The Pulpit Commentary — John — Volume 2 — Section 222

as " C'onsc-qu<'n<'o of this vision ye ehnll (Iv) the conscionencss of tho soul. "The liv!' nlsn." kingdom of God is within men." Y!'r. 20.-In that day of glorious rooom- Vore, 22-31.-(G) Tlte quntinn of Juda~, munion with you, begun in the IlcsurrcoLion• and the condition, of our Lord'8 8elf-mani- •urprisea, whic-h 'l\'ill Rid your faith nnrl fe.,tation. followed by appeals, pt·omiscs ancJ trinmphRntly 081:ablieb the mvstc-rice &nd the fll'ft of PEACB. ' mnrvele of Penteooel, yon ehsli know what Vor. 22.-This rofcrence to •• rnonifcstl\• you now most imperfertlv npprC'hond by tion" once more ocoasioued nnother anxious f,.ith, that I am in my Father, o.s One lifted inquiry. Tltomcu had not known whither 11p into God, and thRt I Rel entirely with tho Lord was going, ond wns ignornnt of the and for and 88 my FnU1cr, fulfilling a.II true meaning of that wny of dopRrture from thRt I have told yon of my personal rola.- them ; and the Lord hnd told him that ho tionship with him; a11d then, ho adda, you wa.s going to tho Fnthor, ond thnt ho him- Mall kno,o thnt ns I nm in my FRther, yon self was tho Way for them to find their o.ccess (are) in me, living in and by my power, a.nd to the FR~h~r•s heort. Philip hnd longed cont.innonsly drawing lifo from me; and for somo vision of tho Father whioh would wha.t is still more, I in yon; i.e. as the suffice for the "whither" nnd " wo.y," ond Fnther has noted in a.nd through my will, wo.s surprised to find that he hnd had and I have spoken his words and done hie already, in the Snvionr's own Person, a works, so I will energize in yon. Your sufficient revelation of the Fo.ther; but that "greater wo1·ke" 'l\'ill prove my "grentor ho nnd others hnd not known him nor his power." Your own consciousness of my Father: ond now Jesus promises a fuller pl'C'Bencc, Rnd of continuous communion m:i.nifcstotion of himself, and therefore of with me, will rcvea.l to yon, as you never tho Father. Here J"uda.s, not Ieomot (the knew before, that I am in my Father, a.nd Lebb:cu.s, or Thad.drew, of Mnrk iii. 18 and also that I am in yon. So the npparcnt M.a.tt. x. 3; the Judas ln-othl!'I' of James of paradox prc-scnts itself, tho.t in order to Luko vi. lG and Acts i. 13-all the several know the Father, to see tho Father, we cognomina. intended to keep this apostle's must commune with the humanity of Jesus; name entirely distinct from that of the but in order to realize and oomo into con- traitor), aaith to him, What has oome to tact with thnt humanity, we hove to grasp pB.BS that thou a.rt a.bout to manifest thyself that it is lifted up into God. Because he is unto UB, and not to manifest thyself to the in the Father he is able to bo with and world 1 Hast thou altered thy plan? Is in us. tho world to be left unvisited by thy glory? Ver. 21.-Then for a moment he turns This question, in some form or other, is from the eleven, and stretches out his constantly pressed upon the Lord. This searching gnze :i.nd far-sweeping love to seeking for a sign, this eager desire for every one who hath my ccm.mandm.ents as a great display of power, or judgment, or a sure poSS8SBion and lofty privilege and glory, this restoration of tho kingdom to BUfficieut standard, aud keepeth them, thus Israel, was the cry of tho Jewish heo.rt. proving that he it iB that loveth me; re- Christ's enblime reply to it is given in tho turning tbUB bock to ver. 15, where he ea.id restntement of the spiritual lo.w of the that love would induce and ought to com- kingdom and glory of God. Once more he pel to obedience; and be odds another and goes back to tho lo.w of love, issuing in wonderful benediction : He vill be loved obedience. by my Father, in a sense more intense than Ver. 23.-J"esua answered and uid to that in which God is said to lore the ll'orld him, U a ma.n, let him be whosoever he (eh. iii 16). God the Father loves those who ma.y, lovo me-there is the germ and root love the Son, i.e. love the object of his own of all-he will keep my Word (>.&-yo., 1). In superlative affection. But who enn this ver. 21 we soo the complementnry state- wondrous Being be who adds, ns a climax of ment, "He that hns nnd keeps my com- privilege a.nd honour, ns though it ll'ere more mandments loves me;" here, " He thot loves even thRn the love of the Father, I will love me keeps my Word." In ver. 21 obedience him, aud will manifest myself in him (not proves inwo.rd lovo, and mo.y indicate to the aro,ca.>..6,i,.., or ,,,,,_,,Eptf,tru,), not merely "dis- world the fact of the Father's love and my cloae e.n undiscovered presence" or make own response. Here our Lord is lnying evident a hidden glory, but I will tnke down the principle of relation-the 111\V of speci.el meaus t.o disclose my Person and close intimacy, the conditions of higher nature and goodness t.o him? Christ will 1 Hore >.&-yous must have been read. by do this to those who have and keep his rom- IWLndments of self-forgetting love and per- Tyndale, Cro.omer, and the Authorized foot consecmtion. This remnrka.ble word, Version; but T.B., R.T.• Le.ehma.nn, 'fre- iµ,i,ulr,o, 1 implies t.!iRt the BOeI.e and place gellee, Westcott and Hort, Tischendorf (8th of the higher manifestation will be ••in" edit.), etc., read >..&-yo11. OH, xiv. 1-31.) THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. JOTDL 229