precious, but that which is, and so real affliction is no mark, therefore, of your want of grace, but of your having it. The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing? Now are we sure, say the confident disciples. But Jesus gave him no answer. You must lay the stress on the pronouns in order to get the full forge of the original. John 13:8. John 13:17. They could not understand Marys tears, their question seemed to say Christ the Lord is risen from the dead, and all the streets of heaven are ringing with hallelujahs because the great Conqueror has returned bearing the spoils of his victory. John 21:18. Again and again he returned to that vital point: Believest thou? Large-hearted Judas, very different from Judas Iscariot! These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you. Aelius
You shall find that those who have had their will at the throne of grace are men who have done Gods will in other places; it must be so. John 21:20-21. 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. That was a very simple statement, every Sunday-scholar understands it now; but the twelve apostles did not understand it when they heard it. Such luxuries he saves for his obedient children, who are filled with his Spirit. John 14:18-19. That terrible time did come very soon, and the Jewish and other persecutors hunted down the Christians in almost every place where they could be found. 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. Our Lord had raised Lazarus from the dead, and this miracle had excited great attention in Jerusalem. If we do not take notice of what Christ says, can we expect that he will take notice of what we say? Jesus saith to him, He that is washed needeth not save to wash his feet, but is clean every whit: and ye are clean, but not all. And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves. And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. So was he led as a sheep to the slaughter, as Isaiah had long before foretold that he would be. Isaiah was sent upon a painful errand, to tell the people that they should hear, but they should not understand; that they should see, but they should not perceive; and so it happened to Israel as a nation, and to this day Israel rejects the true Messiah. It is said by a quaint old writer that, if men go to Ethiopia, they may not become Ethiopians, but by the scorching of the sun they will grow blacker than they were before. John 19:28. It was the custom with executioners to take the garments of the criminal. 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. Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works sake. But notice also the special purpose and object of redemption, observe how it applies particularly to the elect of God. How do you feel about my explicitly violating my claim that my questions wouldn't be about Clank! It has no right to be there, for it is not there by a vital union; it will only harbor mischief if it is allowed to remain, therefore let it be taken away; and taken away it certainly will be by the Husbandman who makes no mistakes. You can cooperate to some extent, making decisions as a group, dividing up exploration, and foregoing actions that might make things harder for each other. We are not to make up a gospel as we go along, as I have heard some say. Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me, or else believe me for the very works sake.. That dark and gloomy olive garden was no pleasure garden that night. Jesus said, I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman, or vine-dresser. So you need not be at all surprised if the world hates you. John 20:17. To ask in the name of Christ, to plead under his authority, this is to pray indeed. And they said, Jesus of Nazareth. And wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. He knows the truth about this matter, and he says, I am glorified in them., John 17:11. John 20:26. carbon dioxide was due to volcanic faults that ran underneath the temple at
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