The Pulpit Commentary — John — Volume 2 — Section 223

knowledge, The kooping of the Worcl is e. Thie shows thnt, whilo tho disciples n.re In certt1in coneequenco of holy love. And my npproach the Ft1lher" in the Name," in the Fnther will love him. so' fnr Christ hns fulaeee of perfection invol ve<l in tho Iii in! only roitorntecl tho grant ett1tcment of vcr. Nnme of Jesus, eo tho Father scn<ls !ho 21, bnt inetend of snying, "I will love him, Pero.cleto in the en.me Name, in the full nod mnnifeet myself," he added, We will recognition of Christ o.s the Sphere of all oome-the Father nncl I-to him, and take his grncioue work, l\Ieyer emphasizes by up onr abode,' make for ourselves n resting- it the Name of Jesus; "in my Name," eny place in his dwelling (,r&p' aimp); of. the Grotius, Lilcke; "o.t my iuterccssion" or annlogous nnd wonderful pnr,illel in Rev, "in my stead " (Tholuck, Ewalrl); "as my iii. 20. Thero is aclcnr utterance of Divine Representn.tive" (Watkins). But the great self-consciousness. It is worthy of noto Nnmo of Jesus is "the Son" (Heb. i. 1-5). tho.t such an expression ns this eounc!a a In the Sonship which he rea.lized e.ntl dis- profounder depth of tho.t consciousness played, the Father himse!t' WCUI mnnifested. than any phrase (Ao;,os) alreudy delivcrecl. 'fho Spirit is sent from the Fa.tiler fully Apo.rt from the stupendous corroborative to reveal the Son, while tho substance of facts elsewhere on rncorcl, this eeems, to the teaching nod menning of the lifo of our mere human experience, either mvfully true Lord, in his Divine tmining of souls re- or in.finitely Llnsphemous. The Father and venled the Father. Re ( e,ce,,o,, a masculine 1· will come together in the power of the and emphatic pronoun, which gives per- Sph·it, and we will dwell within the loving eonal quality and dignity to the Spirit, a.ncl and obedient soul This plirnse suggests points to nil thnt is hero prcclicnted of his the mystical union of the Di vine Persono.li ty agency) shall tea.eh you all thlngs that you with that of those who have entered into need to know over :i.nd above whe.t I hn.ve said spiritual rolntion with Christ through lo,e (A<Acfl\1J1<C1), and he will assist you to know and obedience. more than you do now. He shall ret:1.i.nd Ver. 24.-Wehave three statements about you of the all things which I ha.ve said to lore and obedience: (1) Love involves you. The tenehing of Christ. according to obedience (vers. 15, 23), or obedience natu- St. John's own statement, wns vastly more rally is included in love; (2) obedience cxtensirn than all that ho.cl been recorded, (having and keeping commandments) is the the impression produced far deeper than great proof of love (ver. 21); and (3) (ver. anything that could be measured; yet even 2-:1:) " he that loveth not," i.e. the absence or this wouU ho.,e been evaporated into vague negation of love seems necessnrily to forbid sentiment, if the vcritnble things, the mar- or cliscountenauce obedience-the language vellous nod incomparable wisdom, uttered by differs slightly. He that loveth me not the Lord hacl not, by the special teaching keepeth not my worda-i.e. the vo.rions utter- of the Spirit, been recommunic:i.ted to the ances into which my one 1Vord mny be sub- apostles by extraordinary refreshment of divided in detail-and the AO')lor, the one memory, The supernatural energy of the oll-ro,ealing Word, out of which all the memory of the apostles, and their profound Ao;,o, proceed, is not mine(as self-originated), insight, is the basis of the New Testament, but is the Father's that sent me. With- and the fulfilment of this promise. This out love to Christ the world hRs none of the sncred tr.i.ining will not teach speciiicnlly conditions on which the self-manifestation of new truthll, because the germina.nt form of Christ really depends. all spiritual truth had been commnnicoted Vera. 25, 26.-These things (in antithesis by Christ; nor would the instruction crea.te to the "all things" of which he is about a fundamental deposit of tradition as yet to speak), no.mely, the great consolo.tions and unro,calcd; nor is it to be such e.n intensi- instructions just dolivered-not the whol0 fication or addition to things alreo.cly saicl courso of his ministorial prophetic teaching o.e to contradict the teaching of the Lord; -have I uttered, and theso things I um still but the Holy Spirit will bring to the remem- continuing to o.ddress to you, while remain- brance of the npostles all thut the living ing with you; but the Paraclete (Advocate), Logos hud spoken. Hence tho mystic, the of whom I have spoken ns the "Spirit of traditionist, and the rationalist cannot find truth," and whom I now more fully define as support for their theses in these great worJs. the Holy Spilit (this is the only place in this The ..-cfna, however, gives e. bright hint of Gospel whcro this full acd elsewhere often• the completeness of the equipment of the used designation occurs). whom the Father apostles for their work. will send-in answor to my prayer (ver. lG), Ver. 27.-"Then follow the Inst words as and as he hue nlreRdy tiont me-in my Name. of one who is about to go away, an,l SllYB 'Good night,'or gives his bloesiug" (Luther). 1 Tion1aoµl8.. is preferred by modern Poa.ae I leave with ( or, to) you. Pea.co ( ,,. editora, with ~. D, L, nnd numerous our- ptf"'l) answcN to the (c\',~) ahalom of or- 11ives, to .... ,,jaoµ•11 of T.R. dinary conver,;e and greeting, and signi.fic•  THE GOSPEL ACCORDING '1'0 ST. JOUN. [cu. x1l'. 1-31.