John 17:24-26. There is really a request which Jesus Christ can read in the heart that longs to make a request and scarcely dares do it. But the Father does it sometimes by removing them by death; at other times by permitting them openly to expose their own character, until they are then amenable to the discipline of the Church, and are removed. While I was with you, you could run to me, and tell me all about your trials and difficulties. The Master went on to say: . The branch may just as well try to bear fruit apart from the vine as for you to hope to maintain the reality of Christian life without continual fellowship with the Lord Jesus Christ. He came to suffer to the bitter end the penalty of sin; and he would not have his sorrow mitigated; but when this slight refreshment was offered to him, he received it. John 20:18. 1 Timothy They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service. You may hurry, and flurry, and worry; but you will lose by it. Christ listens to your words because you listen to his words. John 14:29. But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came. What shall I say? Do you ever have to ask that question when you are trying to pray? It shall be no brutum fulmen, no wasted thunderbolt; it shall fall in reality, and what the servant of Christ declares, according to the Scriptures, shall really be proved to be true. Nothing, perhaps, makes men so angry as this statement. This is a wonderful expression, where will you find anything like it! Nevertheless I tell you the truth: It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. Notice, dear friends, that even the Lord Jesus Christ did not profess to teach doctrines out of his own mind. 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? Your past troubles have been endured by faith; now endure the present in the same way. Christ had provided this. He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Fathers which sent me. He that hath my commandment, 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. Our Saviour knew how apt we should be to split up into sects, and to be divided into parties, and so he prays again and again that we may be one. There is a sense in which he intercedes for all mankind; but in the higher and more special sense referred to in this verse, Christs own chosen ones occupied all his thoughts: I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.. Is not that sweetly put on the part of our divine Lord? John But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. They And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; Not a different Comforter, but the Comforter who is now with us, is of the same nature, and works after the same manner, as the Lord Jesus himself, who was our first Advocate, Helper, Paraclete, Comforter: I give you these four words instead of one, because they are all wrapped up in the original word Paraclete- that he may abide with you for ever and ever. The Lord Jesus could not abide with us for ever, it was expedient for him that he should go to heaven to prepare a place for us. Christ referred to Judas, and through him to the Jews who had conspired to put him to death; but what tenderness it was, on the part of Jesus, to make an excuse as it were even for Pilate! Lord, dost THOU wash my feet? The contrast is between Peters Master and himself. John 15:26-27. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. Peter was in bad company; while he was warming his body, his soul was growing cold to his Master. That is not the prayer of Christ. The gladdest sight out of heaven, and the gladdest sight in heaven itself, is to see the Lord. Lest we should be led astray, let us pray that we may not enter into temptation, and especially ask that we may be preserved from betraying our Lord, as Judas did. Are we such men of prayer that others know where we pray? If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also. Observe the breadth of prayer: If ye shall ask any thing. Yet observe also the limit of prayer: If ye shall ask any thing in my name. There are some things which we should not ask in Christs name, as we have no promise about them, or because we have indications that they would be contrary to Gods usual method of procedure. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep. Then, too, he glorified his Father, vindicating divine justice, and manifesting divine love. Arise, let us go hence. It is just so with the mind; it is capable of receiving a certain quantity of truth; but if too much truth be placed before it at once, it produces confusion in the minds ear and in the minds eye, and we really hear less, see less, and understand less than we should do if less truth were set before us. Sibylline Books. He was pleased, after the outpouring of the Spirit on the day of Pentecost, to bring great multitudes to the faith by some of his servants, while he himself preached, comparatively speaking, to but few, only journeying up and down that little land of Palestine, and scarcely traversing all of it. Her supposition was wrong in one way, but right in another, for Jesus is the Gardener, and his Church is his garden. Surely when they were in Galilee by his command, they might have trusted him to supply their needs; but their faith was slack, so Peter said, I go a fishing, and the others were much of the same mind; waiting had become weary work, as it often does with our faint hearts, so they said, We also go with thee., As is generally the case with us in our will-work and will-worship When we are not guided of God, but go entirely according to our own mind and will it will be thus with us also. You may suffer again and again; but no good can come of it except you have vital, continuous, everlasting union with Christ. how many come to this end! 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. It is not a mere formal salutation, but there is a real, true peace communicated to you when I thus speak.. I will communicate with you spiritually; but, for that, you must wait a little: I am not yet ascended to my Father., He had never called them that before. Every true child of God glorifies Christ; and if you cannot say that you are glorifying Christ, you should question whether you really belong to him. When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son! If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also. A second time he puts this remarkable prevalence of prayer side by side with walking in the Lords commandments. But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on him: that the saying of Esaias the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spake, Lord, who hath believed our report? Christ cannot come and comfortably manifest himself to those who are living out of order and disregarding his words. Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? John 17:1-2. I do not need it in order to entertain you, for I have fish here already; still, bring it. Nothing is given in vain; use it. Come, then, ye tried ones, ye who are tossed about with a thousand troublous thoughts, it is your Masters wish and will that ye should have peace. It often happens, that if we were to inquire a little more into the sorrow, it would vanish. I'm now the "game guy" among everyone I know. John 17:16. Even apostles may fish and catch nothing. Do we know the Father? That was enough to make them glad. And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out. On the cross he would depart out of this life; in the tomb he would be hidden from his disciples: Ye shall weep and lament.. John 19:1-3. 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. Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet had thou not known me, Philip? A Fortnight in Dalaran: Farming Northrend Mounts and Pets, Battle Pets and Where to Find Them [Archive], The Exalted: An Overview of all Reputations. John 19:24. Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, That is where the love began, not with you, but with me.. Are we bringing forth much fruit? 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. He had given them peace while he was with them. Yet why should we not unless the grace of God should prevent it? It is because- he prays that any of us are preserved. We have men nowadays straining to be original. This is our Lords prayer for his disciples. John 19:33-34. John 13:5. Christ has power over all flesh, men are in the power of the one Mediator, but there is this special object ever before him: that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.. As truly as the Father loves the Son, so truly does Jesus love us; nay, more than that, in the same manner as the Father loved the Son, that is, without beginning, without cessation, without change, without end, without measure, so does Jesus love us. As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world. There are great depths in these words. 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. And now come I to thee. Our Lord thinks nothing of the bloody way by which he was to go to the Father. Live for this world, and you shall lose this world and the next, too; live for the world to come, and you shall in the highest sense gain both worlds. John 15:13. Oracles. Even the Spirit of truth: whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him;-, You are on familiar terms with him, you are intimate with him, you know him; . In my Fathers house are many mansion: if it were not so, I would have told you. He that hateth me hateth my Father also. 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. John 14:10. The power to ask a thing in Christs name is not given to everybody. May we remember them, and learn the lessons they are intended to teach. And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesars friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar. These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. Blessed word! I have heard this text quoted as if it referred to Christ being extolled in preaching. He knew it all, yet he calmly went forth to meet it, and said to those who came to drag him away to his death, Whom seek ye?. He inferred the Deity of Christ from his wounds and his resurrection, a grand chain of argument of which we have not the intervening links. Help! The Spirit brings them to us as Christs, and so Christ is glorified, and we are comforted. The website also contains information of Greek philosophy, art, sports, history, Have you received Christs words the very words which the Father gave to him, and which he has in his turn given to you? Take care of her, I pray thee, till I can come back again, and receive her unto myself. There is such holy unity between these Divine Persons of the Godhead that the Father first gives the elect to Christ, and then Christ commits the elect into the Fathers keeping. If Jesus Christ were still upon earth in the flesh, he could only be in one place at one time. Are you afraid of Monday? In that last hour, just before his Passion, his thoughts were separating the precious from the vile; and his prayer ascended for his own people: I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; John 17:9-10. for they are thine. Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou knowest not now, but thou shalt know hereafter. Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: Have you got it, brothers and sisters? If ye believe in God, ye are believing in me; and if ye believe in me, ye are believing in God; for there is such a perfect unity between us that you need not, when I die make any distinction between me and God, but still believe in me as ye believe in the Father.. And the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Fathers which sent me. John 21:23. 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. John 12:20-21. A man without a spiritual nature cannot recognize the Holy Spirit; he must be born again before he can do so. Notice how the Saviour speaks of the struggle that was going on in his soul. John 17:17. There is no less power needed for the preservation of a believer than for his regeneration. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. Gods people belong to him, he gives them to his Son, Christ gives them his word, and they keep it: They have kept thy word. Do we keep Gods word? I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: They had not all of them clearly seen that manifestation. John 18:10. John 17:1. And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was. It is a better thing for us in this world to have the Holy Spirit in us than to have the corporeal presence of Christ with us. You are to go forth and to bless the world, even as I have done. John 12:25-26. Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devoureth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Rituals Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing. He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? But whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak; That is just our business, to hear Gods message, and then to speak it; and if the Holy Ghost does this, and if Jesus did it, we also may be glad to do the same. John 14:4-5. Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! John 19:29. I went to. Christ did not pray that his disciples should be taken out of the world. So let it always be with his people. Hale, John R., a da Boer, Jellezeiling, Chanton, Jeffrey P., and Spiller, Press J to jump to the feed. The things that thou hast given me are of thee.. Where was a garden, into the which he entered, and his disciples. That was a remarkable excuse that he pleaded for his murderers, Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do. There was never another such a tender heart as his; he was so gentle and so kind that all their cruelty only moved him to pity them, and pray for them. A very short time after our Divine Lord offered this intercessory supplication, he prayed a very different prayer, in a strangely-altered style. How dare you call yourselves by that name if you have no mission to anybody? 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. John 14:12. 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. John 12:20-24. Do you permanently alter components when you play the campaign? Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments,, For they had stripped him. My own deep calm of spirit, which is not ruffled or broken though the contradiction of sinners continually annoys me: My peace I give unto you. Christ puts his hand into his heart, and takes out of that priceless casket the choicest jewel it contains, his own peace, and he says, Wear that on your finger, the seal and token of my love. My peace I give unto you: . When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son! I do not suppose that he did put his finger into the print of the nails, and thrust his hand into Christs side, yet he did believe. Peters death was to glorify God, so he might well be content, painful though it was to be. For Christ is not merely a fruit-bearer, but a bearer of much fruit. Now Annas had sent him bound unto Caiaphas the high priest. They fulfilled what had been written long before, even as they afterwards did when they put Christ to death. : Legacy Acquisitions Incorporated is an adventure game for 2 to 4 players. Pilgrims would go to him to ask The very essence and sap of the vine are in the branch even as the branch is part and parcel of the vine. The world knows nothing about the Holy Spirit; it can hear the gospel, it can hear the outward word, but the living, mystic, inward Spirit the world knows nothing of. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you. beloved, look well to this. Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? John 15:11. 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. I purposely began with the intention of seeing whether the whole campaign could be done again, maybe with adding new friends for a 4p, or even just me and her again). And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them. Often, my brethren, should we be checked in prayer if we would be as wise as our Lord. His heart is ready to break with his impending sufferings, and yet he prays for us, that we may be filled with his joy. we cannot tell what he saith. Peradventure, if thou didst manifest thyself to the world, the world would bow down before thee, and worship thee. But Christs plan was to manifest himself to the inner circle of his own chosen ones. My power shall go forth with your proclamation of the truth, so that it shall be seen that you are not proclaiming a fiction. The very brook would remind him of his approaching sacrifice, for through it flowed the blood and refuse from the temple. 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