I go to prepare a place for you. Hear ye the words again, As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you; continue ye in my love. He confirms us in it, and bids us live in the enjoyment of it. Do you believe that Christ came forth from God? These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall show you plainly of the Father. Our good translators were always afraid of using a word too often, for fear of falling into tautology; so for what they considered the beauty of the language they used the word declared instead of I made known; but why should they have done so? 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! John 17:15-16. What, a Comforter reprove? in the religions and beliefs of those of some of the greatest civilizations in They answered and said unto him, If he were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up unto thee. Much fruit should be produced by the disciples of the much-doing Christ. Oh, that we might constantly hear it and obey it! I cannot help remarking how different this is from some who profess to be the ministers of Christ. Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy. that he would do so! I suppose that it is true that the Man of sorrows was the happiest man who ever lived. After the same manner as God the Father loves the Son after that same sort does the Son love us. Abide in me, and I in you. Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee. They saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid thereon, and bread.. When the father of the family looks with joy upon his boy, then the boy is happy; but when the father has no joy in his son, then be sure of this, the son has no joy in his father, but he is sad at heart. 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. They did not want to be protected then from dangers not come. and to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed? Do not take that verse as a promise of unlimited answers to prayer, for it is nothing of the kind. Father, glorify thy name. Why, that is a stronger plea altogether. There is Divine authority at the back of every word uttered by the Man Christ Jesus. Or, I hope they have plans for a full sequel! 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. 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. But be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. The simple utterance of his name drove them from him, and smote them to the earth; what would have happened if he had put forth his almighty power? If so, I venture to say that they are found among what are called the more respectable people, the men of light and leading, the chief rulers. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me. John 16:5. Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away. Is it bodily weakness? But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause. I am coming again, so be not troubled as though you had said Good-bye to me forever. Surely, never did any human poem match this peerless prose of the Divine Teacher. But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me: And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning. This exposition consisted of readings from John 17:15-26; And Mat 26:36-46. John 17:24. John 12:35-36. Are we, in his name, bidden to declare that he that believeth not shall be condemned? This, then, is the main point of knowledge with us, to know Christ. My very words. I go to prepare a place for you. Oh, that we followed them more closely! Have you realized this, my brother that you are dedicated to Christ that every breath you breathe, and thought you think, and word you speak, and act you do, should all be done as unto him? John 13:17. And said unto them, Do ye inquire 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? John 13:7. John 16:2. If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. After that he poureth water into a bason. John 21:3. For this cause the people also met him, for that they heard that he had done this miracle. There are some wishes and whims that we may cherish, not that we think we may pray about; but we have not Christs name or authority to warrant us in expecting that we shall realize them, and therefore we cannot ask for them in his name. Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. This condition applies to the whole range of Christs commands. Keep them in the world to battle with the evil; make them the salt that prevents putrefaction, and let them not lose their savor, let them not be contaminated by the evil in the midst of which they dwell.. Ah! says Christ, do ye now believe? Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. This matchless chapter contains that great intercessory prayer of Christ for his people which may most properly be called the Lords prayer., What a sight it must have been to see the Divine Intercessor in this his last great prayer before he poured out his soul unto death! Oh, that you and I might have them in our hearts if not on our lips in our expiring moments! For instance, some of them brought more to the faith than Christ himself had done during his lifetime, and so realized the fulfillment of this promise, The works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.. So shall you bring forth fruit, but not else. Leaping out of the slough of doubt, on to the rock of confidence, by a single spring, and getting further, perhaps, than others had done who had before outstripped him. Nice resource if I sometimes fear that it is so with this age. But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. But he had only one thought in his mind. John 16:13. And when he had thus spoken, one of the officer, which stood by struck Jesus with the palm of His hand, saying, Answerest thou the high priest so? Some people seem unable to see that there is perfect harmony between the general and the particular aspects of Christs atonement. John 17:9. Christ is seeable. John 13:1. They were popular We are not to make up a gospel as we go along, as I have heard some say. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are. The next word of the Saviour will give us liberty enough, for he went on to say,-, When we are pleading about that glorious name of Jehovah, we may pray with vehemence and importunity: Father, whatever I do or suffer, glorify thy name.. John 14:27-28. 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. 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. John 17:16-19. John 16:6. As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: Matchless, matchless word! And for their sakes I sanctify myself, , This little handful of followers gathered about me, , In the glass of prevision, Christ saw us, my brethren, and he saw all the myriads, yet unborn, who are to be gathered to his cross, and to bow before his feet, and he prayed for them all: Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word.. The decisions you make will result in a unique version of the game, unlike any other, for you to enjoy after the campaign. But you and I have the great Architect constantly coming to us to tell us what the building is to be, and to explain to us his plans, and so we work with greater pleasure and joy than a mere labourer might. John 16:31-32. Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved saith unto Peter, It is the Lord. The Jews answered him. Are you fretting tonight? Let us do the same with those whom we try to teach, let us dispense to them the simpler truths first, and afterwards those that are deeper and more mysterious. 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. Well then, you may, at any rate, put up this prayer, Father, glorify thy name. Whatever is most for thy glory, let that be my will as it is thy will., John 12:28 Then came there a voice from heaven, , An audible voice, for those who stood by could hear it: There came a voice from heaven, . He did really answer the question, though perhaps not directly. And whether Thomas did put his finger into the print of his nails or not, we cannot tell. The greatest sin in all the world is, not believing on Jesus. For he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. It there be divisions, let them not come through you. Clank! If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also. John 12:42-43. They say unto him, We also go with thee. 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. And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak. And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me. She saith unto them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they have laid him. It is very wonderful that the rest should have been kept, and that this son of perdition should have been left to perish. Other trees yield timber, and are useful for various purposes; but, with the vine, it is as the prophet Ezekiel says, Son of man, What is the vine tree more than any tree, or than a branch which is among the trees of the forest? John 20:26. The Saviour seems to say to his disciples, I keep nothing back from you; had there been some sorrowful fact to be revealed to you, I would at length have told you of it.. Jesus selected the disciple he loved best to take his mother under his care. 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. The joy that would come of it all would obliterate the remembrance of the sorrow. They It is very wonderful how, in practice, the free agency of man tallies exactly with the predestination of God. They cannot endure that God should dispense his gifts according to his own will; but so it standeth true. When you meet with rebuke, and slander, and jesting, and jeering against you for Christs sake, he has told you of them. May the savor of them abide in your hearts even as the letter of them abides in your memory! John 12:46. We need not repeat the first great washing, the bath by which our sins were cleansed; when that was done, it was done once for all. Christ wants his disciples to have peace. And when he had thus spoken one of the officers which stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand saying, Answerest thou the high priest so? John 20:17. As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou, hast given him. John 21:1-3. Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you. Jesus then cometh, and taketh bread, and giveth them. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father. you that say you believe tonight, beware lest tomorrow you should be scattered in unbelief and fear. Where they crucified him, and two other with him, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst. Ask them which heard me, what I have said unto them: behold, they know what I said. He denied it, and said, I am not. We are reading out of Gods Book, remember. Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mothers sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene. Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. So our Lord Jesus Christ must not care for himself, and he did not. He is a bridegroom that cannot be satisfied unless his bride be a partaker of all his joy. John 14:21. Christ is God, and therefore, looking into the future, he can speak of his approaching departure as though it had already happened. You shall be known to be the disciples of the much fruit-bearing Saviour. Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you. I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. Lord, shew us the Father. Why, no man can see the Fathers face, and live! Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world? Let us reverently adore the whole scheme of providence by which Gods determinate purpose is carried out in every jot and little, while the free agency of man is left unfettered. No date. Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. Here we learn that it is eternal life to know God and Jesus Christ whom he hath sent. Let us love each other more; and as Christ has prayed that we may be one, let us constantly seek to manifest our oneness among the sons of men. John 12:28-29. If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. For terms and use, please refer to our Terms and Conditions John 14:3. It would make no sense to a newbie. Note that all dailies listed below can be obtained at the Oracle camp at "Rainspeaker Canopy", which is located just right of the center of Sholazar Basin, northeast of the central lake "River's Heart." Oh, it would ravish your heart, it would carry you away to the very heaven of heavens, if you could get the full meaning of this expression, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me! The disciples encouraged these seekers; they would not have brought mere curiosity-mongers to their Master, but they saw that there was something better in these Greeks; so they consulted together, and their opinion was that they must tell Jesus about them. 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. Love one another as Christ has loved us. John 17:23-26. Published biannually, Classical Antiquity explores interdisciplinary research and discussion of major issues throughout the field of classics, including Greek and Roman literature, history, archaeology, art, philosophy and philology Bronze Age through Late Antiquity. John 17:19. Amos Oxford History of the Roman World. But there is not one among us that has any faith to spare. As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him. But when you are authorized to use the name of Christ as it were, to write his signature to your cheques oh! Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee. 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. These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee: The great design of Christ, all through his life on earth, was to glorify the Father. 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 came year. Jesus knew that his hour was come, that he should depart out of the world unto the Father. What a beautiful way of describing death! But he was the Lamb of Gods passover, so he meekly suffered. I am the vine, ye are the branches: You are not the vine; do not think that you are; and if God blesses you, and makes you of some importance in the Church, yet do not dream that you are the Church, that you are the very root and stein of it. John 18:7. He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him and will manifest myself to him. John 15:2. And where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour. I'm now the "game guy" among everyone I know. Hence his prayer, That they all may be one; . For he shall receive of mine, and shall show it unto you. It is a very solemn thing when God gives no answer to a man; when a man turns to Scripture, but there is no answer; when he goes to hear the voice, but there is no voice from the oracle for him; when he even bows the knee in prayer, but gets no answer. John 15:24-27, If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father. 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. Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And forthwith came there out blood and water. They were all washed so far as their feet were concerned, but not all of them had been cleansed in the saved bath which removes the stains of sin. John 15:13-15. I wish all of us were half as good as Peter. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your king? For evermore the Lord had an eye to the temporal condition of the twelve, as well as to their spiritual. The words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself, but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works. John 16:33. Sometimes we do not ask enough questions. 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. Ezra Amen. John 12:42-43. 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. which thou hast given me: for then lovedst me before the foundation of the world. It is even so; a love without beginning, a love without change, a love without bounds, a love without end: Thou hast loved them as thou hast loved me.. Ye know where Christ is gone. For if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him, unto you. 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