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Christ ForstsIllng HI. Death.

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Christ ForeteiIing His Death.
The lesson for Sunday, Oct. IL, may be
found In John ~; 20-36.
INTRODUCTORY.
Christ Is here represented as the life OF
the world. But he Is only light to those
who will walk by HIS precepts The dark
ness Is ever imminent: Alas. that any
should think to DO children of light and
yet walk In darkness. Spurgeon tells OF q
beggar who asked aid from a certain min
lister Of England, bolstering up his claim
| by the remark. 9Why, sir, when you first
came here i cared for neither God nor tho
| devil; but now / love them both!n Has
that man any relatives among the amia-
BILE. easy going religionists of this side the
water?
WHAT THE LESSON SAYS.
Certain Greeks. Hellenic Jews. Greeks
who kept the Jewish faith.-Them that
came up Or. as In Bible Union, who came
up. Preventative use of the present par
ticiple The word is that from which
comes our analysis wrongly printed anal
ysis In the notes of two weeks since)
Desired him. Rather. asked. or inquired
of him. 1t Is this word that Is translated
pray ut John s.: i6, where a closer rem
dering would possibly go far toward OBJ
az do not Say S that he shall pray for them
We would see. Literally. We wish to
see
Andrew and Philip tell Jesus. The
translation of DR.. Conant bible Union) Is
here, as usual, more exact. See Variations.
The literal Greek is quite graphic, @Comes
Philip and tells Andrew; cometh Andrew
and Philip and they tell Jesus.n
The hour is come. Or, has come; l. e..
the hour of his clear declaration on CAL
vary and in Josephs garden.
The word originally signifies to manifest 1.
e., in a glorious fashion.
Corn of wheat Or, grain of corn, or
kernel OF grain. general word for
cereals. Fall into the ground and die
Greek: falling into the ground, die. The
last word is the all-important one -
Abideth alone. Literally, remains single,
one; l. g.. 1t stays just as 1t is.
Shall lose. Better, loseth. Present tense;
general statement.-Hateth The word
Is sometimes used in the New Testament In
its sharp, positive sense, q. g., @Me it
hateth." John z: 2. But ordinarily IL seems
TO be used In Its more negative Specification.
1 O., to love less than something else, to
slight or despise; Q. g., SEsau have
hated; 1. e.. as compared with Jacob OF
the stwo masters Matt 8; "a. GFather
and mothern Luke IA; 26.-Keep it.
The word for guard, garrison.
There shall also my servant be. Certain
ly, II he follow close. as just noted -
Serve. The two words serve and honor
stand next to each other In the Greek, as
emphasizing the comparison; service trans
formed to honor, the servant made king.
Troubled. Shaken and agitated under
the stress OF the burden. Same word used
of Christ at Lazarus tomb. John IL: 80. and
at the last supper, John 1921. Father save
me. To be rendered either with exclamation
point. as In the Bible Union version, or
question mark, as In Margin. See Variations.
Unto this hour. Greek into. A great
junction of events,
Father. glorify thy Son. Better IL placed
aln xxtfh he
answer to the question there asked. have
both glori6ed 1t. The Bible Union render
ing seems preferable: / both have glorifed
1t and will glorify 1t again. That is, God
having already manifested his great name
and purpose In the incarnation, he would
do so again In the crucihxion and resurrec-
tion.
The people. Multitude. crowd. And yet
how few believed The ineficacy of the
merely miraculous.--It Numbered. Or
has Numbered An angel spake to him.
For your sake" Creek: Because OF you
Same word (dia) as In the line before: Not
because OF me but because of you. The
whole manifestation was for man.
Judgment. The Greek word is crisis,
transferred bodily Into our own language.
CAST out Last word emphatic, with
out. The expulsive power of the cross.
Lifted up. One is tempted to follow up
the translation OF the Margin Out of the
earth. as IL referring to Christ's resurrec-
ton. A reference to the parallel passages
where this word occurs dispels, however,
any such thought, o. g.. @As Moses lifted up
the serpent John 3: 14). @When ye have
lifted up the Son of mann John 8: 2S).-
Draw all men. The attractive power OF the
cross This is the same word used of drag
ging or drawing the fishes at John 81: 6.
Signifying. The word means to give a
hint, sign. WHAT death. Or, manner
of death.-Should die. Literally, was
about to die
Have heard. Greek, heard. AS so rem
dered in the Bible Union, the retort is al,
the stronger-This Son of man. Con-
temptuous. The whole verse is a sneer.
With you, e., among you. Christ's
bodily presence; secondarily. his spiritual
influence. upon. Or, overcome,
the comprehended of John /; 5.
WHAT THE LESSON TEACHES
Sir, we would see Jesus. 1t is on the
worlds lips STILL though often unspoken.
Jesus they need-these brothers of ours in
the flesh. Jesus they wish to see. And it
Is possible for us to read the question in
their faces and In their vague, half-con-
scious endeavors. Is It not our duty and
privilege to interpret to them the signif-
canoe or their own restlessness? sFriend.
1t Is Jesus you wantn-ought we not oftener
to say? And yet we still leave them. as
did the disciples of old-prior to Pentecost
to come themselves asking. Perhaps we
are thinking that IL was ourselves that they
wished to see or hear No, Jesus is the
name their hearts whisper The world
needs Christ and nothing less.
The hour has come that the Son of man
should be glorined. Is this n response to
their inquiry? Yes, better answer. IL
they will receive It Alright, than they had
They asked to see the physi-
cal Christ, the Lord Jesus, in the flesh. He
here tells them OF a better vision, such a
vision, indeed, as can come to us all-that
OF the spiritual. or glorifed Jesus. Some
one has just been saying. @Why should we
be held accountable for our rejection of
the Christ? We have not the opportunity
TO behold him that the disciples of old had. "
And the answer to be spoken is that We
have not the same opportunity, but bet
Ter. We do not see him In the flesh. but I'm
ylorifed, he Is to-day to be apprehended as
He was not when the Greeks approached
Philip The Spirit Is here now to take of
the things of Christ and reveal them unto
Us.
Except a corn of wheat fall into the
ground and die IL abdeth alone. That Is
10 say, it stays just as IL Is; IL does not
change The trouble with a great many of
rs Is right here. We are willing to abide
alone, to stay as we are God wants us to
be something other and more. To become
that, the corn of wheat must fall into the
ground and die; there must be self giving,
This grain of corn looks
very hardy and strong, quite disposed. as
{ would seem, to abide alone, monos, just
Is IL is. But IL is infinitely better that it
perish to its present self and come up pres
sntly In multiplied strength and beauty.
For your sakes. Christ was always maxi
ng IL personal matter. Here are the two
orms of unfaith. Something had occurred,
strange and significant. ut has
There Is the school of ration
slists; a natural event merely. sAn angel
pake to him!n There Is the hushed voice
" superstition, and men are affrighted.
Not so said Jesus, sThis voice was for your
axes O. to note In all events, marvellous
" ordinary. the divine voice speaking TO