Smyrna times., 1880-09-29
For the Smyrna Times.
Predestination in the Gospel.
JOHN XVII, FIFTH VERSE.

And now, o Father, glorify though me
with thine own self with the glory which
had with thee before the world was"
When | read this verse and remember that
great and good man, DR., Clark, and see
that he has past over the first part of this
verse l marvel. He has commented on the
word l and has said nothing about the word
me.
The first petition is =" now, O
Father, gloriiy thou me with thine own
self" which meant HIS humanity. Ac.
cording to the first verse" Father the
hour has come: glorify thy son that thy
son may also glorify thee" Thus it is un-
derstood by all bible readers who have been
born of the spirit, that Christ is here acting
the part of the great high priest who on
the day Of expiation prayed first for him
self and then for the people; just as Christ
has done here, first for himself then for His
disciples. See ninth verse: second peti.
ton, with the glory which had with thee
before the world was" 1t is evident that
Christ came first as prophet-see Deut.
ISIS: 81 will raise them up a prophet
from among their brethren like unto thee" "
Now He has done his work as a prophet
see verse 4th, and now He is acting the
part of the great high priest as above
stated. "With the glory which had, p
that is the word-see John IL: "In the
beginning was the word, and the word was
with God, and the word was God ;"-see IA
verse, "And the word was made flesh, &c"
with thee before the world was Thus the
means spirit, for God is a spirit, and our
Lord says 20 Father, glorify thou me with
thine own SELF" tho me meaning the flesh,
His body he was about to offer up for the
sins of the whole world. Sixth verse, 81
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 first have
manifested thy name that is the true God
In former ages God was only known
through types and fgures-see Heb. 1923
Thy name-see John 4-24: "God is a spirit
and they that worship Him must worship
Him in spirit and in truth 3 ;econd "UntC
the men which thou gavest me, that is th'
II disciples-see IL verse, Out of the worlC
that is out of the Jewish nation; third
"Thine they were-that is under the Law
the old dispensation. The law was ou
school master to bring US unto Christ
Fourth-and thou gavest them me. Mari
the word them meaning his twelve dis
ciples. Fifth and they have kept tn
word that is they have left all and followet
me-see 16-30. Now for the proof see 1G
John. That which was from the begin
ming which we have heard, which we hav
seen with our eyes, which we have elooke
upon and our hands have handled of tn
word of life. Thus this first verse show
that Christ's disciples were with Him fror
the beginning of the gospel; and job
goes on in the second verse, For the lif
was manifested and we have seen it an
bear witness and show unto you that etc
nal life, which was with the father and wa
l unLO AL Vi Eeduel
understand what is meant by manifested
to appear to make plain. See the te1
D says, Z" For the life was manifested and "
have seen it. Thus manifest to sight th
God appeared-see John 14-l1: Believe n
that am in the father and the father in m
or else believe me for the very works sake
That which may be known of God is mar
fest in them. Thus Christ prays for II
disciples. In verse II: "Sanctify the
through Thy truth, Thy word is truth
that is the gospel. Thus have shown he
true this epistle agrees with the praye
See Rom. 8-29: "For whom He did for
10 know" Now in order to understand th
" scripture we must understand words. II
word He for whom He did foreknow, that
who Christ did foreknow. What is mea
here is evidently His twelve disciples,-s
the prayer: al have manifested thy nan
unto the men which Thou gavest me out
q. the world"--foreknow, that is whom
I" knew before His death and passion VIII
He sojourned here among men in his M
istry. He also did predestinate, that is