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CHRISTS AUTHORITY.
lEsSoN VI, THlRD QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, AUG. 9.

permission of H. s. Hoffman, publisher, Phil
adelphIa.1
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
ind Him again ut Jerusalem, at one of the
feasts Of the Jews, and He heals q helpless
man, who had been 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.
IL. But Jesus answered them, My Fa-
Their 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 ali
the words and works of Jesus were not
His but the Fathers.
10. Therefore the Jews sought the more
to Kill Him, because He not only had
broken the Sabbath, but said also that
OSA was iliS ltJiiCIJ IiIihlllB IllIlSGII equal
with God"
Observe the significance of the relation
ship of Son and Father as here brought
Quit Is not inferorty, 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, prefxing His double
verify, or Amen, Amen, reminding us of
Isa Ky, 10 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 j, Is:
xiv, 8, 10). What field for meditation is
here for us, and what great reason for the
deepest humiliation on the part of every
believeri
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 believe: "As the Father hath loved
me, so have loved YOU" "The Father
Himself lovcth you"
81 For MS the Father raiseth 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 IL soul dead
in sin, as in Eph ii, 5; Col ii, 10; and
sometimes in reference to bringing to life
a dead body.
% For the Father iudgeth no man,
but hath committed all Judgment unto the
Son."
Here is the great fact that all Judgment
hath been committed unto the Son
23. "That oil men should honor the Sou
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 acknowledge the Dvin.
fly 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 on
Him that sent me, hath everlasting life"
So also in chapters iii, 1G, 36; vi, II. Not
will have when we die, nor will have if we
are faithful, nor will have if we add so
many good works, but simply and emphati-
cally, "IIe that heareth and beleveth
HATH" "This is the record that God
hath given to us eternal life, and this life
is in His Son. lie that hath the Son hath
life' Il John V, II, 12).
And shall not come into condemnation, |
but is passed from death into life"
To the believer there is no future iudg- |
at., 81 I,.tl
and we have the assurance of Him who
Cannot lie that they shall be remembered |
no more lisa. lii, 5, &; xiii, 25). But there
shall be n judgment for service for all he
aievers
25 verify, verify, say unto you, The
hour is coming and now is, when the dead |
shall hear the voice of the Son of God; and |
they that hear shall live"
AS in chapter iv, 2l-23, so here aud IN
verse % our Lord uses the word "hour" in
reference to an indefinite period of time |
The hour of this verse still continues, and
will till the hour of verse %, and probably |
till the end of that hour, when the judg- |
ment of the great white throne shall be |
set 10 prove that all who have not yet
received Jesus are dead read | John V, II; |
Eph ii, 4, 3; | Tim, V, q; Rev. iii, l.
20. For as the Father hath life in Him |
self, so hath He given to the Son to have |
life in Himself"
Even science has proved that there can
be no life apart from pre-eNistent life. If
this is true of natural life, can we for a |
moment question the fact that there can |
be no spiritual life apart from God.
"a. "And hath given Him authority to
execute Judgment also, because lie is the !
Son of Man"
This emphasizes verse 20, but brings out
n new thought, because He is the son of !
man"
%. Marvel not Mt this, for the hour is
coming in the which all that are in the
graves shall hear His voice.
II the hour of verse %, which now is, and |
still continues, has already lasted over 500 !
years, It will not be strange if the coming |
hour shall last at least 1000 years, Then |
shall His voice reach even the bodies of |
those whose spirits have been called from |
earth.
90. "And shall come FORTH they that |
have done good unto the resurrection of |
life, and they that have done evil unto the |
resurrection of damnation,
Here are two resurrections, one TO life |
and one to loss eternal.
80. 81 cnn of mine own self do nothing |
= Let us therefore abide in Him, that we |
speak His words and do His works by His |
spirit dwelling in us,
"As hear judge, and My Judgment is |
insfS because seek not Mine own will, |
but thewill Of the Father which hath sent |
Me"
His Judgment is just or right eous be |
cause He judges not according to the ap- |
nearanoe, wnich also he exhorts us not To |