PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
The Pulpit Commentary — John — Volume 2
Henry Robert Reynolds [1825-1896] · 490,594 words · 512 reading sections
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"Now ~·e hcliC've." There le traly 110 BD'blimcet word of llll, chrn·gcd with coneo- 81!1!entilll <liff'erenoo whether it be taken in- lation. terrn!?'ltivc>l'.I' or indim1.tively. Both fonne Ver. 38. ~ 'l'heae thingi have I epoke!I. m<'fln. "I lmve Rt length brought you to the (.,.,.;;.,.a,; 'n.11 the farewell diec…
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HOMILETICS. Vere. 1-4-.-A warning of future persewtion8. Having spoken of the guilt of the persecutors, our Lord refers now to the sufferings of the disciples. I. 'l'nE DEBtGN 01• THE WARNING. "These things have I spoken unto you, thnt you should not bo offended." 1. The obstinate unbelief of the Jews would be not on…
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he Will! never but in one spot of ee.rth-Pe.lestin-nd never out of it, We rovern Pe.leFtinc e.s the home of our Lord, bnt we must rise e.bove the mere sentiment of local R~FO<'iatio~ in the _exJ:l8rience of communion with e.n everywbere-_prosent Lord, (3) Mere contact with Clir1~t m the flesh would he.ve no ncceese.…
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Spirit glori8ee the Son, 2. The method of glO'T'iflcation wa,q by the 1TV1,nijestati011, nj lhe trutli. 3. Our Lord has a full conscioUBness of the greatness of his Person and hi1 truth. "All that tho Father hath is mine: therefore said I, he shall take of mine, and eho.lJ show it unto you." It has been well eaid, "The…
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blc~~cd truth the.t II if e.ny man ain, we have an Advocate with the Fe.ther, Jesus Christ th~ Righteous" (1 John ii. 1, 2). (b) Yet it would not be ncc~esary, e.a he here e11,ye, to inquire (,,,.,.,.,~)what we.e the Fatber's will, with the view of h1ying the cn.se before him. (2) The Father's own love, without any ple…
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by extending the truth amongst unbelievers. Jesus here refers to two wnys in which hie disciples should experience the hostility of an unbelieving world. I. Ecclcsiastic11l censure and excommunication. Doubtless the reference here is to the ,Jews. Even during our Lord's ministry, those who confessed him were in some…
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cemlng hirMe7f. Jesus had uttered l1mgne.ge which both perplexed e.nd distressed his frienda. He he.d spoken of his Bpproeching depe.rture-e. prospect which could not but grieve, e.nd _which olee.rly did depres~ his hee:re~. Their life we.s bound up in his life, e.nd sepe.rat1on could not be faced without sinking of h…
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'l'he recorde of thle dispensation inform ue how the Spirit has convinced the world of sin, of righteousnese, of jud'.(ment. The Church has never, since our Lord's ascension, ceased to enjoy the enlightening, quickening, eanctifying influences of its Comforter. II. 'J.'HE Llll'E OF BIGHT WAS THUS REPLA0ED BY TRE HIGHE…
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Vars. S, 10.-Conviction of rigkteousness. In order to moral improvement there must be a ~ense of sin and it~ degradation and misery, and there must be some apprehension of ri~hteousness and holiness accompanied by both admiration and aspiration. It is an evidence of the divinely wise provision of the gospel of Chris…
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88 if their o~n bands hod slain the Prince of Life; many sou~ht mercy for their unjnRt Bncl fearful sm. They sa.w tho righteousness of the Redeemer in a new li"ht. The sick had e!nin th~ir Physician, the enslaved their Liberator.. Thus did the Spirit bring the onem1es of nghteoueness to seek for themselves the righteou…
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p08seseion were the Mm est of the liberation of the ransomed humanity, When the idols w<'rc abolished, the kingdom of error and of sin felt the blow. When worshippers of cruelty and lust transferred their homage to the holy Saviour, the contest issued in ,ictory for God. And every humRn aoul in which the Spirit has wro…
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sorrowed because of their own loss. Jesus was everything to them, and they wer~ about to lose him; this they knew, and the consciousness of this loss, which wa.~ imminent, Beems to have occupied 11nd abBorbed their souls, to the exclusion of con- siderations whioh might have brought consolation. Thus it has often be…
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parables and his direct dieoounee alike animated the breBHte of the disciples with thla bles~ed hope. All the more did they rejoice in this prospect, because they were taught t.hat he who had oome the first time in humiliation and obedience would come the seoond time to judge and to reign. n THE FULl,"EBB OF IMPORT AN…
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III. Tnm PROOF OF TIIE FATHER'S LOVE. 1. The objects of this Divine affection are encouraged to ask for what they nee:l from him who is ahle to supply their many and varied wants. What greater evidence can there be of fatherly and filial feeling than when a son is at liberty to prefer requests to a parent who has confi…
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Ae the l::lpirit of truth, capable of ;inspiring and Influencing directly the eprincre of action and choice, he ie specially adapted for this inward application without ;hlch t,he revelation is incomplete. 2, ...4.e the Divim Regt!'MNtor. 'l'he Creator of tho new life, the new heart, the new man, and the new world, …
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porn! kingdom, e~tablish e. spiritual one, a kingdom of God within. So thnt to thr. advent of the Spirit, in consequence of the personal departure of Jesus, they were indebtc1l for true notions of tho nature of his kingdom. 4. The personal ministry rf Jesus waa essentially temporary; that of the Spirit ia permanent. He…
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he m~t intimRte, inspiring, and pure, and their &cq11Rintance perfect. 4-. Th• warmut frimrlship. What must be the mutual friendship of the Father of love with the Son of his love? lt most be the wRrmest, intensest, Aweetest, and most delightful. The pure~t and mOBt loving human fiiendships fade before this. 6. The …
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-there WBB no more to do here. The world tried to Rend him away before his w0rk wae finished, hut foiled. Not before he cried, "It is finiahed I" he gave up the ghost. (3) He had a work to do in another place-within the veil. He could not do that work here. He could not be idle. If there was no work here, he would go…
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new vision, its enthnsiasm on the hill of a n<>wly llcqulred knowledge. The pl11lner revcllltion 0f Jesus wiu; sndden, and produced in the dieciples a trinmphnnt outbnret of confidenct' in the Divinity of his miBBion. The conft1Ssion baa some light, but more beat. 6. Ju oonfesswn 111 united. "Dy this we," etc. Thoro…
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Obrist and clung to self. Is not this a true picture of weak anrl imperfect faith in all ages? 4. Jls /ailwre is very melancholy in its immediate re.mlea. (1) A temporary separation from one another. "Every man to his own." Weakness of faith in Christ tends to dissolve society. Genuine faith in Christ sends every man o…
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the in<'n o_f a tem~ral kingdom.. Peter manifested his sy1;1pathy ln a clumsy attempt to fight_ his foes with a sword, which we.a to him a greater ms_ult than help. And even the wail of the tender-hearted women at the cross was misapplied, looked ephitU&l drtue, and did not rhyme with the agonizing wail of hie soul …
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the opposition of foes, Bnd especially the desertion of friends, were It nnt for the continued fellowship of the Father. And who can render such help and solace in the hour of trial as 11n able and a kind father? Jesus, the most lonely of human beings, especially now, wns yet not alone; deserted by the best human fello…
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soon to die, but born into Christ to lh-e for ever. When lost from the world he will he fonnd st,ill in Christ. Hie connection with the world is temporal, but hie conncotlon with Christ; i_s et.ern_nl. The requirements o_f phyeiod. life _will soon be nt an end, lint thC1~e of epmtual hfe are coeval with the hfo of C…
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cast him on the shores of the pacific ocean of endlesR life and love. Every word of Ohrist, especially his last word~, is a pipe through which the oil of peace flows to the believing heart, and a golden pitcher with which to dra.w water from the wells of salvation. 2. What he did as a SourrAJ of comfort. "I have overco…
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J, TBJB rROM:ll!E WAB LARGELY FULFILLED IN THE IDNIBTRY OF' THE APOSTLES THEM• Sl_!:L\"ES AFT~n _PEN?-"EoosT. They knew all the_ facts of ou_r Lord's history already-his b1rlli of R nrpn, his death on the cross, and his resurrection and ascension into glory. Hut ~ey were not le~t to th~mselves to interpret these f~t…
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has given for the encouragement of all hie eervante. Light nnd pcwer from on high are assured by it, and God will give hie Spirit to them \hat ask him. III. Tme PROMIBJIJ 18 OONSTANTLY FULFILLED IN ALL TRUF. CrrnIBTIAN EXPERIENOE; for in the case of each individual believer the Holy Spirit takes of the thinue of'Chr…
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Ver. 1.-0oncerne.dfor the Btumbling-blocka, The disciples of Jesue evldontly enter- tnincd mRny expectations which, though plausible and excusable enough, were not 1'01lsoneble; and hence inevitably, sooner or later, there must be a crushing collapse of their hopes. Indeed, the sooner such a collRpse came the better. …
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tlnctly 11n advantage to hie people. He wante us to feel how much better the spirit11al is thnn the natural; how much better it is to have the invisible ,Jeana doing good to 011r inner life thnn the visible Jesus doing good to our outward life. If ever the visible is t0 be m11de better, it will be through the invisible…
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Ver. 13.-How to get at thefulness of truth. Jesus said," I am the Truth." Hence it is just the thing to be expected that he should talk a.gain and agnin concerning the bl86Bing to men which is so bound up with his being. The truth as it is in Jesus must become truth in 118. What glorious aims he has wilh respec,t to…
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yet without the constant thought of him mingling in every element of the pmyer, i~ rcnlly not to pray at all, l. Ons1mvl!l EXAC!TLY WHAT JESUS HERE SPl!:AKB ADOUT. He is dealing with a part of prayor-tho potitionary part, the part where need should he deeply felt and cle~rlv oxpressc<l. An<l yet, after all, in what pa…
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EXPOSITION. Gethsemane, where the glorification of the CHAPTER XVIL Son of man pe.esed into the e.dv11noed stage Ven. 1-26.-4. The high-prie.stly interoe.s- of hie willing and perfect surrender to the llion. Audible communion of the Son 111ith the Supreme Will. Hengetenberg finds explana- Falker. Tue prayer whioh …
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nlreo.dy nchleved. Throughout this prayer power ovAr 0.nd hie own grace to the chilrlren he rognrds the work ns finished, and the of men; from vers. 6-19 be contempl0.tes the now order of things 11s 11lreo.dy existent. Bpeoiel interests of his disciples, in their Thus he bo.d pr11yod for Lo.z11rus and for present forl…
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l'Utbnrity WRA implied in J,is inca.m,,tion and definite or infinite prolongitlfon of time, ~norilioe, end in the rMrtpitnlation of all Tht which Christ gives to tho&e who believe thing,; in him. St. Paul B&y&, "Bt'ORTI~e be in him, receive him, is the life of God him• tu•tod dent.Ii for every man, God has highly se…
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period for HA ourront nnd constant uee. Yet whioh thou halt given me to do. M11ny It muet not be forgotten (I) the.t this is " expositnrs arge 11 proleptice.l or anticip11tory unique mouent in his cnrocr, e.nd unir1ue RReertion of the completion of his earthly oxproeelons m11y he e.nticipnteil; (2) that it work, as tho…
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r.pos .,.b. ela,,. and •ls ..~. 1tOAmw .-oii Da'l'p&s, theee mroitntione in the form of a direct and at a spt'o,al <'pooh "ber.ame flesh," the R<ldross to the eteme.1 God, and makes the bt'nrnin~ forth of his glory cm earth we-re sories of facts on which he dwells the t.hosewhicb belonged to human life, to the form gro…
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process of giving and dmwing wae begun, w11s laid the foundation of the Ch11rch of there wne II eenee in whioh they bore this Christ. And they reoeived th8Dl, 1 This wa• great designation. Their position ae crea- a direct cone( qnence of the Divine giving and tures, or as Israelites, or ae believers in the of the Div…
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mnn nnd thni mnn end ev{'ry man may be believe thRt nil he had ea.id to them wM one P ,ved, end ihue include the whole humRn huge delueiou. And the■ e are in the world, ffl('P, b('(lalll!e we {'Annot dist.inguieh the without me, without visible eight of the el<'Ct from the rcprohate." Oe.lvin implies mirror in which …
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pnttem of thl' FRther nTHI Son. Tho re!R.- Bwfnl Hehrrtistio phraRe is nscd by St. P:iul tirms botwoen Ohristirins, which constitute (2 These. ii. 3; cf. 2 8nm. xii. 5) for nnti• tho essentiRI unity of their oorporate being, ohrist, encl numerous phrases of tho kind nre of the snme kind ae those which porto.in show …
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implicnfion i~ th11.t they hnve reooived it Ver. 14 dmw■ tho cnmpnriuon between Christ (ver. 8). The phnu!e is rnther more con- an,~ ~he disciples; ver. 16 le.ye, by a tmns- d<>ns0d thBn before, e.nd carries e.11 the oon- poe1tiou of words, the gr0A.ter emphl\Bi& on ~c,quenccs pr<,,·iously mP11tioned, Rnd others "th…
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opero.tlona o.re or ore not limited ily the there were special 11,n,J sacrificial acts of love opero.tion of truth on tlio mind. Numerous e.nd devotion which he mode on bohalf of 11esuro.nccs of the Now Tcsto.ment se1:m thus his own. He went np voluntnrily info the to limit the grace or God, or to mensure it wilderness…
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form one living glorioua nnity ;-every part of their own epiritunl felloWBhlp with one of which epir1tne.l organism, while living 11, e.nothor, will this personal oonsciou•ncse o! ecpnmte 11,nd differeutilltod life, is yet 11, pnrt theirs become more e.nd more pronouncetl. of a. whole. In the na.tui-&l apl,ere, RB t…
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man, thle glory of nntare and chamcter e.e irlentifio,l with Christ tho.t the infinite lovo Lhe lnce.rnnte Head of e. new humanity, I of God to CIJl'ist flows over in its IJivi110 have given to them, in order that they me.y superabundance npon those who e.re gathcr,,d be one, living In and for ea.oh other, even &11 tog…
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ii! oomp<>~ro. Thie ie the flret p11,1.t of the regarded the being equl\l with God RB no fine! f)<'1ition, e.nd it embr&C'el! evervthing. &pn-yµdr-not ae a thing to be seized, prized, "With Uhriet;" "For ever with the Lord;" e.nd held in its integrity. And iu Heh. ii. 9, in his glory and part of it., in the pince "H…
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lo.ting, The world, it is true, k1iew thee oot, the perrect Son of me.n, and Representative of /,ut I linew thee. 'fho Revised Version hBS, man, upon him who laid down hi~ life that with the Authorized Vereion, simply omitted he might take it a~e.in (cf. eh. x. 17)-me.y the 1<111. It is one of tho most solemn of be …
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Reu!III, Rnd with 11.U the rRtionaliet critioe, the thcologioal prepoBSessions or a Inter that it is difficult to understand how the writer, who imagined. the behaviour of tho apostle oould have reproduced 110 accurately inoa.rne.te Logos under theae conditions this wondroue disOOUl'BII and the prayer; without any r…
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HOMILETICS. Vere.1-5.-0hrisfs intercessory prayer. The great High Priest appears on the eva of his final sacrifice of himself for his people. He prays, first, for restoration to his Divine·glory. , I. 'fHE ATTITUDE AND BPffilT OF Tms PRAYER, "He lifted up his eyes to heaven, and, said, Father." 1. His attitude, as…
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ITT. THE TRUE NATURE OF ETERNAL LtFlt. "And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Obrist, whom thou hast sent." 1. The We of grnu begins with knowledge. (1) Ignoranoe is the great hindrance to life, (2) Chri~t, by his Spirit and Word, removes this hindrance, enlightening o\\r u…
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for Christinn unity. •• That the world may know that thou hast sent me." 3. Th" answer to liis prayers/or the disciples is guaranteed by a threefold claim. (1) They wore the Father'd; he could not, therefore, but provide for hie own children. (2) 'l'hey were Christ's, by gift of the Father ; therefore the Father mig…
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fellowe." (2) To Nl00mpen11e them for the sorrows of life. (3) To give them strength for duly and eull'ering. "The Joy of the Lord sho.11 be your strength." Yel'l!. 14-HI.-The world's hatred and Ohris(; prayer for the disciplea' safe keeping agaimt it. I. IT WAS CimtST1B ,voRD IN TIIE l>lllOil'LEB TIIAT EXOITED THE WO…
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wo~ld may _believe that thou hast sent me." 1. The oneness prayerl fnr is not thrit, o/ believers with one another, but that oneness which is the foundation of vi8ible unitj'- the union of believers with Christ, and through him with God. 2. It cannot refer to a visible unity, bocauso it is a unity of successive generat…
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i.e. the life of the spirH-can possibly be conceived as coming into the possession of thos"' otherwise dead in trespBSses and sins. It is, however, of the very e~eence of this life that it ie imperishable, nnd independent of all that is earthly and transitory.-T. Ver, 3.-Knowled_qe anrl life: a sermon for the ym.1111.…
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Ver. 4.-Tlie perfect work. Even good men, when they approach the close of life and take a retrospect of the past, are -00nstrained in candour to admit that they have failed to realize their own ideal, to satisfy their own conscience, to approve themselves to their • God. They have to lament and confess infirmities a…
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I. Tm: PUBI'ORT OF THE Lono's PETITION ON BEHALF OF RIB PBOPLB. 1. 'l'he nature of this blessing ~ought: consecration, or sanc~ification. It is a real and not a forme.l ?oliness, 11,Jtogcther distinct from and superior to the merely ceremonial purity which 1s so often regarded by the professedly religious as of supr…
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might bo kopt in the Name of the FatheT, and that all might be sanctified by the t~uth, But the expressod request here presented on their behalf should receive atten- tion, It wns for their unity. Not for their uniformity, in outward or"nnization in rite nnd ceremony, in uttered creed and liturgy; but for their spir…
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Ver. 25.-God unknown and known. These, the last words uttered by our Lord before be proceeded to hie betrayal and passion, aro words worthy of the occasion and of the Speaker. '!'hey are a prayer, or rather an address, to the Father. Yet they con- stitute a review of the past, a declaration of the present, a predict…
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nnd !ho pnrposee or tho F11thor. When the Lord Jesus hB<l communicated to hie di,i- ciplee the fact thn.t God is a. Spirit, and the fact that he is the Father in heaven, he hnd in great measure made known the Divine Name; but it was a further and richer rovcl11tion that he made when he told of the Father's purposes of …
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markc>t, in the busy exchange and behind the counter, among the t'ironge or men. a. II was ,10t his w£sh that they Bhould be taken out of the troublesome and wicked world. 'l'his world WIL!l then, and is now, "11 world of great tribulation." Stlll it was not his wish to take his disciples from even this. Not that he…
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ad~a?1'tage of thi's world as a spli.ere of mm-al government and discipline. The highc~t trB1D1Dg for a soldier is on the battle-field. The best traininu for a mariner is on tho ocean, cmd in an occasional storm; he cannot attain this on dry land. The beet ephero of moral discipline is in a world where there is good…
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<lnng<'r, <'SJ'<'C'inlly from lhe fire i so our l1losscd Lord, before he le~ the world left his disciples in good custo,ly and safe hands, those of the Father, praying him to t~ke care nf t,hem, especially to keep them from the evil. Before the great departure at ,TerusalPm, He insurrd all hie most valuable property in…
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lion. Thus faith unites believers to him, to the Father, and to each other. As lhc ~1111 iM the centre of union in the solar system, so Christ is in the Christian system. 2. The endowment of the Divfoe glory. "The glory which," etc. What glory was given t,, Christ which ho also gave to his disciples? (1) The glory of t…
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