Then Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved following; which also leaned on his breast at supper, and said, Lord, which is he that betrayeth thee? It is always well to use the light that we already have. 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. 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. If ye love me, love my disciples. And the most gracious man that ever died could not, in his last moments, say, I have finished the work which them gavest me to do, for it was still imperfect. There is the only limit to true believing prayer. Does anything depress your spirits? Amen. That they also might be sanctified through the truth. It was made by Christ to his own disciples, and not to all of them absolutely; but only to them as they believe in him, as they are filled with his Spirit, and as they keep his commandments. There is a sort of unveiling of himself in this chapter. If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him. But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: Let us more and more lay aside everything that divides, especially that evil heart of unbelief, and pride, and self-seeking, which is the great sect making faculty. Greeks in general. He had fallen into a fit of despondency, and got away, as broken-hearted, depressed people often do, trying to get quite alone, when Christian company would be one of the best ways of finding comfort and solace. Will he not (must you not expect that he will) walk contrary to you if you walk contrary to him? they rent his seamless robe, and it still remains torn through the schisms and errors which divide his people one from another. Trouble is in your house, perhaps; but, if so, let it not get into your heart. How rich is this language! 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. Archaeonia. There is such a thing as judicial blindness. It offered some information on the oracles, such as well, there is time enough for a change. John 18:1. Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments,, For they had stripped him. John 21:15-17. That is the third time. In order to unlock the Oracle's reputation, there is a long quest chain (shared by both factions) you need to get through. John 18:39. He that hateth me hateth my Father also. There is not a branch in that vine which the Father does not love with infinite affection; and as for the majestic stem, even Jesus, he loves him beyond measure. John 18:3. And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves. Is it meet for any work? It is useless if it is fruitless; and so is it with us, if we do not bear fruit unto God, we are of no service to him whatsoever. No man cometh unto the Father, but by me. This is such a prayer as never could have been prayed by a mere man and you cannot understand this prayer at all apart from the manhood and the Deity of Christ combined. Idleness is the most injurious condition in which a man can be found. John 17:24-26. Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. Christ wants his disciples to have peace. Classical Antiquity information relevant were the basic purposes of the oracles. You shall be known to be the disciples of the much fruit-bearing Saviour. Peter was to stretch out his hands, and be nailed to a cross, as his Lord was. Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me. The way we know. So after he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments, and was set down again, he said unto them, Know ye what I have done to you? After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst! Are we fulfilling our calling? 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 shew you things to come. He was too great to need the adornment of any special style of clothes. There is no less power needed for the preservation of a believer than for his regeneration. Would God that they might be fulfilled in us, that we might be kept, and kept even to the end, and then kept in living union with all the people of God, and with the Father and with the Son! Yet there was no real cause for grief; there was rather reason for rejoicing when they understood the true lesson of Christs departure. They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. And they took Jesus, and led him away. John 17:20-21. God cleanse us all for his great names sake! It looks as if that were a reason why we should not see him; but we see him better by faith, now that he has gone to the Father, than we could have seen him while he was here below covered with the veil of his humiliation. And went again, into the judgment hall, and saith unto Jesus, Whence art thou? Hew can we live without the mercy-seat? Now that ye are clean, do not imagine that you can do without me: Abide in me, . That is what you have reason to expect, and you may feel honoured if they treat you as they have treated your Lord. The reason why the people would hear of him, and come to him, was that he would be hanged on the cross. 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. Do we know Jesus Christ as the Messiah the Sent One? with the same love? Hence his prayer, That they all may be one; . I pray God that it may not be so with any here; but it was so with many in the generation amongst which Christ laboured. And he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal. 2 Chronicles John 18:19-21. John 16:33. Philip cometh and telleth Andrew: and again Andrew and Philip tell Jesus. Amen. Ancient Greek Oracles. The high priest then asked Jesus of his disciples, and of his doctrine. We must never forget that He was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. If it had been no pain to him to die as the Substitute for sinners, there would have been no atoning sacrifice in his death; and if no dread had overtaken him at the thought of death, it would have proved that he did not die as we do; and, therefore, he would not have been able to take our place as he did. He was going through deeps that no other could ever fathom, he was to bear griefs which no other could ever bear. John 16:29. Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works sake. John 15:12. Not only the Mosaic law, but the whole creation is full of types of Christ. Sometimes we are afraid to pray; sometimes we feel as if we could not bring ourselves to the prayer. Here are four unfathomable depths: I came forth from the Father, there is Christs eternal pre-existence. The very essence and sap of the vine are in the branch even as the branch is part and parcel of the vine. The sons of God took to themselves wives of the daughters of men, but that kind of union brought mischief with it, and it will ever do so. Peter then denied again: and immediately the cock crew. John 21:16. Some people seem unable to see that there is perfect harmony between the general and the particular aspects of Christs atonement. Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me. Remember the if that qualifies it: If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, for a man who is truly in Christ, as the branch is in the vine, and who is feeding upon Christs words, will be so influenced by the Holy Spirit that he will not ask anything which is contrary to the mind of God. I said just now that the doctrinal words of Christ were to be regarded by us. If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. John 17:24. Possibly, Peter had scarcely believed, but John had. Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he girt his fishers coat unto him, (for he was naked,). But you know it; if you are Gods children, you know his voice, and you also know what he means when he speaks. Here is a prayer, then, for the preservation and the unity of the people of God; two very necessary petitions. God help us to be clear-minded, and not to think what we should not like to say! How that fire must have reminded Peter of his denial of his Lord! Come, journey with us to a world of divine beauty and eternal wonder, where gods walk among mortals, and destinies are carved with the finest of blades. As they were always doing, capaciously answering; not answering to him with sentiments that responded to his, but replying against him with their caviling. This is our joyful hope, but meanwhile, while he is away, we are not without a Comforter. There was yet a little more to be done; all the great things were accomplished, but he would keep even the least particles of prophecy, so he cried, I thirst., John 19:29-30. Is it losses and crosses at home? Then does the Father give his special love to you. Our Saviour here tells us much about the spirit of truth, but he begins with this test of our love to him, If ye love me, keep my commandments.. Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? But that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me. Even concerning the sending of the Comforter, Christ says, whom the Father will send in my name. Then, he would certainly have the Father and the children acting upon the same principles; the Father glorifying Christ by sending the Spirit in his name, and ourselves glorifying Christ by presenting our prayers and praises in that one adorable name. 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. John 15:2. There is an offence of the cross, but he would not have us needlessly offended. Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also. If you want to know who is the Father of the Church, its Keeper and Guardian, Christ here tells you: My Father is the husbandman. Hence, I feel persuaded that the true vine, the Church, will never die, for it is Christ; and I am also persuaded that it will never be uprooted, for Jesus says, My Father is the husbandman; and that fact is a guarantee that he will take care of it. This is a wonderful truth, that the Father loves the Church even as he loves Jesus Christ his Son. And every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. We often do not understand our Master because we imagine that there is some deep significance in his words when their meaning lies upon the very surface. If your sorrow is to be turned into joy, then the more sorrow, the more joy. Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent me. And that your joy might be full. As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world. The Master knew that his disciples were like narrow-necked bottles, which must be gradually filled, so he only revealed the truth to them as they were able to receive it. For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, a bone of him shall not be broken. God save all of us from ever falling into it! May the cock crow for some who have been asleep up till now, and warn them that the night is far spent, and that it is time for them to awake out of sleep, and wash their eyes with tears, and repent of having denied their Lord! Which was a contradiction of his Master, which Thomas ought not to have uttered. And this is life eternal, that they might know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. Even as I have kept my Fathers commandments, and abide in his love. There are not two churches, but one Church. knowing that it was the Lord. But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. It is all very well of Peter to be in such a hurry, but somebody must keep hold of the net. Go to some foreign country and get yourself made a martyr of. No, no; If ye love me, keep my commandments. Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works sake. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you, unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? Or, I am. It is remarkable that Jesus should, in his betrayal, twice use this expression, thus uttering the very name of Jehovah. While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light. Players build reputation with The Oracles through daily quests. John 17:23. If you die, I will come for you in that way; but if you live on until my Second Advent, I will come again, and receive you unto myself.. I pray for them: I pray not for the world but for them which thou hast given me, for they are thine. Now is the judgment of this world: This is a wonderful sentence, as if, in Christs death, the world was judged, and condemned; and so it was; nothing ever so convicted the world of high treason against God as when men said of the Lord Jesus Christ, Gods well-beloved Son, This is the Heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours. The shedding of the blood of Christ upon the cross is the crimson evidence of the deep transgression of human nature: Now is the judgment of this world. There is another rendering of this text, retaining the Greek word, Now is the crisis of this world. They say unto him, We also go with thee. Id recommend it at two if you have the time and the drive. Which no other man could ever have said not even Adam in his perfection, for his work was not finished; and, alas! Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it? With two blessed mys he seems to grasp Christ with both hands, and in two grand words he pictures him, My Lord and my God.. They ask for Christs sake, which is a good plea, but to ask in Christs name is better still, when you feel conscious that you have Christs authority to use his name, and so can put the Kings own signature at the bottom of your petitions. If you are Christs disciples now, you are to keep on being his disciples. This subreddit is NOT for advertising Hub Servers or looking for 1 x 1 RP. And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you forever; , One who will not need to die, and so to be separated from you; but who, once coming to you, shall tarry with you throughout the ages; . Legacy: Acquisitions Incorporated (SEE LOW PRICE AT CHECKOUT) Flat rate $12.99. She was not going away home. It was so with the disciples on this occasion, and therefore they did not ask their Lord what they might have asked him if sorrow had not filled their hearts: None of you asketh me, Whither goest thou?. 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. Oh, how tenderly, and with how many tears, did they take their Lords body from the cross! Ephesians These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. John 16:5-6. I haven't seen/heard of any true story expansion to continue the campaign, but that would be baller! There is also an appointed time for us to depart, and to be with Christ which is far better than remaining here. 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 will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. There are many who know the truth, who, nevertheless, keep very quiet about it. Yet it is so, for he says, I know whom I have chosen.. I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. 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? John 12:27. If Jesus Christ were still upon earth in the flesh, he could only be in one place at one time. Keep you to what is here found, and pray the Holy Spirit to lead you into the clear understanding of it. He had not gone to the tomb, like Peter and John, to look at the grave-clothes, and to discover that Christ was not there. The purpose of the shower is to water one particular field; but the rain falls everywhere, so plenteous is the bounty of God. The servants name was Malchus. We would not have brought him if he had not done wrong. How greatly we need to have the foot-washing administered to us every day! His manifestations are for his own: not for glitter, but for edification. So he saw in them what was often hidden even from themselves, and he testified to his Father, They have kept thy word.. Quit the sea; I am giving you no more business there: come now, and be a pastor to my blood-bought sheep.. John 16:32. Where sits the woman who is not clean? Mayhap, God will use it to comfort him also. He shall glorify me: That is the distinctive mark of the Spirit of God. The Jews answered him, We have a law it may not be your law and by our law he ought to die because he made himself the son of God. This is a reviving of the charge of blasphemy which they had brought against him in the palace of the high priest. Why askest thou me? Christ, by his death, had power given him over all flesh; that is the universal aspect of it; but there was a special purpose hidden within it: that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.. John 19:15. Gods Word will be fulfilled anyhow. He was wise in not measuring his love in comparison with that of his fellow-disciples, or in speaking of the quantity of it, but he affirmed that even Christ knew that he did really love him. They cannot too often repeat the words, Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you; but they do not talk so much about the next clause: and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain. 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