He has not risen from the tomb many hours before we find him thus coming to his disciples. You did not need to know these things before, so I did not tell you of them. Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? As truly as the Father loves the Son, so truly does Jesus love us; nay, more than that, in the same manner as the Father loved the Son, that is, without beginning, without cessation, without change, without end, without measure, so does Jesus love us. With a huge iron bar smashing the great bones of their legs. God save us from such an awful doom as that! It is always well to use the light that we already have. John 12:30-31. Large-hearted Judas, very different from Judas Iscariot! But for them also which shall believe on me through their word; that they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him. But when you are authorized to use the name of Christ as it were, to write his signature to your cheques oh! And these things I speak in the word, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves. Come, tell your trouble to your Lord, ask the Holy Spirit to exercise the office of Comforter upon you now at this very moment. John 14:23-27. If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father. And said, Hail, King of the Jews! The times of your ignorance God may have winked at; but now you are sinning against light and knowledge; and unless you repent, terrible will be your doom. It is the chief rulers, the gentlemen of the Sanhedrim, who, if they believe in Christ in their hearts, do not confess him, lest they should be put out of society, for they love the praise of men more than the praise of God. Have you ever done something you wouldn't have otherwise, specifically because you identify as a tabletop gamer and consider it something a gamer would do? If I then, you Lord and Master, have washed your feet, ye also ought to wash one anothers feet. Press J to jump to the feed. This is the disciple which testifieth of these things, and wrote these things: and we know that his testimony is true. All believers should be missionaries, sent forth upon a mission to bless the sons of men. And these things I said not unto you at the beginning, because I was with you. It is even so. Ah, no! Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. John 15:16. He did not give up the ghost, and then bow his head, because he was dead; but he bowed his head as though in the act of worship, or as leaning it down upon his Fathers bosom, and then gave up the ghost. Hear ye the words again, As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you; continue ye in my love. He confirms us in it, and bids us live in the enjoyment of it. Then went out that other disciple, which was known unto the high priest and spake unto her that kept the door, and brought in Peter. I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. Peter always was in a hurry; yet he was grandly impetuous as a rule. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I unto the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. If you cannot find your way into the heart of any truth, the Spirit of God has the clue to it, so ask him to guide you into it. He looks after the sheep that is sick, and severs it from the flock, that he may deal with it in his wisdom. Id recommend it at two if you have the time and the drive. And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them. He needed not to lift his hand or even his finger; he only said, I am, and they went backward, and fell to the ground.. John 20:18-19. I pray not that thou shouldst take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. I pray for them.. John 21:8-9. That is a very beautiful description of Christs death: His hour was that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, just as though he was merely going on a journey, leaving one land for another; and if this be a fair description of such a stormy passage as that of our Lord Jesus, who died for our sins upon Calvarys cross, it must with equal truth describe the death of any of the children of God. I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.. John 16:5-6. But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. Thanks! Christ has received power over all flesh, but with this peculiar design, that he should give eternal life to as many as his Father has given him. Ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full. John 17:9-10. For Christ is not merely a fruit-bearer, but a bearer of much fruit. John 17:1. John 12:25. Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me. And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha: Probably a knoll of rock which today stands outside the city gate looking wonderfully like a skull, with two depressions in the rock which at distance appear like eyes. John 17:17-20. He knew that the hour was come when he must die. That they all may be one, as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee that they also may be one in us; that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. These things therefore the soldiers did, yet the motive which swayed them was not the fulfillment of the divine will, but simply the commonsense thought that it would be a pity to spoil such a garment by rending it apart also by that innate love of gambling which is found everywhere, in every age, so that often men would sooner run the hazard of winning all than take the safe one fourth which might fall to their lot. There is an appointed hour for each one of us, and it will come in due season. With such poor teachers as we are, it is no wonder if our hearers and scholars learn but little from us, yet they ought to learn much from Christ, although I think that we learn nothing even from Jesus Christ himself except under the teaching of the Holy Spirit. They had an opportunity of seeing with their eyes; what the Christ could do. He alluded to his crucifixion, which is the great attractive center of mankind. John 20:3-4. Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? There is no real cause for your sorrow, dear friends. This also offered a lot of general My poor perplexed brother, if you cannot get to Jesus Christ by yourself, it will be a good thing for you to say to some Philip, Sir, I would see Jesus. Perhaps Philip will tell his friend Andrew, and then Philip and Andrew will go together, and tell Jesus, and so you will get to him. Now Annas had sent him bound unto Caiaphas the high priest. John 14:27-29. mostly information on politics and militaristic issues. Whatever he might have said about his doctrine, they would have twisted into a ground of accusation against him, so he simply said, Mine has been public teaching, open to all. John 17:1. Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works sake. John 12:23. Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world. 1 Peter I now paint minis on the side. It is a discourse to those who had lived with him, and were now sorrowing because he was about to leave them by a cruel death. John 16:28-30. And where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour. Peace I leave with you, , When men in the East met one another, they usually gave the salutation, Peace be unto you, Peace be to this house; but Christ says: . John 19:27. Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovest me before the foundation of the world. Take heed, children of God, of disobedience; it is a discipline of the divine family that if we disobey we should lose the comfortable presence of our Lord. The expostulations of Christ, not left to our will to do as we like with them, but solemnly sanctioned by the royalties of God, so that to refute them is treason against the majesty of heaven. Let us reverently adore the whole scheme of providence by which Gods determinate purpose is carried out in every jot and little, while the free agency of man is left unfettered. Our Lord Jesus Christ had a very vivid realization that he had come from God, and was going back to God, and that all things had been given into his hand; yet, while he knew that, and had a more than ordinary consciousness of his own dignified nature and position, he condescended to wash his disciples feet. John 15:11. And the other disciples came in a little ship; (for they were not far from land, but as it were two hundred cubits,) dragging the net with fishes. Clank! Here our Saviour speaks by anticipation. Hereby shall ye discern between the spirit of error and the Spirit of truth. If ye believe in God, ye are believing in me; and if ye believe in me, ye are believing in God; for there is such a perfect unity between us that you need not, when I die make any distinction between me and God, but still believe in me as ye believe in the Father.. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: There are many such branches, in Christs visible Church, which are not fruit-bearing branches, and consequently are not partakers of the sap of life and grace which flows into the branches that are vitally joined to the central stem. Christ further said to his disciples, Ye are clean, but not all. Does he say that to us at this time? For our Lord has a way of making personal application of his word. Maybe fishing.. (haven't played coldwater crown). Jesus often keeps this promise in many senses. John 14:8-9. As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground. It was quite enough for the Lord to call his attention to her by saying Behold thy mother. How I wish we were always in such a state of heart that we did not need specific precepts, a hint would suffice. The people answered him, We have heard out of the law that Christ abideth for ever: and how sayest thou, The Son of man must be lifted up? It was only too plain. I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me: and they have kept thy word. I do not think that Thomas did put his finger into the print of the nails, or thrust his hand into his Masters side. May we all bear witness according as we have been with Christ, for there is no bearing witness to Christ unless we have first been with him. Even so, they remained to be significant Have you some familiar place where you go to meet your Lord? 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