The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1891-11-13
THE PRAYER OF CHRIST.
LESSON VII, FOURTH QUARTER, in
TERNATIoNAL SERIES, NOV. IS.
Text Of the Lesson, John xvii, 1-1o-Cou-
init Verses, 17-le-Csolden Text. Heb.
vii, e5-Commentary by the Rev. d. M.
/ gxearus.

stearns.
permission of II. 8. Hoffman, publisher, Phil
adelphia1
l. "These words spake Jesus, and lifted
mp His eyes to Heaven and said, Father,
the hour Is come; glorify Thy Son. that
Thy Son also may glQrify Thee
q. "As Thou hast given them power over
all flesh that He should give eternal lie to
ss many as Thou hast given Him.
In this verse and in verses 6, ., II, IL, ~
He speaks seven different times of believ-
ers as given to Him by the Father" We
are reminded of chapters vi, 81; K, 90 and of
the chosen ones of this dispensation, in
training for service In the kingdom, when
through the elect church and elect Israel
He will bless tie whole world.
8. And this is Life Eternal, that they
might know Thee, the only true God. and
Jesus Christ. whom Thou hast sent"
To know God is better than wisdom, or
might, or riches, and is the only thing
worth glorying In, Jer. TX, %, a. He that
Rlorieth, let him glory in the Lord"
T. II have gloriied Thee on the earth; l
have finished the work which Thou gavest
Me to do"
One Of His last words on the cross was,
"It is finished" xix, 30). He here seems to
anticipate that which would there be fully
accomplished
5. And now, o Father, glorify Thou Me
with Thine own Self, with the glory which
had with Thee before the world was."
This is to me one of the simplest and
strongest proofs of the divinity of Christ.
He here says that He has with the Father
before the world was and shared his glory
Put with this John i, 1-3, Col. i, 16 II, Heb
i,2 s, and | fail to see how any one can
doubt that Christ was God without most
fearful perversion of the words of Scrip
ture. Jer. g. IS,
6. II have manifested Thy name unto
the men which Thou gavest Me out of the
world. Thine they were and Thou gavest
them Me, and they have kept Thy word"
Jesus did not manifest Himself but the
Father. He sought not His own glory, but
the glory of the Father Chapter viii, 20, SOY.
He revealed the Father to those whom the
Father had given unto Him Chapter i. 49,.
Z. ''Now they have known that all things
whatsoever Thou hast given Me are of
Thee
He had made it so plain to His disciples,
both by words and deeds, that He only
said what the Father told Him to say, and
budb all Ills WOTkS were SIMPLY GHo L dtEeT
working through Him Chapters xii, 40; xiv,
10), that they could not but believe that He
was sent of God, and that the invisible
God, whom no man hath seen, nor can see,
was manifest in Him q Tim. vi, 16; iii, 49,
John xiv, 81 How we should take to heart
the question "What hast thou that thou
didst not receiver" Il Cor. iv, y and never
boast as if we had anything or did any
thing as of ourselves.
8. For / have given unto them the
words which Thou gavest Me; and they
have received them, and have known sure
ly that came out from Thee, and they
have believed that Thou didst send Me-"
How kindly il this prayer the Saviour
passes by the unbelief of His disciples,
making mention only of their faith So
in the letters to the churches in Rev. ii,
ill., He first approves and commends all
that He possibly can in each.
9. II pray for them. | pray not for the
world, but for them which Thou hast given
Me; for they are Thine"
10. "And all Mine are Thine and Thine
are Mine; and / am glorifed in them"
He delights to reassure us that we who
believe in Him are not only His but the
Fathers, not only the Fathers gift to Him
but His and the Fathers together Chapter
K, 29). A purchased people to show forth
His praises and to glorify God Il Pet. ii. 8,
margin; Cor vi, 10, 20). Paul could tes-
tify 'They glorified God in me- (Gal. i, "a.
and By the same power it should be true
OF us.
II. "And now am no more in the world,
but these are in the world, and come to
Thee"
"Holy Father, keep through Thine own
name those whom Thou hast given Me,
that they may be one as we are"
We are committed to Him who is able to
keep us from falling Jude "a, or as in the
R. ", Guard US from stumbling" We
are kept by the power of God, who is able
to make us stand II Pet. 1-5; Rom. xiv, A..
And we are so to abide in Him that it may
be manifest that we are one with Him.
10. while was with them in the world
/ kept them in Thy name"
'Those that Thou gavest Me have kept,
and none of them is lost but the son of per-
dition; that the Scripture might be full
filed"
BY comparing Ps. elk, s, and Acts i, 20
we see the Scripture, CIR one statement OF
Scripture, which was fulfilled in Judas,
concerning whom Jesus said, "Have not
chosen you twelve, and one Of you is a
devilY' John vi, 20, ny, from which we
luIer that ne was uOU given Oh OOu, Dut
chosen for purpose
13 "And now come to Thee; and these
things l speak in the world, that they
might have Ny Joy fulfilled in them
selves"
In chapter XIV, II, He desired them to be
fnll of joy; also in xvi. "a; yet in xvi, SO,
le assures them of tribulation, but ex-
horts them to be of good cheer. Paul
learned to glory in tribulation and infirm-
tiles (Rom. v, 3; II Cor. xii, 8, 1O), but lis
arm was to show forth the power OF
Christ, and his comfort was the glory to
be revealed (Rom. viii, 1S). The Saviour's
joy was also that which He saw before
Him (Heb. XII, q aud which sustained
Him in His sufferings.
IA. II have given them Thy word; and
the world hath hated them, because they
are not of the world, even as l am not OF
the world"
TX sT prav NOT that Tho,1 shorlds "a X 9