Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1891-11-11
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CENTRAL TRuru. -Jesus' PRAYER On esrts .
type OF the prayer lie Il ever making for us n
Heaven.
rnx. THURSDAY eveHins. vcry late. Arm
\. ppo Immediately following the last icssouI
ftAcE An upper room In Jerusalem
Hxtrs oven HARD PtAcna-i .rhe Acr,
70 Gomez" the hour Of crucinxiou the central
point Of His rcdccming work saciorify INV
SOM" manifest uis glory by making His snis-
sion success. by raising Him from tho deed
and placing Him NJ Thy right hand In Heaven
Thy Son Tiorify Thec;" the atonemep,
and redemption In Christ manifested (,od,.
love and wisdom. which arc Hts glory.
Etcrnai nfe;'' true spiritual life begun herr.
but which endurcs forever = This A. use
eternal that they might know Thee" by an.
pcrenec. by partaking OF Cots nature such
knowledge implies that they have eternal life
i . which had with Thec," (Scc John t.i.s,
Hen i;i,1D Thy names" the outward rep.
rcscntntion OF Gods nature and character 10
'Aii Mine are Thine:" God and Christ are ooe
IL That they may DO one:' not uniformity
but unity; not oneness OF organization. but of
ITO and love; the unity OF vine. with one life,
one root out many branches. tho unity of an
army. with many departments and regiments.
Christians have the same spiritual ife the
same leader. tho same law tho Same purpose
mutual love. II That tho Scripture mich,
be nlnlied:" Pa <i:o John 1919. lie did not
fall because 10 was in tho Scripture. hut
but when he fell IL was seen that he had vol.
UNFAIRLY fulfilled tho prediction. L. They Arc
| not OF the worid:" but arc under n different mas
| ter. living different life. Ia II pray not tina,
Inou shouiuest take Them out of tho world"
He would not have them with Him yet. nor
would He have them escape from the activc
tempting world; for-n) They were To DO Hls
| representatives. on earth; they werc TO be the
world's bible" CD They werc needed In the
sorla 10 do chrIsts wort TO carry on HIS
Kingdom 20 success (s) Thoy needed 20 ro.
main In the world for their own discipline ana
growth OF character. Keep them from the
evi;'' the evil II not chiefly sorrow nor re-
proaeh nor poverty nor misfortune nor perse-
| oution nor death but sin. and tho wrctchcd-
ness ~ causes To pervade all these things
LESSON COMMENT.
Next To the prayer of Solomon mt the
dedication of the temple, this Is the
longest prayer in the Bible. II brought
that tender interview In the upper
chamber 10 a close. After the Offering
OF the prayer. the Master went forth
with His disciples TO the Garden OF
Gethscmanc. This prayer (except
verses 20, ai) applies first TO the apostles.
and In secondary manner To- all be-
hevcrs- In this prayer there are three
petitions offered by Jcsux, which may
| "ta Saabh cI'tclui uttcOtlOu.
az Jesus prays that His disciple,
may be kept. Holy Father. Keep those
whom Thou hast given Me" (verse ii).
Jesus knew full well the dangers, temp
tations and prosecutions 10 which they
werc to be exposed. He lonred for
their spiritual safety, aud hence His
prayer for their continued preservation.
CD Jesus prays that they may bo
sanctificd. "Sanctify them through
Thy truth; Thy word is truth" Verse
| III. To sanctify means TO make holy.
The Master knew well that His apos-
ties were only fraii disciples as vet,
who needed much grace, I'm order 10 full
MI their duties as apostles. There was
still great deal OF carthliness about
them, as was made manifest that very
night In the Garden OF Gethsemane.
when they all forsools Him and fed.
(3) Jesus prays that they may bc uni
fed. That they may be one. as We
are" (vcrse III. There was danger that
when He left them they would split up
into antagonistic parties Remember
that that very evening at the table of
the Lords Supper they had shown n
spirit of emulation aud antaponism.
which He Himself had hardly been able
10 suppress Imagine, then, what they
would do, were tho same spirit 10 AMI
mate them after He had left them.
They would simply break In pieces, In
their vehement advocacy OF their indi-
viduai claims. In this way all the
work that Jesus carne down from
Heaven TO do, and for which lie gave
His life, would be frustrated. Now we
can see In a measure how wisely Jesus
prayed for His disciples, and how iu,-
portant for them and for the world II
was that they should be KEPr-sANcrI.
FrED-UsIFIED.
In verse 30, the prayer of the Master
broadens out and takes I'm all the world.
Neither pray for these alone. but for
them also which shall believe on Me
through their word" Among this num-
Der are we. Each believer In this day
believes because of the "tvord" or testi-
mony OF these apostles And 80 each
believer may be comforted by the fact
that even when on earth, Jesus PRAYED
/ for him.
| ~ We need 20 be kept. Many & per-
son starts well. and gives good promise
OF usefulness. yet this promise Is never
fulfilled. Not he that starts, but he
that cndures 70 the end, Is the one who
Is 90 be saved But II we put ourselves
In the hands OF Jesus, and rest there. He
will keep us SAFE for lie Is able 10 keep
that which we commit 10 His charge
against that day.
l2) We need 70 be sanctifed or made
holy. How much we all need this will
be apparent ns soon as we compare our.
selves with Gods law and His holy
standard Of living. Thou shalt love
thy neighRor az myself" says Christ.
Let anyone measure himself by this
standard. and he will not long boast OF
his excellence OF character.
(s) We need 20 be unified. The church
has been much hindered. and mu.,h
shame has been brought upon the cause
OF Christ by the discussions Of church
members. "A quarreling church.
what hideous sight, yet, alas, what
frequent sight a quarreling Sunday.
school quarreling ministers meet
ingi II ever there Is Joy In hell and sor.
row In Heaven, 10 must come from such
spectacle a. thia.-Tsev. A. r. schauf
Ger. ID. ID.
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