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predetermine or fore.ordain, to appoint or
ordain before hand by an Interchangeable
purpose. This our Lord did before He
suffered on the Cross,-see the prayer in Is
verse: GAS Thou hast sent me into the
world even so have | also sent them
into the world" See also John 1916:
"Ye have not chosen me, but | have
word ordain means foreordain with St.
Paul because He wrote after the death
of the testator. To be conformed to the
image of His son-conform to make like in
external appearances. God made man in
Bis own image, but in the fall He lost the
image of God and the knowledge of God, so
Christ came to restore man and to bring
Him back to God. See verse 3 "And this is
life eternal that they might know Thee the
only true God and Jesus Christ whom Thou
hast sent" Thus we see religion is an ed
ucation. That He might be the first born
among many brethren. The word brethren
ought to set for ever at rest, the Doctrine
as taught by the Calvin School-that is if |
understand the tenets or doctrines, election
| and reprobation. God never designed any
| man should be lost, but as l said God made
man in His own image, but by transgres
sion lost the image and knowledge Of God.
God in His determinate council and fore.
knowledge decreed that the seed of the
woman should bruise the serpents head.
See our Lords prayer verse 3: GAS Thou
hast given Him power over all flesh that
He should give eternal life to as many as
| Thou hast given Him." Thus we see our
Lord does not claim any but His twelve
disciples and lie says in His prayer in the
| 10 verse, "and none Of them is lost, but the
son of perdtion; that the scripture
might be fulfilled" See John 1918: I" He
that eateth bread with me has lifted up
his heel against me-" Thus the seed of
the serpent has bruised his heel. See
Gen. 3-l5. Showing that our Lord in this
scripture alluded to Himself-the seed of
the woman.
Now to the text. The first born among
many brethren. AS have already stated
our Lord came first as a prophet. See
Deut. 18-1S: 81 will raise them up a
prophet from among their brethren like
unto Thee, and will put my words into His
mouth and He shall speak unto them all
that | shall command Him" See S verse
OF our Lords prayer: &" have given unto
them the words which Thou givest me" T."
Now | suppose there is not one of my
readers but will say the person spoken OF
in the Is verse of Deut. is Christ, and lie
that made the prayer in the Sth verse is
Christ If so then is not the prayer full
filled? See 81 will raise them up prophet
among their brethren like unto Thee, and
will put my words into His mouth" Mark
the prayer, 81 have given unto them the
words which Thou gavest me-" This is
plain scripture fulfilled. If this is admitted
then the text must be admitted also. That
lie might be the first born among many
, brethren; is it not evident that Christ was
the first born from the dead. See Matt
%, 6-l0: He is not here for II e is risen.'
"Come, see the place where the Lord lay
) Then said Jesus unto them, Be not afraid
60 tell my brethren that they 60 into Cali
lee, and there shall they see me-" Also
see John COLT: "Jesus saith unto her
touch me not for am not yet assembled to
, my father, but go to my brethren and say
unto them, ascend to my Father and your
Father, and to my God and your God. y
Thus we see that Christ was the first born
among many brethren. Verse 30-More
over whom He did predestinate that is the
twelve see the prayer, 81 have manifes
ted Thy name unto the men which thou
, gavest me out of the world" Then He
also called the twelve-see Matt. 10-l
, "And when he had called unto Him His
+: twelve disciples" &c. And whom He cal
J.. led He also justified. See Mark 70: "AnC
g when they saw some of His disciples will
y defiled, that is to say unwashed hands, they
, found fault" See verse 6: "He answered
{. and said unto them," &c. Thus He JUST
Z titled them. See also Luke 6-1, 9, 8,
d "And Jesus answering them," &c. An
o whom He justified them He also glorifed-
a that is he glorifed them by giving then
4 power. See Matt. 10-1: "He gave then
/. power against unclean spirits to cast ther
" out, and to heal all manner OF sickness
II and all manner of disease,-thus He glor
I. fled them. Glorify means honored hero =
k see Matt. 28-l8, l9, 20.
s. The construction that DIR. Clark puts o
y the word glorified is this. He has honore
d and dignifed the Gentiles, therefore l cal
1T not agree with Him because it takes th
n. superlative power out of the word then
'e Whom He justified, them He also gloritieC
d See the VS.. pray for them, pray nC
Ie for the world )" showing that our Lord
vs. praying for His disciples. Just the sam
M that Paul alludes to when lie says, FC
m whom He did foreknow, He did also pr
fe OBSTINATE; meaning the twelve disciples, ft
ID it is evident that predestination mear
r. nothing more than the gospel dispensatiol
as And in the 10 VS.. our Lord says I" And
RS am gloriied in them;" thus showing thi
is His disciples is the embodyment Of th
xt Church, He being the head. Verse Il
We "And now am no more in the word
he This is to be understood spiritually. o.
ne Lord is here acting the part of the Gre
le, High Priest. See Heb. 7-27: "Who needet
l." not daily as those high priest to offer I
ri. sacrifice first for His own sins, and the
lis for the people: for this He did once wht
I'M He offered up Himself" But these are