Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-11-12

Thoughts WORTHY ~ OMlAm 4aLMULtA0M-
Half an Hours study OF the Scriptures
Time Well spent
Christ's Prayer for His Disciples.
The lesson for Sunday. Nov. IS, may
DO found In John l7:l-la
INTRODUCTORY.
Christ is about to leave the world.
Behind him are disciples who have de-
pended upon him. VIII he leave them,
uncared for? Listen to this shepherd
prayer. itself crook to guide and rod
to defend. @Keep" Is its plea. and as
the Master kept his disciples-all who
were his-while here so shall his words
avail to keep now that he is absent from
the eye of sense. Only mind the way
"sanctify them through thy truth; thy
word is truth"
WHAT THE LESSON SAYS.
These words. He had just given them
a promise of peace and good cheer
Spake. OF ordinary converse, intimate
friendly intercourse Lifted up. Or,
having lifted up, he said.-Glorify.
Meaning to manifest I. e., gloriously.
Power. Or, authority, exousia.--
All flesh. More than Give.
Power TO give was new thing in the
world.
Only true God. The only does moi
modify "true" but "God," as II, God,
only and true. Whom thou hast sent
The Greek form is, whom thou hast sent
Jesus Christ.
Finished. To bring to completion.
-Gavest Better, hast given.
o Father. Or, thou Father, tender
and intimate. yet reverent.-I had. OF
was having Imperfect tense).
Manifested, !. e., made plain, brought
to their senses--Gavest me. Better,
hast given.
OF thee. Greek para, from thee oil
with thee.
For l have given. Placed last In the
Greek. The word which thou hast given
me have given unto them.-Gavest
Better, hast given. Have received.
The word have should be omitted in al
these cases; thus, received, knew, and
believed. See Variations
Pray. Or ask. Not the most fire.
quent or explicit word for prayer. In
classic Greek it means to ask question.
For the world. Or make request
concerning the world
All mine. The expressive Greek re-
verses this, mine, all
/ kept More expressive, was keep
ing, or was accustomed to keep Qmper
feet tense).-In thy name. Same
phrase translated through thy name, In
v. IL above.-I have kept. Not the
same word previously used. Here II
means to guard or sentinel. A stronger
word. Son of perdition. Or perish
ing. A kind of play upon words, none
of them is persisted, tut the son OF per
ishing.
No more. Or, no longer.-To thee
Tho proposition of nearness, pros
Whom thou hast given me- The more
literal Greek would seem to connect this
clause with the word name" Thy
name, which thou hast given me. -
Are. Better. omitted,
My Joy. The possessive pronoun here
is strong word. Christ's own JOY -
Fulfilled. Or made full, filed up.
Hath hated. Omit the word hath.
(Aorist. of the world. Or, from tn,
world. AS source and center.
Out OF the world. Or from the world
Prom the evil. Balancing thu
phrase, out of (from) the world.
Sanctify. Our word, consecrate, woult
more nearly represent the meaning
Through thy truth. Or, in thy truth
Hast -sont Better, didst send. (Aor
list Have / also sent? Better, Did
also send? (Aorist.)
They are not of the world Repeated
for emphasis.
They also. A strong expression, they
also themselves. Through the truth
Or, In truth, |. e, truly sanctitied.
WHAT THE LESSON TEACHES.
These words spake Jesus and lifted vi
his eyes to heaven. What words? AL
his words. The words of Jesus hav,
this pledge for their fulfllment, as the!
have token of sincerity, In that Jesu
proved them by prayer. He had jus
been saying, particularly, "Be of gooc
cheer, have overcome the world" 1heI
that look heavenward. Father, thoI
knowest and thou willest! Surely 1
shall be done. So many words are spok
en- for earth's ears only. Here wer,
words In the hearing Of heaven; put fo
our helping, "Be Of good cheer!"
Thou hast given him power over al
flesh And now shall all flesh tremble.
ana On the i<nowfedees % ope's own "
desert Cesar had power, but it was
power to subdue Nero had power, but
IL was power to STAY. Christ has power
What power? Power to save. "Tha
he should give eternal life." o, poo
child, have you been fearing him all thi!
time as IL he were a tyrant TO over
whelm, or even judge to punish'
Judge he may be, but not now. To-day
his name is Savior. "Thou shaltcall hi!
name Jesus, for he shall save his people
| from their sins Go to him.
And this is life eternal. / used Il
think IL was up there in heaven.
should begin to live the life eterna
when the days of earth were ended. No
so This is life eternal. that they NIGH
know thee, the only true God, and Jesus
Christ whom thou hast sent" II ever
am to have eternal life l must have Il
now. Now or never. II eternal life l:
| anywhere to be realized and displayed
| It is to be here on earth. Here is the
place where Jesus is sent" and here
we may know him and through him the
Father. God forgive us that we have Sc
sighted and scorned the life that now is
have finished the work. Take heart
then. my soul: mine Is finished saliva
| tion. l need have no fear lest the Issue
will go wrong or the work in any wise
| fail 1t cannot fail; indeed, IL is already
accomplished. al have finished the
work" Trust Christ's completed work
| That which l do is but Gods work II
me- His work for me. done; his work II
me, doing. Yea, rather, also done, anC
i but to work IL out. 1t is sweet to be
liove 1t so, and to believe that as we fol
low the headings of the Spirit we may
also at the last say of our lesser tasks
IL have finished the work which thoI
| gavest me to do"
/ pray for them. That prayer IS voic
ing itself still, is still being fulfilled
The work is finished but not the prayer
The blessed petition of Christ goes OF
and on in its urgency and persuasion