Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-04-22
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THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON v, SECOND QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, APRIL 80.

LESSON v, SECOND QUARTER, INTER
NATIONAL SERIES, APRIL 80.
Text of the Lesson. John xiv, 1927
Memory Verses, 25, 26-GoIden Text
John xiv, v,16-Commentnry Prepared
by the Rev. d. NJ. Stearns.
Copyright. 1899. by D. NJ. Stearns.1
Is. IF ye love Me, keep My command
ments." In verses 21, %, also of this les
son, we, having the keeping of His wort
or commandments as the evidence of ou
love to Him, are taught the necessity o.
having His word dwelling richly in III
(Col. iii, 16) if we would prove that we dc
love Him. We do not think 1t tiresome tt
read quite long letter from one whom
we truly love or to read it many times
but many Christians find it tiresome te
read even a chapter from the word of God
and to read whole book would be an un
bearablc task.
16. "And will pray the Father, and
He shall give you another comforter, that
He may abide with you forever. In chap
ter XIV, 26, He is called the Spirit Of
Truth, and as such He testifes of Christ
In chapter xvi, 7-15, He convinces of sin,
righteousness and Judgment, guides into
all truth and glorifles Christ by showing
unto us things to come, the things that
are Christs. He also makes intercessior
in us, while Christ at Gods right hand
makes intercession for us (Rom. viii, 26,
34).
II. He dwelleth with you and shall be
in YOU" Ye are the temple Of God, and
the Spirit of God dwelleth in you Il Cor.
Iii, 16). When once He comes to dwell in
us, as He does when we are born again,
He never leaves us, even though we often
grieve Him. He loves to the end. But
how much better we might know Him
How He would fill us and how much He
would tell us if we would yield fully to
Him and cease to grieve Him by ou1
worldly ways and un-Christlike conductl
IS. IT will not leave you comfortless lor
orphans-marginl. will come to you. "
He will surely come again, and every sor'
row shall be forgotten in that bright
morning Of His return when we shall see
and share His glory, and until He does
come the comforter will prove Himself q
real comforter to all who are willing to
receive Him heartily. Our Father is the
Father of mercies and the God of all com.
fort (II Cor. /, 8, ~.
10. "Yct little while, and the world
seeth Me no more, but ye see Me; because
live ye shall live also" His life insures
ours. He is able to save evermore because
He ever liveth (Heb. vii, 25, margin). He
is our life, and as the one who was dead,
but is alive for evermore, having the keys
of hades and Of death, He says unto us,
Fear not" (Rev. /, II, 1S). AS the moon
reflects upon us the light of the sun after
he has gone from our sight, because she
still sees him, so we ever seeing Jesus by
faith should ever reflect His light
20. AT that day ye shall know that
am in My Father and ye in Me, and I in
you" Beloved, now are we the children
of God, and it doth not yet appear what
we shall be, but we know that when He
shall appear we shall be like Him, for we
shall see Him as He is, and this hope set
on Him is very purifying Il John iii, 2, 81.
Then our whole spirit, soul and body will
be blameless at the coming Of our Lord
Jesus Christ Il Thess. V, 90, R. W. May
Christ be more fully formed in us now to
the glory of Gcd (Gal. iv, 19).
21. "He that hath My commandments
and keepeth them, he it is that loveth Me,
and he that loveth Me shall be loved of My
Father, and will love him and will man.
ifest Myself to him." A special love to
Christ receives special love from the Father
and special manifestations Of Christ from
Himself. The Lord always reveals Him
self to His people by His word and Spirit,
even as He did to Samuel Il Sam. Iii, 21).
%. Lord, how is it that Thou wilt
manifest Thyself unto us and not unto the
world?" This question is from the other
Judas, not Iscariot. He seems to say, If
we can see you, why cannot others? He
thought only Of the outward, like Nico-
demus and the woman at the well. He did
not understand as yet the spiritual, things
seen only by spiritual people, the reyela-
tion of the heart Of God to the heart OF
man. See Cor. ii, 13, R. V.
20. Jesus answered and said unto him,
If man love Me, he will keep My words,
and My Father will love him, and We will
come unto him and make Our abode with
him." In verse II He said that the Spirit
would dwell in us, but now He adds that
both the Father ard Himself would come,
too, and make their abode in those who
love ard keep His word. The word abode
in this verse IS just the same as the word
mansion" in verse 9, little Greek noun
of four letters and not used anywhere but
in these two verses How wonderful that
these bodies Of ours may become mansions
in which the Father, Son and Holy Spirit
will condcsccnd to dwell!
24. He that lovcth Me not keepcth not
My sayings. and the word which ye hear
is not Mine, but the Fathers which sent
Nc" How often He tells us that the words
are not His, but the Fathcr'sl (Versc 10;
chapter xii, 49, From the age of 12, II
not before, He was about His Fathers
business Uuhe ii, 49), and in all His life
the Father spoke and wrought through
Him. He was vessel wholly for God,
and He asks us to present our bodies
living sacrifice (Rom. xii. y.
%. These things have spoken unto
you, being yet present with you" They
were some of His very last words ere He
left them, and His whole hearts desire
must have gone out to them in these
words. He longcd to have them know
Himself and His Father better, that they
might he full of joy, even His own JOY,
and in Him have peace (xv, II; xvi, "a,
33; xvii, 13). Yet He knew that only by
the Spirit could they fully understand,
and so He said that it was better for Him
to go, that the Spirit might come and
open their eyes and convince them xvi,