Passaic City record., 1891-10-24
SABBATH SCHOOL.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON FoH
OCTOBER 20.
Lesson Text: "Christ Comforting His
Disciples"-John xiv, 1-3; 1927
Golden Text: John xiv,
16-Commentary.


over lamb had been eaten, the supper to
commemorate. ''The Lords death till He
come" had been instituted. and very soon
now He would go forth to His agony in
Gethsemane, but He thinks not of Himself;
He feels Tor these sheep whom He is soon to
leave, and He comforts them.
2. I'm my Fathers house are MANY man.
sions; if it were not SO 1 would have told
you. l go to prepare a place for YOU"
After the resurrection He said. INV Father
and your Father Xxx, 10. Being in Him,
His Father is our Father, and all the glory
given to Him He shares with us xvii, 22).
w hat the mansions are we may not know,
but every believer may thankfully say there
is one prepared for me. If we are redeemed
at such infinite cost, what must the prepara-
tions be which He is making for our eternal
welfares And should not such divinely
prepared place wean us from the vanities of
this present world?
3. And if go and prepare place for
you Will come again and receive you unto
Myself; that where am there We may be
ALSO" A great perversion of Scripture has
crept into the church upon this verse A
very common idea is that when we die our
Lord Jesus comes for US to take US to heaven
and thus fulfills this promise. So the blessed
Lord of life and glory is said to come in the
guise of great enemy. the last that is to be
destroyed Il Cor. xv., 81, and instead Of the
complete victory of redeemed body as well
as redeemed soul. we are said to have at
tanned the highest possible bliss when Christ
obtains part of us-the spirit and the devil
holds on to the other part-the body in the
grave. Mary and Martha did not SO look
upon the coming OF Christ to their home;
read John xi., 81, 80. Neither did His disci-
piles understand His coming TO mean death
(chapter xxi, %, 49,.
Is. IF We love Ne keep My command
ments.n The verse we are now upon will be
more fully before us in verse 81, but notice
xv., 10, If ye keep My commandments ye
This is the love of God, that we keep His
commandments Then John ill.,, %, opens
to us the meaning, "This is His command.
ment, that we should believe on the name of
His Son Jesus Christ and love one another
as He gave us commandment
16 sAnd l will pray the Father and He
shall fgive you another comforter that He
may abide with you forever" The Spirit Is
not Christ, but different personality, even
Rnother comforter. WHO Esould be to them
all that Jesus was, and who would never
leave them. The same word here translated
comforter is in / John IL, l, translated
advocate and is used in reference to
Christ.
L. 1.-THE Spirit of Truth; whom the world
cannot receive, because it seeth Him not,
neither knoweth Him; but ye know Him, for
He dwelleth with you and shall be in your
Because He is Spirit of Truth we cannot
know Him unless we are truthful. Thou
desirest truth In the inward parts' Cps. H..
D.. Jesus is 1.-THE TRUTH and He will not
send His Spirit to one VINO is not willing to
be freed from ell deceit and lying
16 II will not leave you comfortiess: !
will come TO you.n The comforts Of the
Spirit do not depend upon health, wealth.
position or friendship, but may be enjoyed
by every true believer. Yet the children Of
the bride chamber will long for the personal
coming OF the Bridegroom, and like Mephi-
bosheth, will fast and mourn for Him till
He comel Matt. tx, Is; II Sam. xix, "a, 80.
49, Yet little while, and the world seeth
Me no more; but ye see Ne; because I live
ye shall live also.n He is alive foreyermore
(Rev. l., 49,, and being reconciled by His
death, much more shall we be saved by His
life (Rom. v. 10. But we long for the time
when we shall be with Him and like Him
u John ill.,; 2 Phil. iii, 20, 2l)
20. s.At that day We shall know that am
In NV Father, ana We in Me and | in you"
Hearts fixed upon that day when we shall
sit with Him on His throne tRev. ill.,, 2ll,
and see His oneness with the Father and ours
with Him will consrain TO whole hearted
service.
81. de that hath My commandments and
keepeth them, he it is that lovsth Me. and he
that loveth Me shall be loved of Ny Father,
and l win love him and viii manifest My
self to him." This includes verse fifteen and
indicates how we may know thar we love
Him. II we love to do His will and take de-
light in His commandments; il they are
more to us than gold or silver, or than even
our daily food then we may know, indeed,
that we 1--we Him and may expect special
manifestations of the Fathers love and or
Jesus Himself TO our souls.
% Judas saith unto Him, not lscar.ot,
Lord, how is it that Thou will manifest Thy
Tl,eu 0T7 This
Judas the brother Of James, the son OF Al
phaeus, who also wrote the Epistle OF jude
luke vi, 16: Jude -. Like Philip he knew
not Jesus though he had been SO long with
Him tverse 81
%. Jesus answered and said unto him, II
a man love Ne he will keep Ny words; ana
NV Father will love Him, and we VIII come
unto him and make our abode with him."
Here He again enforces the test or our love
to Him. as our love to His word How can
one be said to love another even in THIS worid
If they love not TO hear from each otnei
when absent? If we love not to hear from Him
every day, and take no delight in laying up
His words in our hearts, how can We be said
to love Him?
"a. He that loveth Me not keepeth not
NY savings. and the word which ye hear is
not Mine but the Fathers which sent Me- =
He here repeats the marvellous statement or
verse 10, and chapter xii, 49, that whatever
words He uttered were not His own, but only
such as the Father gave Him to say. Yet
there are those among US who covet 10 pe
original, to say something IN prayer or testi-
mony which no one else has said. Let sucn
remember that we are most like Jesus when
we use the very words of the Spirit, speak
ing the things of God in the words or the
Holy Ghost rather than in the words which
mans wisdom teacheth q Cor il, lSl.
25. ssThese things have l spoken unto You,
being yet present with you" The X. v
says: while yet abiding with your, Soon
He would be absent from them, and tney
would no longer talk with Him face to face
How little they knew or appreciated the
privilege they were now enjoying ana soon
to lose
26. .sBut the Comforter, which is the Holy
Ghost whom the Father will sent In NY
Name, He shall teach you all things Here
| is some light upon the meaning OF the WORDS
s.In Ny Name.n The Holy Spirit was TO oe
| another Comforter tverse l6l, taxing Tie
| place of Jesus as guide, instructor, helper,
| friend, full OF power, wisdom, Inlght, anu al
| because He came 'sIn Jesus's Name"
| "And bring all things TO your remem
| brance. whatsoever | have said unto you-
| If we first Law up the word OF God n o'''
nearts, we may then re.y UPON the Spirit u
| bring il to mind as we need It either Tor our
selves or for others.
81. 'tPeace leave with you, Ny peace
| give unto yoa not as the world giveth GIVE
unto youn Every true believer in Chris
has peace with God, for Christ Himself
| our peace. and our standing IN Him is un
changeable But there Is the peace OF oo<
which will be ours or not just as we stay ON
minds on Him, and cast all our care on Hum
or otherwise Phil iv., q.
sLet not your heart De troubled, neithel
let il be afraidn In another place de says
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