Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-10-09
CHRIST NEARING DEATH.
LESSON II, FOURTH QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, OCT. II.

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%. "And there were certain Greeks
among them that came up to worship at
the feast"
81. 1.-The same came therefore to Philip,
which was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and de-
sired him, saying, Sir, we would see Jesus"
They shall not be disappointed who sin
cerely desire to see Jesus. Consider the
story of Zaccheus and the result of his eff
forts duke xix, 3, 5, 9, %. When Peter
would fain have tarried on the Mount of
TRANSPORTATION, and have kept Moses and
Elijah, he and the others were quickly
taught that they were to see 'no man save
Jesus only" (Math. xvii, 81. Whenever we
open our Bibles to read, or go to the house
of God to worship, let our prayer to the
Spirit be, Dear Teacher, show me Jesus. "
This He delights to do and will do when
we rely upon Him Chapter XVI, 10, 15).
%. "Philip cometh and telleth Andrew;
and again Andrew and Philip tell Jesus"
%. And Jesus answered them, saying,
The hour is come hat the Son of Man
should be glorided."
The middle wall of partition between
Jew and Gentle is about to be broken
down By His death so o to be accom-
plished (Eph. ii, l4), and then would the
Gentiles be fellow heirs, and of the same
body and p%artakers of His promise in Christ
by the Gospel (Eph. iii, @. AS %Israel's Mes
siah He is rejected and about to be cruel
fed, but God will give Him glory and a seat
at His own right hand until His enemies
be made His footstool Il Pet. /, 2D. And
the time will yet come when His glory
shall be seen upon Israel, and the Gentiles
shall come to her rising lisa. TX, 1-3).
"a. verify, verify, l say unto you, Ex-
cept a corn of wheat fall into the ground
and die, it abideth alone; but if it die it
bringeth forth much fruit"
25. "He that loveth his life shall lose it;
and he that hateth his life in this world
shall keep it unto life eternal"
See the repetition of this great truth in
Math. X, 80; xvi, 25; Mark viii, 35; Luke tx,
"a; xiv, 26; xvii, 80. Self remuneration is
the only scriptural rule of life.
26. "If any man serve Me, let him follow
Me; n where | am, there shall also My
servant be: if any man serve Me, him will
My Father honor"
If we follow Him in His humiliation we
shall in due time share His glory. "If we
suffer with Him, we shall reign with Him"
Oh Tim. ii, l2). The honor is sure to all
who are now willing to serve; but it seems
to me the emphatic part of this verse for
u present life is the twice repeated "Ifany
man serve me?" We may outwardly ap-
pear to serve Him, while really we may be
serving ourselves. A true servant of His
will be found doing His works and in His
spirit, and coveting only His approval.
See | Chron. xviii, o, and compare Phil. ii,
20, 81.
q. Nov is My 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 glorified it, and will glorify it
again"
His consuming desire was to glorify His
Father. The words He uttered and the
works He wrought were the Fathers
words and works through Him Chapters
xii, 40; xiv, 10). See how quick the COM
munication between earth and heaven.
20. 1.-THE people therefore that stood by
and heard it, said that it Numbered; others
said, An angel spake to Him"
The people heard a noise, out not the
words. The voice of God is to multitudes
nothing more than an indistinct rumbling
sound, with no significance.
30. Jesus answered and said, This voice
came not because of Me, but for your
sakes."
So, also, at the grave of Lazarus He
prayed to the Father for the sake of those
who stood by, that they might believe that
the Father sent Him Chapter XII, AZ. In
our daily life there are always some stand
ing or sitting by, or looking on, to whom
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"
The devil is called the prince, and the
god of this world, and the whole world is
said to lie in the wicked one chapter xiv, 80;
xvi, II; II Cor. iv, A; | John, V, 10, r. W.
80. And l, If l be lifted up from the
earth, will draw all men unto Me-"
33. This He said, signifying what death
He should die"
That He was not to be stoned to death,
but should die by crucfixion, was fore
shown in the ritual of the passover lamb,
not a bone of which was to be broken (Ex.
xii, 49,, and was foretold in Ps. xxi, 16,
"They pierced my hands and my feet" A
little later Jesus told Peter by what kind
of death he should glorify God Xxi, 49,,
aHt 1AS Z w " Hdo iilC III thl
we shall glorify God.
"a. THE people answered Him, We have
heard out of the law that Christ abideth
forever, and how sayest Thou, The Son Of
Man must be lifted upp Who is this Son
of Mani"
They evidently understood the Son Of
Man to be the Christ, and they also seem
to have understood that being lifted up
meant death, but they had not received the
truths concerning the death and resurrec-
ton of their Messiah which they might
have read in their law in the story of Isaac,
or in the typical two birds used at the
cleansing of the leper, or in the plain state
ments of Ps. xvi, 8, 10; lisa. lii, 10.
30. Then Jesus said INT them, Yet a
little while is the light with you. Walk
while We have the light lest darkness come
upon you, for he that walketh in darkness
knowe not whittier he goeth."
In chapter viii, IL, He had said, II am
the Light of the world" testifying to lis
divinity; now He says to them, as also in
verse AS, that the Light is about TO pass
away from them, and if they would not
stumble through present darkness into
the outer and eternal darkness they had
better quickly walk in the Light.
80. while ye have light believe in the
light, that We may be the children of light.