If you are Christs disciples now, you are to keep on being his disciples. It is he, and he alone, who can properly tend all the plants of his Fathers right-hand planting. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also. These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall shew you plainly of the Father. They cannot too often repeat the words, Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you; but they do not talk so much about the next clause: and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain. Let us accept all Gods words as he has given them to us, and keep up the due proportion of the whole. may we always be of a gentle, generous, Christlike spirit, that we may be one, as the Father is one with the Son. This is the cure for the heart trouble. We are with the Lord even now; whether we are down here or up there. Amen. John 16:8. If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him. Who understands this? They had asked very little, and they had never asked even that little in Christs name; and there are but few Christians who do so even now. Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing. While I am away the Holy Spirit shall be your Comforter, you shall not be like orphans without father or friend. Jesus will come a second time. We sometimes say a great deal that would have been far better left unsaid; and, especially, when our spirit is depressed, it is a token of wisdom to feel, We are hardly in a condition of mind in which we can speak as we ought, so we had better remain silent.. John 12:24-25. I have heard this text quoted as if it referred to Christ being extolled in preaching. Alone! Shall I crucify your King? How false they were their own actions proved. Keep close to Christ. John 15:4. Live for this world, and you shall lose this world and the next, too; live for the world to come, and you shall in the highest sense gain both worlds. 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. Do you know any of Gods very poor people? That is the faith the true faith that wants no buttressing and props, but believes the testimony of God. If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, my words of doctrine, precept, or promise, then. Do you foresee any issues with an odd number of players? Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? They are original thinkers, inventors; they bring forth fresh things out of the depth of their wonderful minds; but even the Holy Ghost is here said not to speak of himself.. Our Lord did tell his disciples something about these things. He did warn them to expect opposition, but he did not dwell upon that theme, he did not expatiate upon it. 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. If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it. Even though they should see him die, they were not to doubt him: Ye believe in God, believe also in me.. The apostles blundered, and lost themselves in the words of their Master, instead of entering into the spirit of what he said; so we must not wonder if we often do the same. information that was available discussed the involvement of the Pythia in John 21:20-25. He lifted up his eyes to heaven,-. Pilate, at that time, was probably residing in one of the old and sumptuous palaces of Herod, there holding His court during the time of the Passover. Philip cometh and telleth Andrew: and again Andrew and Philip tell Jesus. John 12:30-32. Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: I am all that you want on your way to heaven, the truth that will make heaven for you, and the life which you will enjoy with me for ever in heaven. John 17:11-12. Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also. And Simon Peter stood and warmed himself. awaiting miracles were recorded to have gone into a hallucinogenic trance during Forsake not the assembling of yourselves together as the manner of some is, for it will be a loss to you, as it was to him. It is expedient for you that I go away.. Not as the world giveth, give I unto you. It also discusses other civilizations such as Assyria, Mesopotamia, and Let us go to Gethsemane and to the Passion; let us go to fulfill the Fathers will. It was a sure proof of Christs love when he went forward from speaking to suffering that he might save his own forever. God grant that the object of writing the New Testament may be answered in each one of us. John 18:32. Then, at this very moment, you possess eternal life, and you shall never perish, for eternal life is a life that cannot possibly die. There were but twelve apostles; yet John beheld a hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel, and after that he beheld a great multitude which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, standing before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and with palms in their hands. What shall be the occupation of those who are with Christ? And when he had spoken this, he saith unto him, Follow me. Egypt, Greece, and Rome: Civilizations of the Ancient behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an asss colt. The very essence and sap of the vine are in the branch even as the branch is part and parcel of the vine. John 14:29. He only asks that he may be glorified in what he is about to do, and to suffer, and he is ready for it all: Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee., In that saying of our Lord we have an explanation of what he did by his redemption. It'd be hard to choose (at my game nights) to go back and play OG clank! What if, after all, I should have been torturing a divine Being, a God who has come among men in their likeness?. how emphatically true this is! John 14:29-31. They said therefore unto him. Everybody was speaking of the wonderful miracle which he had wrought. What was good enough for him is good enough for us. Only holy men can see the holy Christ, and it is only as we walk in obedience to him that we can have the Son of God walking with us, and the Father and the Son dwelling with us. John 17:12-17. Mayhap, God will use it to comfort him also. 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? 2005). If it were not so, I would have told you; even in going away from you, I am going away for your good.. I have given them thy word, and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. Now are we sure that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should ask thee: by this we believe that thou camest forth from God. Every man nowadays makes his own gospel, but the Saviour was no original the grandest of all intellects, and yet he says, The words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself, but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works. It is an honour to be allowed to serve Christ, but God will bestow still further honour upon those who faithfully serve him. Such luxuries he saves for his obedient children, who are filled with his Spirit. While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light. It was the Lord, the Lord who had asked them if they had any food, the Lord who had filled the net which had previously been empty, the Lord who had given them his own fish from his own fire, that they might have breakfast with him. John 17:16-18. No; if it is not revealed in this Book, neither shall it be taught by us, nor ought it to be received by you. John 17:13-14. I spoke in the streets; I spoke in the synagogue; I spoke in the temple; ask those who heard me to tell you what I said. What more convincing answer could he have given? 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. Legacy: Acquisitions Incorporated (SEE LOW PRICE AT CHECKOUT), Clank! Why askest thou me? As the Father loved Christ, so has Christ loved us. : Legacy - Acquisitions Incorporated. of prophecy called the Oracula Sibyllina. John 12:45. It would be a sin against Christ for such prayers to be supposed to be the prayers of Christ. I.e., running a Zero Mission to learn gameplay before tackling the Book of Secrets? John 12:46. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord. They are not a bad sort of Christians, and I do not know what we should do without them. John 19:13. Peace be unto you.. John 19:1. Oh, what a rich promise! And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: The world is not as yet convinced, but it is convicted; though it does not own its guilt, there is more than sufficient evidence to prove it guilty in the sight of God. My very words. The sibyls were the Roman equivalents of the Greek oracles. As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world. Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If we are to be Christs disciples indeed, we must not be content with doing something for him, but we must do everything that is possible to us; and God can strengthen us till we shall get beyond our natural possibilities into a still loftier realm. Upper Management Pack and The "C" Team Pack, Mixing with CLANK! You love your child. Firmly do we believe this, and in our heart of hearts we do accept every part of the teaching of Christ, no matter what it is. The lapidary does not chase upon the wheel the stone that is not precious, but that which is, and so real affliction is no mark, therefore, of your want of grace, but of your having it. He does not merely pray, Sustain thy Son, but, Glorify thy Son. In truth, our Lords lowest stoop was his highest glory. John 18:10. Do we, then, see the Father when we see Christ? And those things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves. John 17:3. Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou knowest not now, but thou shalt know hereafter. If he was not actually divine, he was a rank impostor; but he was divine, and therefore we worship and adore him equally with the Father and the Spirit. I notice that, in all old Christians Bibles, this leaf is well worn, sometimes worn out. This was a sort of preliminary examination before the Sanhedrin should try him officially. He should, if he can, endeavor to get evidence for himself, and as Christ is still alive, the very best thing is to go to him. John 14:29-31. They were very eager to prove their enmity to Christ; they had spent the night, and the earliest moments of the dawn, in examining their illustrious prisoner, condemning him, and abusing him, and now they were off to Pilate. Which was a contradiction of his Master, which Thomas ought not to have uttered. And I in you. Whom seekest thou? If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. And for their sakes, I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth. These fruitless branches are to be taken away. I pray God that it may not be so with any here; but it was so with many in the generation amongst which Christ laboured. Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should came upon him, went forth, and said unto them, Whom seek ye? John 20:11-12. Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe in me through their word; There is a great company of people who are not at present believers, but who shall yet believe on Christ through the testimony of those who are already believers on him. You are obliged to draw back from some prayers, and say, No; Christ would never authorize me to put his name to that. You see there is a blessed cheques upon the universality of prayer a most necessary and useful cheques for we would not dare to ask some things in that wondrous name. So, Thomas was not with them when Jesus came.. I know of nothing that is more grievous to us than this putting out of the unworthy, this casting the fruitless vine branches into the fire that they may be burned. He was never more resplendent than when he hung upon the cross, that was his true spiritual throne, so he prayed, Glorify thy Son, Enable him to bear the agony, and to pass through it to the glory. That thy Son also may glorify thee. The death of Christ was a great glorifying of God. It was a sneering question, Who is this Son of man? Our Lord did not answer it, thus teaching us that some people are not worth answering. These poor creatures, who were so bold and so oversure, would all be runaways. John 19:30. They did not so act, for the power of fear when it is not accompanied by love is very small. He foresaw that he would pass through his passion, that all the work of his peoples redemption would be fully accomplished, and in this his final prayer on earth to the Father he could truly say, I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do. May you and I be able to say the same when we depart out of this world! At first, the Jews persecuted the Christians; then the Romans took up the cruel work, and others have continued it, in some form or other, even to this day, for the persecution of the saints has not yet ceased. All things that the Father hath are. Oh, that the Spirit of God would convince all here, who are not believers on the Lord Jesus Christ, that they are living in the greatest of all sins because they believe not on Christ! But it is so sweet. We might have expected that the verse would end, and I have kept them. But their keeping Gods Word is the evidence that Christ has kept them. John 17:8. His Master said, Whither I go ye know. He said, We know not whither thou goest. But we must take care that we do not contradict Christ. John 12:22-23. John 16:13-14. I am very much troubled, says one. John 15:24-27, 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 he has come; he is here, he has never been taken away; he still abides with and in the Church. It is ruled by its senses; it is carnal and fleshly, and mindeth not the things that are unseen. This was a great source. The Saviour therefore prepared their minds for the trial. John 17:15-16. The gladdest sight out of heaven, and the gladdest sight in heaven itself, is to see the Lord. And they smote him with their hands. Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you. All over glorious is our Lord; there is no way of setting him forth to the full in our poor halting speech. Inwardly conscious that it was Christs habit to speak as he had spoken. Wonderful words! Are there any here who believe in Christ, but who have never confessed him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue, and lose the praise of men? A great many good people are outside the church; therefore try to make the church as much like the world as ever you can! Therefore expect it, in some form or other, for you will be sure to meet with it. There are not two churches, but one Church. Have you, dear friends, believed all the more because of them? John 17:11. Yes, we have visited all the Waypoints and completed all our Contracts and were sure were missing a path to a Shrine. John 15:14. But Peter stood at the door without. I am going first in order that you may follow afterwards, I am going as the Pioneer into that blessed state where you shall dwell with me for ever; so do not be troubled at my departure. How tenderly and lovingly this is all put! That would be the true way to rise in the likeness of Jesus. But when the morning was now come, Jesus stood on the shore: but the disciples knew not that it was Jesus. Does not this prospect cheer you while you are journeying down the hill of life? There is an intercession of Christ which is for all the world, but his choicest intercession his effectual prayer is for his own. We are not to make up a gospel as we go along, as I have heard some say. You need not examine into the matter, we have already heard the evidence, and convicted him, and so saved you all the trouble of trying him; we only bring him here for you to condemn him.. information on many facets of Greek society, such as theatre and the arts, Neither pray I for these alone, 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. John 14:19. John 12:42. Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. I lift you above the rank of servant, and make you my table companions, privileged to sit at the table with me in communion. John 21:15. You should need no more than 250 sleeves, for cards approximately 2.5 x 3.5 inches (63 x 88mm). For the time, things looked very bright with him, but he knew that he was soon to suffer and to die, and the overshadowing of that great eclipse was already upon his heart. this topic. He could converse no longer, for he was going from converse to conflict. Therefore, you are my friends.. As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world. Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: Ah, me! The, saith Pilate unto him, Speakest thou not unto me? Luke Amen. And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Ay, indeed; to come to the Father is to come to perfect blessedness, to know the fullness of his eternal love, and to enjoy it in face-to-face communion;this is heaven. It is said by a quaint old writer that, if men go to Ethiopia, they may not become Ethiopians, but by the scorching of the sun they will grow blacker than they were before. We cannot see him, brethren, with these eyes of ours; but by faith we can behold him, so we may have gladness even as the disciples had. Peter seeing him saith to Jesus, lord, and what shall this man do? Therefore they could not believe, because that Esaias said again, He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them. I am the vine, ye are the branches: he that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. Jesus answered him, Sayest thou this thing of thyself, or did others tell it thee of me? John 12:23. Let them enjoy it if they can; but as for us, we prefer something which permits us to come very near to our Lord. John 12:25-26. Thomas spoke just now like a babe in grace, now here is Philip talking like another baby; yet how bold his speech is! 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