The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-08-24
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Text of the Lesson, John X, 1-16
| Memory Verses, 9-11-GOlden Text
John \, 11-COmmentary Prepared
by the Rev. ID. M. stearns.
| copyright, 1900, by American Press Asso
ciation.l
1-6. The parable of the Good Shep
herd. He begins with one of His % dou
| Bile verilys in this gospel. 1t is literally
| amen, amen reminding us that He is the
Amen, the faithful and true witnes.
| (Rev. iii, IA; lisa. Ky, 16). His Il say
unto you" is equal to the 'gThus saith the
Lord" which the Spirit uses so many
| hundreds of times in the Old Testament
| for the Lord God of the holy prophet.
| is none other than the Lord Jesus Chris
| of the New Testament (Rev. xii 6, 16)
| He contrasts the true shepherd with the
| false shepherds, who are only thieves
and robbers. In Jer. xiii, /, 2; Eek
| xxxiv, 40, and Zech. XII, II, we have
| some strong words against the false
| shepherds or pastors who care more fol
| themselves than for their fiocks. Pau
describes them in Phil H. 81, as Seeking
their own, not the things which are Jesus
| Christ's." We are not to seek honor
from men, nor great things for ourselves
but only that He may be magnifed in Us
John V. "A; Jer. xiv, 5; Phil. i, 20). A
believer is person on earth for God, re
deemed by q great price that he may live
unto God q Pet. j, is, 10; ii Cor. V, 15)
In the tabernacle there was but one ell
trance, and that was by the altar where
the blood was shed; but then, as now,
there were many who did not like the
blood, though God had taught and said
that it was the only way Gen. i'll, p
Lev. xvii, III. Those who attempt to OBJ
tain Gods gifts in any way but His way
are thieves and robbers. Having obtain
ed redemption by His blood, we are then
10 be careful to follow, but not run be-
fore Him; this we will do only as we lis
ten attentively to His voice.
7, s. There is no way to the Father
and no way to know the Father but
through the Lord Jesus John xiv, 6; i, 8;
Math. xi, 81. When He says Cali that
ever came before Me are thieves and rob
bers," He did not mean all who came
before Him in point of time, as Abel,
Enoch, Noah, Abraham, etc., but the
words ''before Me" have evidently the
same meaning as "before Me" in Elk. Xxx,
3, and those referred to are such as are
described in Jer. xiii, 81, 80; Acts Xxx, 8;
John iv, 3; II john Z.
8. He is the sacrifice, and He is the
door, and He is the Shepherd. Every
type and symbol has its fulfillment in
Him, and He is the substance of every
shadow. How grand is the assurance
that ANY man. may enter in by Him.
Compare Him that cometh" and who
soever' in John vi, 81; iii, IS; Rev. xxi,
IL. But notice that to be saved one must
'..enter ill.," as truly as Noah and his fam
lily and the creatures entered into the ark.
Safety is found only Sin Christi but,
being in Him, it is impossible then to
perish oversees %, 29), and the whole
daily life, described both here and in Ps.
cxxi S, as "going in and out" will be a
life Of abiding satisfied" prov. xix, 23),
because of the good pasture, even Him
self John vi. so.
10. There is the destroyer and the life
giver, the adversary and the Saviour, the
antichrist and the Christ-both are seen
in Cain and Abel, and in all men ever
since, for every man is either with Christ
or against Him duke xi, 23). AS there
must he the entering in to be saved, there
must be the possession of Christ to have
life. GAS many as received Him. Gle
that hath the Son" John i, -: John V,
12). Every saved soul has life, and with
this many are satisfied, but the Lord is
not satisfied, for He came to give life
more abundantly. Sick people, however
sick they may be, have life, but it is very
unusual to find sick person willing to
remain so.
II, IA. 81 am the Good Shepherd" He
is also the Great Shepherd and the Chief
Shepherd (FIeb. xiii, 20; Pet V, ~. AS
the Good Shepherd He provides life for
us by laying down His life. He laid it
down voluntarily; no one took it from
Him; and He took it again, for He had
power to do so oversees II, 49,. He was
delivered for our offenses and raised
again for our justification, and by faith
in Him we are justified and have peace
with God from. iv, %; V, y. AS the
Great Shepherd He works in us the
things that are pleasing to God. And as
the Chief Shepherd He will reward us
with the crown or crowns which He may
give us at His coming Quke xiv, Ia;
Rev. xxi, 12).
IL, 13. He who is only an hireling
careth not for the sheep but only for
himself, his own safety and his own
comfort. The hireling is one who has not
but only that which he can get from the
master whom he appears to be serving.
for service too often but poorly rendered.
Not such was David when he rescued
part of his flock from lion and bear
q Sam. xvii, 3d. 35). Our Lord Jesus
never lived to please Himself, nor to seek
His own will, nor His own glory (Rom.
XIV, 3; John vi, 3S; viii; 50). His life
10 I'LL Of hO Natl -ho
sent Him.
Is. The Father and He We're perfectly
one and knew and understood each other
thoroughly He testified that He did al
ways those things that were pleasing to
the Father, and the Father said of Him.
''This is My Beloved Son in whom | am
well pleased" John viii, 20; Math. iii, IL
| xvii, 81. AS the Father loves Him, sc
| He loves u.s. and He would have us abide
in His love, manifesting it by willing
ness to lay down our lives for others as
He laid down His life for us John XIV, 8
| John iii, 16).
16 "Them also / must bring Those
other sheep not of Israel, but gathered
out of all nations, who are to reign will
Him (Rev. VI o. 10). He says He mus
bring them, for every purpose of the
Lord shall be performed and these called
out ones shall be glorious church, with
| out spot or wrinkle or any such thins
| (Eph. V, 20, and Israel shall be all right
eous Elsa. TX, 2D. Then there shall be no.
only one nation in the land with one
king over all (Ezek. xxxvii, 22), but un
der the united government of the heav
emily and earthly bodies. the church ant
Israel, there shall indeed be one fold anC
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