The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1891-11-07
TIE HOLY SPIRITS WORK
LsssoNu, FOURTH QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL sERiEs. nov. g.

wi. s--commsntaryb By the REV. ID. N.
stsarns-
Compiled from Lesson Helper Quarterly bv
permission Of n 8. Hoffman. publisher, Phil
adelphia-l
L These things have spoken unto you.
that ye should not Be offended
Instead Of be offended" the revised
version says be made to stumble" It il
written In Ps. cxix. lbs, Great peace have
they which love the law, and nothing shall
offend them" Or. a. In the margin, They
shall have no stumbling block
They shall put you out Of the synA-
gogues. Yea, the time cometh, that who
soevsr killeth you wiz think that be doeth
God service"
The man who was born blind had a.
ready been cast out for His sake (chapter
X, 80, and that Wa but 1 sample 81
what should happen TO them. How any
one could think that he Va serving God
~ putting fellow creature 10 death il
the name 81 religion II explained ~ the
confession Of Paul In Acts xxyi. 0-ii. and
In Acts xiii. 1. he says he dld IL Win 4
good conscience bofore God. IN his epistle
to the Romans and to the Philippians be
confesses that 1t was. however, through In
norance Of God and His righteousness, and
In the pride of his own self rirhteousness
(Rom- <, 3; Phil. Ill, g. o.
And these things will they do unto
you, because they have not known the
Father nor Me-
| 4 But these things have told you, that
when the time shall come ye may remem-
Der that told you OF them.n
In His great love He forewarns them.
that they may not be surprised nor dis
mayed when the events come to pass. So
the Word OF God tells us Of the events Of
the last days, that as they come we may
remember how all was foretold and not
be discouraged by otherwise perplexing
| events Instead Of looking for the CONVEX
sion Of the world, those who believe God
look for perilous times, form of Goodness
without power. lovers of pleasure, scoffers
at His coming QI Tim. iii, Is; II Pet
| iii, 3, A.
And these things said not unto you at
the beginning, because was with you.
5 but now / go My way to Him that
sent Me; and none of you asketh Me,
| Whittier goest Thou"
One of the uppermost facts in the mind
of Christ was that the Father sent Him,
for in this Gospel alone He makes mention
Of it more than thirty times That He
came from God and was going back to God
| (chapter xiii, 81 was to Him an ever present
reality. So real was the unseen to Him
| that He seems surprised that they do not
ask Him about it. If a very rich friend
should visit us in a humble home, and tell
us much of the grand estate where he lived,
and to which he had given us d cordial in
yitation to come and make it our home, he
would think 1t strange IL we had nothing
to say about the joys he set before us.
g. But because have said these things
unto you. sorrow hath filled your heart
7. Nevertheless tell you the truth: it
is expedient for you that 60 away"
This should have satisfied and quieted
them. Their response should have been.
ut Is the Lord, let Him do what seemeth
Him good;' or, "Just and true are Thy
ways" Il Sam. Ill, IS, Hos. xiv, o; Rev.
XIV, 81
For II 60 not away the comforter will
not come unto you; but If depart will
| send Him unto you"
8. "And when He is come, He will re-
prove (or convict) the world OF sin. and Of
righteousness, and OF Judgment
It is wrong to speak Of the Spirit as an
influence, a thing, it; the Spirit is person.
Observe the pronoun He" in these chap
UoE1 Appllcu 10 bne 6plElb Dec III ACGS v, .,
I, His oneness with God.
O. "Of sin, because they believe not on
Me-"
This is tho sin Of all sins. "He that be-
heveth not Is condemned already, because
he hath not believed in the name Of the
only begotten Son Of Gods John Ill, 49,.
10 "Of righteousness, because go u the
Father and ye see Me no more"
Tho v,,aoa~nna 49, Qv,luik 4. vs,,,<,P hok .
righteous God has hiven Christ q seat at
His right hand. His own people, Israel,
condemned Him to death, but God raised
Him up and gave Him glory, and said unto
Him, ''Sit Thou at Ny right hand till l
make Thy foes Thy footstool' q Pet. |, FL;
Acts II, 81, 49,.
H. "Of Judgment, because the prince Of
this world Is judged"
In chapter XII, 81. He said, Nov Is the
Judgment Of this world; now shall the
prince Of this world be cast out" Seme-
times this work Of the Spirit Il spoken Of
as IL verse read Judgment to come" but
that expression Is found in Acts xiv, IS;
this refers to the Judgment Of him who has
the power Of death on Calvary.
-. II have yet many things to say unto
| you, but ye cannot bear them now"
So slow were they to understand that
He said to Philip, Have / been 50 long
time with you and yet hast thou not
known Mef" xiv. 81. Reminding us also
OF Pauls words concerning Melchisedec,
"Of whom we have many things to say,
and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull
of hearing {Heb. v, ~.
l3 "How BE- it when He, the Spirit Of
Truth, is come. he will guide You into all
| truth
This seems to give the light upon their
| inability Of which He spoke In the previous
verse. What a glorious word this is for
all who have received the Spirit. We have
His book and we have Himself. and we
have this promise Of Him who gave us
both the book and the author that HeCwill
cause us to know the truth There Is
therefore no need for any one TO remain in
darkness concerning anything that Is re-
vealed.
"For He shall not speak Of Himself. but
whatsoever He shall hear that shall He
speak, and He will show you things to
come"
The Spirit will not speak about Himself,
nor will he speak from Himself; He testi-
fes OF Christ and speaks only what the
Father tells Him How both Jesus and
rrIorffv Ia Father