The Pulpit Commentary — John — Volume 2 — Section 295

have b('('n able t.o supply with referenc,e epnken of heing etmightway glorified, lirtod to Chri@I_ nnd ~alvation, glory, dnty, and inoo the fulnose of the Godhead, glorified in l'temal hfo, Rnd Rll the lawa of tho king- God himself (oh. xiii. 82). This stntement dom. From this VllBt promise we ece the ie partly explanatory of that, but is also an euftlC'iency of the apoetolio teaching, Rnd by addition to the previous Resuronce. 'l'he impli<'Rtion the portion of it which is oom- Spirit will glorify tho God-1\lan, will nug- mittl'<i to writing. Our Lord had delivered ment the lustre of his bleeeed Nomo, will to hie disciples "nothing bnt the truth;" orown him with honour, anti multiply tho but from the nature of the oa~e they must mirrors of his majesty ond the subjects or wait for the tn1th in its completeness, the bis power; and the reason is given: For he whole truth of snl vat.ion nnd deliver&nce. shall take of mine, and (for the socoud time, But our Lord pro<'oods to show that the clvczn•~•i ~µiv) deolare it to you. Christ is infallibility of tbo Holy Spirit is not th:it here profoundly consoious of the nbundcmoe he will be I\ secondary, or tertiary, or inde- of truth and reality involved in himself and pendent Didnity. Like Christ, the Son in his functions, in the work he is doing and of God, who was in the bosom of the Father will continue to do. He is mow·nfully alive (see eh. vii. 17, 18; viii. 28)1 eo he "·ho to the fact thnt the disciples were not able proceedeth from the Father will not speak to perceive what there WC18 in him without from himllelf, as from any epontaneoUB, in- supcniatural aid. The Spirit of God will dependent eource. He is, in hie gr&cioue Rngment Christ's glory in the Church, seeing opem.tions, no rival Deity, but the Spirit of that he will reveal to men the Person and the Father and the Son (comp. eh. viii. H, glory of the Christ, by inword processes, by where the essence of the lie is that the vivid spiritual intuitions, by mental exercises devil spea.koth of his own), and whatsoever which we are quite ready to confess ore fnr th.iJl.p he ahal.l hear 1 ( or, heareth, or, shall beyond the compass of logio, and break haoo heard), that aha.ll he speak. The verb through all lo.we of induction or evolution. " hce.r" ill used absolutely, and has been This is the high function of the Spirit in variously completed with the words, "of inspiration-to take of the.t which belongs me" or "of the Father," whet.her verbo.lly to the Son of God, and so to quicken the supplemented or not. We lea.rn that the spiritual faculty of men thnt they can e.nd Holy Spirit is limitfld by the revelation do nnderstand it. "The Spirit searcbeth already involved in the great fa.et of the all tbi.ngs, even the depths of Deity," and Incarnation.. " He will speak " of that which reveals them to those who receive the be hears, and he will deolare to you the Holy Ghost. Our Lord declares that all thingB th:lt are coming. The revelation trutl.t is implicitly contained in himself. In will concern Christ o.nd the future. The eh. xiv. be said, "I am the Truth" about whole New Test.a.ment, eo fe.r as it is God e.nd about man, e.nd obonl the relation apostolic, is here declared to be the work of man to God. The Spirit will draw aside inspired by the Spirit's guidance of the the veils which hide this tl'uth, will draw apostles' mind into the tr11th in all its forth the hidden harmonies contained in completenees and in ell il.s parts. Some, this wondrous Personality. Such continuous like W cstcott. refer the ipxop.a,a. to " the revelation is from glory to glory (2 Cor. oonstitntion of the Christian Church;" but iii 17, 18). St. Paul at the close of his the most en tisfa.etory view is that the Spirit ministry was aware of unfathomed treasures would bi..msclf be the Source of the pro- still bidden in the Christ, and be put before phetic hope and wondroUB vision of the himself, as the goal of bis highest ambition, futnrewhich pervades the apoetolicwritings. "that I may know him" (Phil iii. 10). Hcngstenherg mus here into great detail. Ver. 15.-In this verse our Lord makes His remark is of deep interest-that s11eh a still more superlative oloim. All things a promise Bl!ould be found in the Feurth which the Father hath (Hua. tx••) are mine. Goepel. preluding those s11blime premoni- Perhaps no sentence recorded by St. John tions which the beloved disciple, when "in ill more difficult to reconcile with the mere the Spirit," received and recorded. concern- humanity of our Lord, even of the loftiest ing the things which are and are.~ come kind. The "mine" of the previous verse (Rev. L 19). Not only ID the wntings of is declared to embrace something more than John., but of Peter, and in the prophetic the mystery of bis Person and ea.eri.fice. spirit given to Paul, we ~ how the Lord "All that the Father hath," all his fulness th£ Spirit fnlfilled the pro1D.1.B8, of being, all the treasures of wisdom ond Ver. 14.-Re ah&ll glorify me. Christ hall knowledge, all the power, o.11 the effulgence of the glory of the Father, of the human 1 K, L, and 33 read ci.ico6•i, with Tisohen- race, and of all things, '' are mine." Tbia dorf (8th edit.), Westoott and Hort; B, D, makes a spiritual apprehension o( Christ E, 1, and 435, read lucowr•<t with Tregellee include a perfect revelation of all th11 andR.T.; .A.and .ii. ree,d oci1<0WTTJ, with T.B. Father'e eh~~~ a.1'd 'l\'.Or1', Therefore 111M m. xvi. 1-33.J 'l'HE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. JOHN.