Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-08-07
CHRISTS AUTHORITY.
LESSON VI, THIRD QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, AUG. 9.


xviii, 1s-Commentary by the Rev. ID.
NJ. Stearns.
Compiled from Lesson Helper Quarterly by
permission of II. S. Hoffman, publisher, Phil
adelphia
After the last lesson we see Jesus at
Cana again, whence He healed the noble
mans son at Capernaum. In the reg
ular narrative of His life there would
then come in, probably, the call of the
four as they were engaged at their work
by the sea OF Galilee, the Sermon on the
Mount, number of miracles at Caper-
naum, and the call of Matthew. We now
find Him again at Jerusalem, at one of the
feasts of the jews and He heals a helpless
man, who had been q sufferer for thirty
eight years, on the Sabbath day, com
handing him to take up his bed and walk.
Therefore did the Jews prosecute Jesus,
and sought to STAY Him, because He had
done these things on the Sabbath day.
II. But Jesus answered them, My Fa-
ther worketh hitherto and | work"
The oneness of the Father and the Son is
truth much dwelt upon in this gospel,
and constantly emphasized, and that all
the words and works of Jesus were not
His but the Fathers.
Is. Therefore the Jews sought the more
to kill Him. because He not only had
broken the Sabbath, but said also that
! God was His father, making Himself equal
with God"
Observe the significance of the relation
ship of Son and Father as here brought
QUIT is not inferiority, nor descent by
generation, but equality, oneness of char
acter.
10. "The Son can do nothing of Himself,
but what seeth He the Father do; for what
things soever He doeth, these also doeth
the Son likewise"
Thus replied Jesus, prefixing His double
verify, or Amen, Amen. reminding us of
Isa. Ky, 1G Or. ", margin). Seeing Jesus,
they saw God the Father; hearing Him,
they heard the Father; in all His works
they saw the Fathers works Chapter /, Is;
xiv, 8, 1O). What field for meditation is
here for us, and what great reason for the
deepest humiliation on the part of every
believer
20. "For the Father loveth the Son. and
sheweth Him all things that Himself doeth;
and He will shew Him greater works than
these, that we may marvel"
As to the Fathers love to the Son, CON
slider these wondrous words in reference to
us who believes LAS the Father hath loved
Himself loveth you"
n. For as the Father raiscth up the
dead, and quickeneth them even so the
Son Quickeneth whom He will"
The word "quicken' is sometimes used
in reference to bringing life to n soul dead
in sin, as in Eph. ii, 81 Col. ii, 49,; and
sometimes in reference to bringing to life
"A dead body.
% For the Father judgeth no man,
but hath committed all judgment unto the
Son."
Here is the great fact that all judgment
hath been committed unto the Son.
%. THAT all men should honor the Son,
even as they honor the Father. He that
honoreth not the Son honoreth not the
Father which hath sent Him."
And yet there are many who say they be
lieve in God, and trust in Him and worship
Him, who will not ack nowledgc the Dvin
ity of the Son, or, in other words. His
equality with the Father but all the while
they insist that they are true worshipers OF
the true God. With this verse before US
what conclusion can we come to but that
all such are fearfully deceived.
"a. Verify, verify | say unto you, He
that heareth My word, and believeth or
Him that sent me, hath everlasting life"
So also in chapters iii, l6, sc; vi, AZ. No,
will have when we die, nor will have if We
are faithful, nor will have if we add SC
many good works, but simply and emphati
cally, "He that heareth and believetl
HATH" This is the record that Goo
hath given to us eternal life, and this life
is in His Son. He that hath the Son hatf
life' Il John V, II, l2).
"And shall not come into condemnation
but is passed from death into life"
To the believer there is no future judg
ment for sins, for all were laid on Jesus
and we have the assurance of Him VIII,
cannot lie that they shall be rememberet
no more Qsa. lii s. 6; xiii, 25). But Their
shall be a judgment for service for all be
levers.
p. Verify, verify, say unto you, Tn
hour is coming and now is, when the dea,
shall hear the voice of the Son of God an,
they that hear shall live"
As in chapter iv, 2l-23, so here and il
verse IS our Lord Uses the word hour il
reference to an indefinite period of time
The hour of this verse still continues, an
will till the hour of verse %, and probabl
till the end of that hour, when the judg
ment of the great white throne shall b
set. To prove that all who have not We
received Jesus are dead read John V, /.
Eph ii, 4, 81 Tim, " G; Rev iii, l.
26. For as the Father hath life in Hin
self, so hath He given to the Son to hav
life in Himself"
Even science has proved that there ca
be no life apart from pre-existent life.
this is trle of natural life, can we for
moment question the fact that there cal
be no spiritual life apart from God.
81. "And hath given Him authority t
execute Judgment also, because He is tn
Son of Man"
This emphasizes verse %, but brings GU
a new thought, because He is the son d
man"
2S. Marvel not at this, for the hour
coming, in the which all that are in tn
graves shall hear His voice."
If the hour of verse %, which now is, an
still continues, has already lasted over l sc
years, it will not be strange if the comm
hour shall last at least 1000 years. The
shall His voice reach even the bodies q
those whose spirits have been called fror
earth.
20. "And shall come forth; they this
have done good unto the resurrection {