If ye love me, keep my commandments. Nothing could have made Mary happier than to believe that her Lord had risen from the dead, and nothing ever made her more sorrowful than feeling that she must say, They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulcher, and we know not where they have laid him.. Possibly he did not go out of an evening; it may be that he was a half-dead sort of Christian, like a great many people are in London. knowing that it was the Lord. I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: The best the clearest manifestation of the name or character of God is to be found in the person, the life, the work, the love of Jesus Christ. John 17:23. Good children are truly happy when their parents are happy in them. Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments,, For they had stripped him. (See Mar 14:53-65). And that is a very sweet thing. Do you know Jesus Christ? We also know that we, too, are in the world; we have good reason to feel it, and sometimes to mourn it. Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him, went forth, and said unto them, Whom seek ye? Such was their Lords love to them that he would not have them attacked unawares; by his grace, they would hold on, and hold out, they would persevere to the end; but there would have to be a struggle, and to help them in the fight, Jesus tells them all about it before it begins. Whatever faith we have is Gods giving, and if it remain with us, it will be because God keeps it there. Do you know Jesus Christ whom he has sent? 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. he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father? That your joy may be full.. Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. John 20:3-4. Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? Verily I say unto you, they have their reward, said our Lord concerning the scribes and Pharisees who sought the praise of men; but you have not your reward at present, it is yet to come. The church on earth would not miss me if I were taken away; and the choirs of heaven cannot need me. Oh, but your Lord is glorified in you! Hast thou been brought into such familiar acquaintance with God as to accept Jesus Christ as thy Saviour? If ye love me, keep my commandments. The preservation of the corn is the prevention of its increase; but the putting of it into the ground, the losing of it, the burial of it, is the very means of its multiplication. John 13:5. God cleanse us all for his great names sake! How that pendulum swings to and fro! 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. Let them enjoy it if they can; but as for us, we prefer something which permits us to come very near to our Lord. And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was. the fourth century AD. Here again observe the reticence of the Saviour for his disciples good, still graciously keeping from them what they could not bear to hear; and are not you, beloved, thankful that you do not, at this moment, know what is to happen to you in the future? And so he went to the garden of Gethsemane, a brave, gentle, confident, victorious spirit, straitened till he had accomplished the great work of our redemption. Let us hope not. Oh, that the Spirit of God would convince all here, who are not believers on the Lord Jesus Christ, that they are living in the greatest of all sins because they believe not on Christ! 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. I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, , Christ and his people did not go together out of the world all at once that would have been to leave the world in an utterly forlorn condition, without any help whatever, so he says to his Father, I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, . Let us be willing to go wherever God calls us. Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou knowest not now, but thou shalt know hereafter. This operation is always going on. He seems to say here, Father, save me from this hour, just as he said there, If it be possible, let this cup pass from me. Yet he says here, But for this cause came I unto this hour. I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. Obviously, I want to hit Exalted on both and reap the rewards. John 19:14. Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him. Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mothers sister, Mary, the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene. There is a great deal that a father says which his child cannot comprehend, yet it is a part of the childs education to be with his father, and to hear some things that he does not at first understand; but by-and-by, it all becomes clear. ask them which heard me, what I have said unto them: behold they know what I said. John 19:15. 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. Let not your heart be troubled. John 17:18-19. Oh, what blessed keeping is that; to be kept in spiritual oneness! They are never left, like wheat in the field, to perish through the damp and cold, or to be devoured by the birds of the air. But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. They professed to know God, and some of them even thought that they were rendering acceptable service to God when they rejected his Son, whom he had sent unto them. John 12:31-34. Join our community! They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me. To know God, is eternal life. Most points? Classical Antiquity John 15:5. John 16:22-23. Feed My Lambs: A Sabbath-school Sermon. Do not go after fish any more, but attend to my business: feed my lambs. The proof of your greater love to me than to all worldly things will be found in your doing of the work which I have committed to your charge.. His poor Victim who stood before him was infinitely greater in character than he was. And went again, into the judgment hall, and saith unto Jesus, Whence art thou? 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. Those The servant works in a building, and it is enough for him that he is laying part of a line of brick or stone. 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. Those who say that we can go to heaven without a Mediator know not what they say, or say what they know to be false. I have glorified thee on the earth; I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do. John 18:28. Every word in the chapter is rich, and full of meaning. Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto them, Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him. John 16:5-6. There is more seen of God than in all nature; aye and in all history added to nature. 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. John 12:44. His Master said, Whither I go ye know. He said, We know not whither thou goest. But we must take care that we do not contradict Christ. This is good starting point for research. No, he will come at the right time, and take them to be where he is, and they shall have the very place that Jesus has: I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. Do you want a better rest than that after all your work and warfare here below? John 12:30-31. Believe that I still am that I still am working for your good. They are not of the world: they are not worldly, they are other-worldly; their thoughts and hearts are set upon the world to come. Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again. If we dare ask in the name of Christ, and it is not everything that we could ask for in his name if our petition is such that we honestly judge that we may put Christs name to it; if it is a thing that Christ would have asked; if it is a thing that Christ could have asked, let us ask in Christs name, and the Father will give it. If it were not so, I would have told you. A person in such terrible agony as he was enduring might have mentioned fifty things, but he singles out this one because there was a prophecy concerning it. I can understand a man saying to God, All mine are thine; but no man, unless he is something more than man, dares to say to God, Thine are mine. But Jesus Christ, who is both God and man, gives all that he has to God, and all that God has belongs to him, so that he can truly say, All mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them.. Then Pilate entered into the judgment hall again, and called Jesus, and said unto him, Art thou the King of the Jews? Brethren, ought we not to do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, since the Father himself does everything in that name? John 17:11. John 17:22-23. Did we do something wrong? We ought to be very careful that we do not deliver our own thoughts, or suggestions, excogitations and philosophies. If you want to know where the true Church is, Christ here tells you: I am the true vine. All who are in Christ are in the true Church. 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. 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. Trouble is in your house, perhaps; but, if so, let it not get into your heart. Christ was the sent One, and every Christian is also sent. Dear friends, when we believe in Christ, we are washed in the fountain filled with blood, and we are clean; but this world is such a sinful place that we cannot walk through it for even a day without some of its mire and dust clinging to us. John 15:10-11. Sad, sad spectacle! Our only power lies in the fact that we do not utter our own thoughts, but the truths which have been taught to us by the Holy Spirit. As the Father took Jesus out of the bosom of his love, and bade him go as his missionary to men, so does Jesus keep us for a while away from the bosom of his glory that we may stop here to be missionaries amongst our fellow-men. The greatest sin in all the world is, not believing on Jesus. We put the two together, as Jesus does, and thus he speaks, Holy Father, make my people one, and keep them one. Let us close up our ranks, brethren. No; but I will say, For this cause came I unto this hour., That is a grand answer to the Saviours question, What shall I say? And, when you do not know how to pray, you may always present that petition, Father, glorify thy name. You have some dear one at home very ill; you would be glad if the precious life might be spared, yet you are not sure whether you may ask for it? Oh, what privileges are enjoyed by those who love the Lord Jesus Christ! Practical service is better than personal rapture. This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. But, oh! A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father. Now are we sure-, Now they can give reasons for the hope that is in them. I am the Messiah, the sent One; you, too, shall be my missionaries, my sent ones; it is but another form of the same word. The Gospels according to Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John are the best life of Christ out of sight. Oh! translate the oracle sent by Zeus. In hindsight, I think I would have preferred 3 player. John 14:8. She was a true woman one whom they had known well enough to be quite able to trust her, and her witness ought to have been believed, but there were some that doubted. We could never have entered there if he had not gone in first; and even now, there is no coming to the Father in faith or in prayer except by Christ, we must not even dream of communion with God except through our Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus said to Peter, What I do thou knowest, not now; but thou shalt know hereafter.. Saying a great deal more than he thought he was saying, for he uttered a great Gospel truth when he said, It was expedient that one man should die for the people.. 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. And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast: the same came therefore to Philip, which was of Bethsaida of Galilee and desired him, saying, Sir, we would see Jesus. She said, My Master, my Rabbi, my Teacher, my Leader, my dear Master; and I expect she said it with great exultation. See the gentle Saviours way of imparting instruction. John 18:2. They saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid thereon, and bread.. What! They are not a bad sort of Christians, and I do not know what we should do without them. John 17:16-17. Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. I go to prepare a place for you. Will he not (must you not expect that he will) walk contrary to you if you walk contrary to him? I have yet many things to say unto you, but you cannot bear them now. May Spirit make you pure in life, for then shall you be successful at the mercy-seat! Peter seeing him saith to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man do? Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep. John 21:7-8. And they took Jesus, and led him away. Christ does not teach us everything at once; if he did, we might be so confused that we should not learn anything. There can be no acceptable approach to the Father except by Jesus Christ the Son. Jesus saith unto them, I am he. Legacy, what would it have been? knowing that it was the Lord. discussing the different types of oracles and where they were located. John 17:4-5. As if there were many things in one in that command; It is but one command, but it is so comprehensive that all the commandments are fulfilled in this one: that ye love one another.. You see that Jesus does his work well. In the social economy of life, a man may be of some use however bad he may be; but a man who is in the nominal Church of Christ, and yet does not bring forth fruit unto God, is of no use whatsoever. 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. You are living in direct violation of a plain command that is most dear to his heart. And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them: . If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also. Now drink that in all the sweetness of it that the Father has loved his people even as he loved his Only-begotten. Our Lord Jesus did not so overburden his disciples: I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.. And the servants and officers stood there, who had made a fire of coals, for it was cold: and they warmed themselves and Peter stood with them and warmed himself. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? I could see a handful of games taking a VERY long time. Jeremiah The thoughtful man of whom we hear so much is just a man who is rebellious against God. John 16:20-21. John 17:24-26. Oh! But when the morning was now come, Jesus stood on the shore: but the disciples knew not that it was Jesus. he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father? 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