Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-10-09

Spirit be. "Denr Teacher, show me Jesus"
This He deliubts to do and will do when
we RELY upon Him (chapter xvi, 10, 10y.
o. "Philip comcth and telleth Andrew;
and again Andrew and Philip tell Jesus"
23. And Jesus answered them, saying,
The hour il como that the Son of Man
should be rloriaed."
The middle wall of partition between
Jew and Gentle is about to be broken
down bv His death 50 soon to be accom-
plisbed (EDh. II. 14. md then would the
Gentiles be fellow heirs, and Of the same
body and partakrrs of His promise in Christ
by the GOSPEL (Eph. III, g. As Israers Mes
siah He il rejected and about to be cruel
fed. but God will give Him glory and sea
at IIis own right hand until His enemies
be made His foOtstool q Pet. I, Cd. And
the time will vet come when His glory
shall be seen upon Israel, and the Gentiles
shall come to her rising Qsa TX, 80.
"A. "Verily. verify. say unto YOU, Elk
cept n corn OF wheat fall into the ground
and die, it abdeth alone; but if it die it
bringeth forth much fruit"
IS. "fIe that lovcth his life shall lose it,
and he that hateth his life In this world
shall keep it unto life eternal"
! See the rendition OF this great truth In
Math. x, 8a xvi, %; Mark viii, 50; Luke tx.
"a; xiv, 90; xvii. SO. Self renuncintion Is
the only scrptural rule OF life.
| % "If any man serve Me- let him follow
Me; and where am, there shall also Ny
servant be; if any man serve Ne, him will
My Father honor"
If we follow Him in His humiliation we
shall in due time share His glory. "!f we
suffer with Him, we shall reign with Him"
| or Tim. II, 12). The honor is sure to all
I
to me the emphatic part of this verse for
! our present life is the twice repeated "Ifany
man serve met" We may outwarCly APP
pear to serve Him, while really we may be
serving ourselves 4 true servant of His
will be found doing His works and in His
spirit, and cove'iu4 only His approval.
See Chron. xviii, 0, and compare Phil ii,
20, 81.
%. "Now is Ny soul troubled; and what
shall / say? Father save Me from this
hour, but for this cause came | unto this
hour"
IS. Father, glorify Thy name Then
came there a voice from heaven, saying,
have both gloriaed it. and will glorify it
again"
His consuming desire was to glorify His
Father The words He uttered and tha
works He wrought were the Fathers
words and works 'hrOU h Him chapters
xii, 40, xiv, l0) See how quick the COM
municaton between earth and heaven.
20. The people therefore that stood by
and heard it, sold that it thundered, others
said, An angel spakc 10 Him"
The people heard noise, but not the
words. The voice Of God is to multitudes
nothing more than m indstinct rumbling
sound, with no significance.
/. To-, a,,I oi1 t5 ,D,o
came not because Of Ne, but for Your
sakes."
SO, also, at the grave of Lazarus He
praved to the Father for the sake of those
who stood by. that they might believe that
the Father sent Him lchanter ri 4N In
ouu dau,, i,,o 49, na -, s sarD rto,d
w. u"... nlo 'ho'e a'H so'i,o 9st a
ing OF s',ohs py' or LOOKING o. 10 Whoh
we may by word and deed testify OF Jesus.
81 Now is the Judgment of this world;
now shall the prince OF this world be cast
out"
Tho dev,, :, ool,cd rho nr,rco and tho
1he GeVii IS caileu .he PRINCE anu .ie
goa OF this world. ana the whole world IS
said to lie in the wicked one Chapter xiv, 80;
xvi, II; II Cor. ", 4; John, v, 10, R. W.
80. "And |. If be lifted up from the
earth. viii draw all men unto Me-"
osho,,, h,' AZ ne s''''' ''e ''"' 'ea'"
he should die"
That He was not TO be stoned to death,
but should die by cruchxfon, was fore
shown In the ritual of the passover lamb,
not bone of which was TO be broken eek.
xii. 4e), and Was foretold in Pa. xxi, IS,
"Tbev niorc.d NV hands and NV feet" A
ut,ls 1a 800 ny n.y t"N pe,nr hr rybot kind
i,t'.e .aUe' Jesus ''i' ~, ~ !" | D'., ,nI
OF death he should giority Hod XXI IVY
and He knows well by what life and death
we shall glorify God
81. The people answered Him. We have
heard ont of the law that Christ abideth
foravsr ann h 'nv s ,a Tbon Mo Son Of
,1te'er, anu nov ssye'S w. w. Nv ~ Iou ",
Nan must 1; be lifted upf "no 10 'h'S son
o' T Man ,,o..ooa tho Gov, .,
They evidently understood the son OF
man TO DO the Christ ana .hey 2 1i;.S seem I'm
10 nave understood that pei Del. nived w
mesht death, but they mao Iot received Ihe
truths concerning the ueatn ana resllt res.
ton OF their Messiah when they might
! ! nave read In their law IN the story OF isatc,
J or In the typical two olras useu az the
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