[Jesus both possesses and exerts omnipotence in their behalf. What then have they to fear? Let them only secure his aid, and they defy both men and devils. "If he be for them, none can effectually be against them."]
3. What obligations do we lie under to love and serve the Lord !
[Is Jesus incessantly exerting his almighty power for us, and should not we employ our talents for him ? O for a heart duly sensible of his love, and altogether devoted to his service !]
our lord's dying appeal to god.
John xvii. 4, 5. / have glorified thee on the earth : I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do. And noiv, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.
A DYING scene, especially when the person is of an exalted character, creates in all a very deep inte- rest, and calls forth a more than ordinary attention to every thing that he either says or does. But here we have a scene such as never occurred either before or since : it is no less than the dying scene, if I may so speak, of the Saviour of the world. " Father," says he, " the hour is come." Yes, " the time was come that he must depart out of this world, and go unto his Father." And here we are permitted to be- hold him in the attitude of prayer ; and to hear his every petition, both for himself, and for his people to the very end of time. It is that part of his prayer which related more especially to himself, that will oc- cupy our attention at this time. In it we notice, I. His appeal to God —
The Lord Jesus, in his Mediatorial capacity, was a servant, sent by God to execute an appointed work : and, having executed it, he here appeals to God,
1. That " he had glorified God on earth" — [This, in fact, had been the one end for which he had lived. He had glorified his Father in his life; every hour of