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The Pulpit Commentary — John — Volume 1
Henry Robert Reynolds [1825-1896] · 515,280 words · 526 reading sections
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suitable t-0 the d11.y. 4. The ,nira.cle W4II 01ie ,iot to 'be gainsaid, as this mnn hnd boon long known to resort t.o the Bethesda springs iu search of cure. Y.,n. 10-16.-0,,0,real qf Je.oisl hostility. It is not against the miraole, but ~in~t. It.II imngined infri~ent of Mo.l\Aic law, l. TnK cUARGK AGATh"ST THK n…
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II. 'l'HE JEWISH INTF.RPRF.TATION' PUT UPON OUR UJRD18 DECLARATION. "Thcre-- roro Rought they tho moro to kill him, bccaueo he not only had broken the ssbhatb, b11t sni<l alBo that God was bis Fathor, making himself equal with God." The interpreta- tion wns porfeotly just, and, accordingly, Jesus, instead of repudiat…
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~uitable to the day. 4. The mfrade wa.s one not to be gainsaid, as this mnn hnd !Jeon long known to resort to the Bethesda springs iu search of cure, Vcrs. 10-16.-Outbreak of Jewi,sh hostility. It is not against the miracle, but agRinst an imagined infringement of Mosaic law. I. THE CHARGE AGAINST THE IMPOTENT MAN.…
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II. THE JEWISH INTERPRETATION PUT UPON OUR LORD'S DECLARATION. "There• fore sought they the more to kill him, because he not only ha,] bmken the sabbath, but said also that God was hie Father, making himself equal with God." The intcrpreta• tion was perfectly just, and, accordingly, Jesus, instead of repudiatin" it, …
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life is hid with Christ in God" (Col. iii. 3). 2. The ,·ewlt of thi~ knowledge and faith. (1) Positively: eternal lifo. (a) It is a present possession. He "bath eternal life." (b) He bllS & right and c!Rim to it by virtue of Christ's work, as in,·olving n justification to life. (~) He has meetness for it and the ear…
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original statement. 1. JesUfJ repeats his declaration of a Divine Sonship. 2. He announces the principle of liis judgment-" as I hear, I judge "-which is the principle of nil true judgment. 3. He declares his judgment to be true, because it is based on his perfect knowledge of the Father's will, to which his own will i…
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HOMILIES BY VARIOUS AUTHORS. Ver. 6.-Tl1e 11Ji1l to be healed. This miracle is indeed a parable.· The pitiable condition of the sufferer, the prolonged duration of his cnln.mity, his utter helplessness and despondency, all have their analogues in the spiritual state of the sinful. And, on. the other hand, the exerc…
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Ver. 17.-The incessancy of Divine ministry. Healing is work. The sabbath is for rest. Thus the Jews, in their rigid formality, objected against Jesus that, in restoring the infirm and sick man to health and vigour, he had transgressed the Law, because he had wrought the cure upon the sabbath day. The calumnies and p…
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The higher Christ's olaim, th1J ruder the resentment of his adver~arre!. It may lio questioned whether they really believed in God at all; had they done so, how con\,\ they have avoided the conclusion that God was "in Christ"? IV. THE OFFENOE WITII JEBUB LED TO THOFE PURPOSES AND PLOTS WHICH ISSUED IN BIB DEATII. 'fhe…
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Vers. 22-27.-The human Judge upon the Divine throne. Many Are the offices which it is nppointed for the Son of mnu to hold. Yet they aro all consistent one with nnotbc,, arnl only n complete view of them can present Christ as he really is, and can elicit towards him all those sentiments which are justly due to him. …
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Lord requires as the condition of life. The Old Testament admonition and promise nro npproprinto in this connection: "Hear, and your soul shall live." The frequent invitation, or rather summons, addressed to the people by the Saviour should be borne in mind: "Ho that hnth ears to hear, let him hear." Many listened to b…
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Yers. 1-9.-The Help of the he7p7ess. Here we have- I. JEws ATTRACTED BY MISERY. 'Why "l"l'as Jesus found at Bethesda? Bccauee there were such misery and need. He was ever found where he was most wanted and where .he might do most goocl. He was not found in places of luxury, but ii; the haunts of misery. 1. The mise…
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thou," etc.? There is n. gracious power on which the weakest may lay hold. 2. A wondeiful command. "Rise," etc. In this command we distinctly hear: (1) The voice of Divine power, "Rise." 'fhis he was utterly unable to do. "Take up thy bed." As well tell the bed to t11ke him up. Every human power had failed even at earl…
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of this in this world. In the degree sin is lessened suffering is lessened, nnd evon with regnrd t-0 the extent of suffering for which we arc not directly rcsponsil>lo tho pain is uot unnatural. We have a Te\'6aled illustration of this from the other world. In hennn there is no sin, and there is no suffering. In bel…
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man in order that man slwuld lie7p himself. He helperl this man and did for him what he himself could not do. He made him whole. He was then in a positinn anrl under an obligation to do something for himself. "Sin no more." 5. In order to keep away from sin, we sl1ould ever remember its terri'ble consquences and our gr…
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voioe-snd there will be a response. The same voice can awake the good and th'3 bad. 'l'hey would sleep on for ever unless called by him. The vr,i<::e of an.,.els would be ineffective. But all will hear and know hi~ voice, and come forth. Even the Son of God never addressed such a vast con~regation before at once, and n…
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lost his spirit.ual lifo, the craving for it remained. Eternal life is felt by rnnn to be hi~ greatest. spiritual need. (2) This is man's highest good. It is his greatest spiritual need, and is_ ~lculate~ to develop all his spiritual capacities and satisfy all his spiritual wants._ This 1s the _cl~max of being. Noth…
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with the letter, but dive down to the spirit and drink of the living water, acCP,pt the Life-tho Christ of the Dible. 4. How little i., en(mgh to keep us from the chief good! A wnnt of will is sufficient. Look at the rich young man; only one thing was lacking. And look at these J ows; it was only the " will not" that s…
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long ye:m of infirmity were the consequence of his own evil-doing. Tho mnn know t,hat well enough, and in all likelihood lamented bitterly over his folly. .All sufforol'e deN11nd sympathy; sufferers through their sin most of all. Josue did not begin lecturing the impotent man as he lay by the pool. Ho healed him first,…
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of the works or Jesus, mensuring the possible and the impossible by their little experi- ence. Supposing what happened to Martha and Mary happened to them, and one of their denrost was raised from the dead, where would their incredulity be then? Those Jews who so savagely charged Jesus with breaking the sabbath must su…
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mcnt of this mirnetiloue nnrrntive with led to grio'1"011e deJ')nrture from and diminu- its ·rnriod C'0necqucnces and rel!'Cl!.ts. Many tion of tho temporary popul,uity of the cnrious Rnd even violout tneasnros have great Prophet. It would ECllm that bitter been resorted to with o. view to solve hostility, o.s well …
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foreseen encriflco of himeclf. The convic- one of the sacred cities of the Jews. Jewish tion that he must gl ve himself to n violent trndition makes it the scene of the last donth-give his flesh to the hungry nncl judgment and the resurrection of the dead. It was a modem city, which may account for etnrving multitude,…
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eigm he Willi working on thoae that were late spring such a phrt1se would most In• eiok. 'l'h<' irnprrfoot tenses here revee.l " Bdequately represent the scene tho.t wn1 period of time that had ele.psed; " group indelibly impressed on the fourfold tradition. and ~cries of healing& which had touched Whatever lhe uunn…
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mountnln" (-rb ~pot) ie, ne he thinks, B simi- John to the Lord himself: Whence e.re we 11'ucle of the Mount Sinai, o.ncl, o.s the latter to buy 1 (brencl) loaves, that these multitudos representecl the giving of the Lo.w, this was may eat l 'fhis very question shows the associated with the mounto.in of Boatitucles. i…
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br- thiB venoe. PC'rhRps no gre11trr difficulty suggestion. Thoy now go to him, to beseeoh iii involved in im11.gining the union of the his influence to send the multitudes nway, Divine n.nrl hnmnn in ono pereonality, in that they mny go into the villages and buy w!Jich nt tim<'s the Ego is the Son of God themselvea…
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aheim remindR us thnt the fieh lnid on the Lnko enys, "in gronps of fifty." Mnrk first oharoonl fire ( eh. xxi. 9, 10, 13) wne "op- declares that Jesus orderer! them to sit down sorion," ond thnt of thie the risen Lord, on (rruµ,r6crnr. rruµ1r6rr,o.) in parties, and describes the shore of this very lokc, gave to his di…
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in<>xplkable. f<>r ground oorn e.nn be.ked ferenoe to the twelve tribes of Iemel, further be.rlev loo,es nlfnrd no pR.rallel with living than tbl\t the twelvo apostles themselves seedS: nnd rl,•nd nnd salted fish create were e.t first oboeen with thnt reference. ernn grcnl!'r difficulties. "Frugality exo.g- The numb…
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thl'm out into thC' dnrknl'BB and the middle the aymbolism Ineffably suhlime. They of tlie lnkC', which is there, at its widest, could not have been ignorant of tho Psolma about firn miles broad, i.e. forty etadia, or which spoke of JehovRh walking on tho furlongs. ThP statement of the next verse sea., aud mightier …
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&1Lcro.mentnl. In the dnrlcest hour of men 1G; 3 John 14; eh. xiii. 32; and mn.ny other and Churches, in tho throes of persecution, posso.ges). The author of the 'Christian in tho furnace of tcmptntion, on n. million Yoar' has crmsecratcrl in sweet lines the dca.th-bcds, tho snmo voice has been heard. supposed ndclitio…
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and thnt exritr,i •tntr of banlked curiosity 1 interesting foct, which is incidcntnlly oon• with whi<'h they cn<'ouutercd the Lord. vcyed by the synoptists, viz. that Cl\pern1mm was the cueoomary dwelliug-plnco of our Yers. 22-24.-The next day, the c,rowd Lord dnriug his Galihenn ministry (of. oh. "Which atood on t…
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nnum, or from either lo Joruel\lom) not for tal,Je, to confirm by outward visilde si!s'Il or the food that is perishable, which soon loses seal, 11s one empowel'cd to d,J so D,vine 11 ite effect nnd must ho ronowcd, which is thing. Tho Father has made "the Son of col'ruptiblo nnd worLhlcss if not pnrtnken man" the s…
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of God. Obs<'IT<', not " wNke," but "work" consider w•hcther it will be safo to boliove -the c,no "·,,rk which is the gl'l'm e.nd the in, to cntrmt ourselves to, theo}" It he.a comunrn,ntion of nil the pnrtinl workin"'B been the peculinrity of the ,Jewish miud in which o.rc often n1Rde substitutes for it. nil ages t…
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1innnusly "-give ue this bread, of which by n rml npprehension of Christ, which you spcnk nn<l 11hirh ns Son of mnn you c,mnot. be Rhnken ont of tb~ soul. Snlisrno- ;,r,, nhlC' '10 hr•sl0w, which will not bo tion or hunger mlty possibly (ns Godet JimilC'd in q,rnntit~·, whfr,h will prove to be snggcsts) point to the…
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even from worke. He ie eo intensely con- ment, or of epecinl providential edncation soioue of the Divine renlity himself, thnt anti training-, or of tcndcrnees of conecicn~e, he mnrvele nt the unbelief of hie henrera. or of II truthful and sincere nncl HTI'}Uenche,\ Let them think ne he dooe, and immediately deeire.…
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the condition~ of fr!'cclom which migbt oon- reformer or prophetic messenger. Jesus pro- cei vnbh· i•snc in <limricntion of interest and ceeds to clinch his argument and rcn~eort nim. l~hri•t dC'<']OT('B t.hat tho Divine oom- his claims os follows. :But In proof of the mi~sion 0f his humanity is the spontaneous very…
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our Lord uttorerl tbceo verses (3i-40) to has hore introduced an o.mplification which tho innermost circle of bis followers. The belongs to e. totally different connection. first discourse closes with ver. SG. 'fbo dis- Is not thie Jeeue, the Son of Joseph-(cf. ob. i. •1~; Luke iv. 22). Wo cann0t ~rguo ciples looke…
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down out of heaven 1 This wns not an irra- by the attracti\-o forco of the love nnd eaor!Ooe tic>n1tl nc>r n malignnntcriticism. Thie ques- of the F&tl..cr ,,hich is seen in Christ's being tion must lrn ,·c hL'C'n Mkod by those who henrd lifted up ; nnd still fmther oxplaiucd by his for the first time the stupendous…
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pbeta, o.nd lo roceivo express, If not litero.1, Dot every one thnt hnth heard tho Fnthcr, uttoranoe In Ieu.. !iv. IS. The prophet, on and hM nlso ILCCepted the lcsson-hns felt desoribing tho glorious triumphs of the the Di vino drnwir,g; being willing to do the Berv1111t of tho Lord iu his now kingdom, will of the Fo.…
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The foll Rrrcptoncn or Christ rro,i.!ra this 1 Bread, he will live I for ever, With "li'l"ing ~... trr" for the thirsty, "living this verso ~-e eee, insteo.d of monotony, o. bread,"" hrt'Rd from hea'l"on," for the hungry threefold ndvauce. (I) In pll\co or the life- -nn imrnrd refreshment, B Divino nourish- giving B…
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both by Po.ul o.nd John, need for tho nafore snid one thing, nnd others sni<I nnothel'. of man ne o. oreo.ture-ite toto.lity regnrderl The "Jews" hnrl not yet come to n nnani- on ite cnrthly side, the entire "humo.nity" mous opinion thnt this wonderfnl Being was which Obrist o.ssumcd, the common 11nti- talking sheer he…
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Verily, verily, I 111,y unto yon, Exoept ye him nnd believing on him or which he have eaten the flesh of the Bon of man, and has alrectdy spoken. He thnt docs thus cat have drunk his blood, ye have not life in and drink will satisfy " craving nfier yonraelves. He that eateth (rp~;,.,~," eateth nourishment Rnd refres…
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bertinue, 'Do Enchnristin,' lib. i. o. 30; nncl ing;" bnt fJpw<T,s Rncl ..-&11,c ar11 user! vrry Wnko, 'Diec. of the Euchnrist,' p. 20) re- frequently by tho Attic writers for "fo0,[" jocl:od the encromental interpretation, ond Rnd "drink," nR wdl as fnr the proce,,sH the Ileformors most justly ropuclinted it. of entin…
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1he C'('\n,li(i0n 0f !his mntnnl indwelling? of the belic-.cr to Christ. "Ho thnt ontoth Christ pn(s (he condition of this Divine iu- me" gathers up and really comprehends nll !erpre!nlion 1hns: "He thnt cnteth my flesh thn t he.s gono before. It is, then, possiblo and <lrink,,1h my bloo<l, dwolloth in ml", and for …
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olnlmcd in Go.lilee, nA well as in Jernealem, gm1s o.nd torriblo offence which marle the tho deepest things of hie own consoiousnese erms a stamhling-block to the Jew (see eh. and lnlontione: tliat the teBohing in Onlilee xii. 3-l ; l Cor. i. 23 ; Gal. v. II ; l\Iatt. xvi. wo.s not, o.s Reunn would lmvo us a.pprchend, …
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and not RUgtn0ntcJ. To 1\Joyor'e objection till now hnvo beon flunlly convincecl. Thoy tbnt thoso Gnldmnn di~ciplcs would not eoe ho.ve understood, o.s they would novor h1wo the ns<'Pndi11g Christ, Rnd therefore the done without snrh holp, tho.t H wo.e possible, rnpp0sition would bo tRnto.lizing, it is suffi- since …
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Christ's own 0esh, his nnture, !,is humnnity Spirit will follow the ascent of the Bon." per ~e, nntl npnrt from the fulnoss of the The words the.t I ha.ve spoken I unto yon are Spirit, proflteth nothing. The mero humnn spirit and are life. The ,~orrla which I have lifo, however spotless nnd idelll, could not now uttere…
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pmli<'Hone of the 11pproRohing Pnssion. part of tl1c phntscology of r0<lemption Wt\B '.fhis forelmc,wlcdge of iesnos is no inter- derind from the method of Christ. l\fen fC'l'<'n<'C' with frl.'O l!CH-<'onsoiousnese in itself. "onme" to him; they" followed" him; thev It nrny imply th11t the n11tures thus known " wn.l…
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IVbich John here conclenscs. His more lilcely the nature of the Lorri, which fell short of tbnt John omits the Inter scone, nnd 'prefers tho grcnt utterance of Peter in Mo.tt. xvi. 16. to give this, which stnnds closely related This wns o.n ascription which the diemoniace, with tho immedinte circumstnncee (cf. nleo or …
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l&tion to me is not Bl\lvl\tion. Even the the twelve. (For this use of (ll.•')'•, eoo ob. Bdmi~irlon thlll I Rm the Holy One of God ix. HJ; ]\{ark xiv. 71.) l8cariot is most is not ctcrnnl life. We may compare Christ's probably "of Korioth," a town of J udab, severe rebuke to Peter, when, after tbe mentioned in Josh…
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world by mrans of his Church. Let us all learn our high vocation and our solemn re~ponsibilities. 2. lle takes his place at the head of the "table spread in the wilderness," as Father of the family; for "he gave thanks" before the clistri bution. VJ. 'l'BJII MIRACULOUS MULTIPLICATION OF THE IlREAD AND THE FISIIES. 1. …
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Yet thl' be~t things of this lire arc fading nnd perishing. 2. He p,·oclaims the essential ~periority and indispensablenll$S of" the food which endut·eth in life eternal." (t) 'l.'his 1s a permanent principle of life; it is eternal lifo itself. (2) We are to work for it; n?t that our salvation is of works, but our w…
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carnal spirit, that spo!lks of either een!lllal want, or covetousness, or the spirit of idlonoss ; for no more labour would bo expended upon the production of food. II. JESUS REVEALS HIMSELF PLAINLY AS THE BREAD OF LIFE. "I am the Bread of life." 1. He represmts himself as the Sustainer of the life he communicates ; f…
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heartB. "No man can come to mo, except the Father which hath sent me drow him." (1) The reason is that men. are naturally in a state of alienation anti darkness, at once estranged from Gt,d by their" c1m1al enmity," nnd unable to see the true Liaht. (2) Faith is God's gift (Eph. ii. 8; Phil. i. 23). (3) The attrnctl…
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the shadow. With their nwo of blood, the Jews wonld think it st.range to hear Jesus assert the necessity of drinkiu;:( hid blood; but the strnn::;cncss disappears when he vir- tun.lly snys to them," I am the Snbstnnce or Rcnlity of that type.'' (1) Consider the import of the life Lhnt is thus imparted to the sinner. (r…
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indeed, after _the ascension, be beyond the reach of man. (2) The grcl\t reBlity wna the lortbcom111g Pentecostal outpouring of the Spirit. (a) 'l'hus the second Adam becomes a quickening Spirit (1 Cor. xv. 45). (b) Thus the words that Jesus speaks " ere spirit and life," that is, they a.re " the pure incarnation of. …
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HOMILIES IlY VARIOUS AUTHORS. Ver. 20.-11 It is I I" They who endure many evils, anticipate more; they are bowed down; and every touch, however kindly, seems a blow to smite them, and to thrust them lower still. When the apostles were tossed on the stormy waters of the lake, and almost despaired of deliverance, Jesu…
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Ver. 27 .-Fruitless and fruiiful toil. Our Lord's miracles did not end in themselves. Out of them there often grew interviews, conversations, and discourses of the greatest interest and profit. Such was the case with the miracle of the multiplication of the loaves. The provision made for their bodily wants prompted …
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unto eternnl life. Enrtbly supplies can only satisfy bodily wants. The need and the provision nro nliko perishnble nnd perishing. But the heavenly Bread is especially provided to feed the immortal soul; and they who eat of it shall never hunger, an<l shnll never die. 'fhe living water springs up unto life eternal, and …
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h~'l"'c been egotistical in the extreme. Comina from his lips, referring ns it did to himself, this declaration is natural enough. For°since he wns the Son or God, no clnim inferior to this would have been just. It is a marvellous metaphor, this, in which our Lord proclaims himself the true Dread, the Dread from hea…
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'l'ho ottraction of Christ's character and life, of his gracious language, and above all of his sacrifice upon the cross, is the mightiest moral force the world bas ever felt. "I," snid he," if I am lifted up, will draw all men unto myself." 'J'hus in many ways, ndaptcd by his own wisdom to the nature and circumstances…
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