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Christ Comforting His Disciples.

tute0, as OF water, uSeO OF CnrlSb AZ Jouu
~; "a and 10: 81. believe In God. Greek,
into God. implying deliberate allegiance
Believer, also. The Bible Union version
seems nearer the Greek: And believe. See
Variations.
Fathers house or household. as of a
large estate or establishments CT IA house
divided against itself" Matt ~: 25.-
Mansions From the verb TO remain (meuo)
hence "a dwelling place, a home. IL
were not So Greek, IL mott go. Bet
ter, For l go. 10th. TO prepare The
word for putting In readiness with special
pains. or az have prepared my dinner"
Matt. %: L.
l will come. Better, as In Revision,
come again, or, better still, am coming
again. Present tense.---To myself The
proposition of nearness, pros There We
may be also. The Greek is terse and force
full: That where am also ye may be.
Keep. Rather, Ye will keep. See Vari-
atoms
"Pray.n Greek, to make inquiry. Same
word used at John IL: 81 ("desired him,")
1. e. asked. See Variations. ---Comforter
Greek, Paraclete. one called to the as
sistance of another
Even the spirit of truth. Omit the word
even, SO connecting It. as in the Greek.
moreclosely with what pr ecedes. Receive.
In the sense of cordial reception. AS where
at John o: 81, "They willingly received
him into the ship. n--Knoweth him; 1. Q.
recognize.
Spoken, or talked, of familiar converse.
With you. The proposition, para, by
the side of.
Leave you. A strong word in itself, aban-
don you (aphiami). --Comfortless. Better.
desolate or oereaved. See Variations.
From the Greek here comes, directly, our
word orphans. The word translated father
less at JAS 1: 27.--Will come. Literally,
am coming. Present tense-To you;
again the proposition for nearness. pros.
Ye see me or ordinary eyesight or
sensible perception.-Ye shall live also.
The literal Greek of Tischendorf Is as fol-
lows: Because live and ye shall live.
See margin.
That day. After his departure. Shall
know. The same word as know in v. IL.
Here IL means to be conscious or aware.
Keepeth. First meaning, to keep watch
upon, to guard.-Manifest To make
clear or visible to the senses
How Is 1t? or how does it come about?
See Revision, natural query.
Our abode. Same word as In v. 2; trans
lated there mansions, 1. e., abiding place
from memo; TO remainl.
My sayings. Better words. Same as in
v. 22.-But the Fathers The Greek or
der is more expressive: But his that sent
me-the Fathers
Name. The idea OF favor. credit, char
acter.-Teach. The word applied to
instructors in the schools --Whatsoever
have said, or what l said, excluding,
doubtless, the things intimated or pre-
dicted.
L leave. Same word as In v. IS. In the
sense of dismissal He passed IL over to
session. This. indeed Is not the world s
giving. Afraid. Same word translated
fearful at Matt. s; 20. ("Why are we fear
ful?n)
What THE LESSON TEACHES
Believe in God, believe also in me. Take
off " Va
In God, We believe also I'm me. Or impera-
lively: Believe in God, believe also In me.
The major implication is ths same. God
faith is Christ-faith. To know God is also
TO know Christ. Indeed without the latter
we have not the former. mo man cometh
unto the Father but by me. ~ 1t is interest
ing to note in this connection how glibly
statements are made TO the contrary By So
called free thinkers, the Central Music hall
pulpit not long since declaring that without
doubt men found their way to God unled OF
Christ. They find their way somewhere, but
not to God He who finds God comes con-
sciously or unconsciously by way OF Christ.
He is that Light (which lighteth every
man. "-every man that seeks after God.
Many mansions. home with many
rooms. There are apartments for all,
adapted and prepared In loving kindness,
for every one. There is children's room
there, we fancy, kand mothers room. In
oSes oass Zone besore sA n yet tas
Christ And the babes that slipped away
from reluctant arms here shall be found
again there kept under better than a moth
er's care. Mansions of light they are with
windows that look all ways We have just
been putting away from earth's pain an
aged servant of the cross. How often he
used to ask us OF things we could not tell
him. But now he knows better than we
can know. And up there we shall know
and know as we are known.
He dwelleth with you and shall be in you
1t Is from grace to grace; with you is good !;
In you is better. With us Is companion
ship; in us is glory. Someone was asking
the other day, @Shall we pray to the Holy
Spirit?n Pray TO the Lord Jesus. Or pray
TO the Father In the name Of the Son. He
who honors the Son honors the Spirit The
gracious Holy Spirit speaks not of himself
but he takes OF the things of Christ and re-
veals them unto us When we exalt Christ
we are obeying the wooings of the Spirit,
and this is the Spirits highest glory.
Wherever Christ is. just there Is the Spirit.
and the Spirits manifestation is Christ in
us. 1t was In the very next breath after
the promise of the Spirit that Jesus said.
III will come 20 YOU"
Because live We shall live also. Let us
read IL as in the Tischendorf text, Because
1 live and ye shall live. This is the reason
why we shall see him. because we live
both he and we and he I'm us. 1t Is also the
does not lie i'm him. There is no union OF
thought and purpose. And so, after all,
the sentiment is the same by either read
! ing: Christ is our life. Only let us not
miss the strong accent OF the passage, we
live! An essential part of the work OF
grace Is IL that n new life is NANTES ed In
Us. Christs peace Is left now for US TO ox-
ercise. We have grown careless about It,
We have thought some magical life were
being lived somewhere for us. II there is
any eternal life that is ours, 1t Is not away
OFF somewhere In the heavens. but IL Is
here and now In us. Christ In us the hope
of glory.
He will keep my words. his the secret
OF IL all. ale said he would,n spoke the
child, sand that is enough Yea. verify,
IL the word be kept we take these precepts
and promises of Christ aud hide them in
our hearts just as the soul is taken bare and
plain I'm the depths of the soil AS we take
them, guard them, keep them, presently
they shape themselves into bread and
blessing, and God and Christ are revealed
TO us In the kept word The way is clear; II
is open TO every one. Here is Christ's
promise In HIS book: "That ye might have
life.n III viii give you rest" sThat my Joy
might remain I'm your amy peace i give.r
Now let faith lay hold of this simple word.
Take IL and keep IL believingly and Ef
Christ Is with us, and with the Father he
has come I'm 70 make his abode with Us.