The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-04-28
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INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM
MENTS FOR MAY 3.

Subject: Our Heavenly Home, John
14-GoIden Text, John 14:2-
Commit Verses 2, 3-Commen-
tary.
TIME.-Tuesday night, April A, A.
D. 30. PLACE.-Upper room. Jeru-
salem.
EXPOSITION. IL. VIII Come
AGAIN, LIB. The 18th chapter of John
is the richest vein in the most re-
markable gold mine in the world
the Bible. The first clause of verse 1
| Is the Keynote OF the chapter, espe-
cially OF verses 1 to 27 Verse pr
and verse | begin with these words.
All in between might fifty be entitled
! thoughts for the comfort and encour-
agement of believers during the alb
/ sence OF their Lord. The remainder
OF the verse contains Jesus infallible
| prescription for heart trouble (see
Am. R. w. The one who truly be-
lieves in God and believes in Jesus
Christ will never be troubled in heart
| us. $3.50. We can take our choice
between believing hearts and trou-
| bled hearts When faith comes in.
|
cific comforting thoughts follow The
first is that heaven, the Fathers
! mouse, is large place with room
| enough for US all, as well as for
| Jesus. The second comforting
| thought is that Jesus is coming back
personally to take us to that place.
The temporary separation is to be
succeeded by eternal reunion ". 81.
He does not send for US. He comes
himself Any one who has learned
20 interpret scripture by scripture
ian easily satisfy himself that the
coming here spoken of is the personal
second coming of Christ by careful
comparison with / Thess. 4:16, II.
The return of our Lord has ever been
t the blessed hope" of believers (Tit.
2:13). Jesus here speaks of it to
Danish heart troubles, and when Paul
speaks of it in interpreting this pass
age he closes with Comfort one an
)ther with these Words
Ill. The way to the Father, 4-6.
me third comforting thought was
mat they knew the place where He
mad gone and how to get there. To
MS statement Thomas interposed a
loupt. Thomas' expression of doubt
was the occasion of some very pre-
Se.sSnaA5' NciSe is one OF the
mountain peaks of scripture. 1t tells
is the way to God. Jesus Himself is
he way. We get to God through Him
Ind no other way. That way is open
% all (ch. 1879; 6:37). How Jesus
the way the Bible makes very
,lain: ID Eph. 213, IS; Heb 10:
", 70; (2) Matt. 1927; John 1873;
t3) Heb. lib. He is not only tho
way, but 1.-THE truth" also. He is
truth" incarnate. Other messengers
u God teach US truth. Jesus is the
ruth. II we are then to know the
ruth we must know Him (Col. 2:3:
John 1879. He is also. 1.-THE life.'r
Jesus does not merely give life. He
S the life.' If you wish life. Won
must take Him. AS soon as you have.
aiken Jesus, you have life John s.:
IL, 10. II you haven't taken Jesus.
you may have existence, but YOU
haven't life. If you are anxious to
know what life, real life, eternal life
IS, look at Jesus and you will see
John 1:2).
Ill. ''He That Hath Seen Me Hath
Seen the Father" I'LL. If Jesus were
were mere man and not divine in a.
unique sense then verse Z would be
appalling presumption and blasphe-
my. But Jesus had a right to say if
they had known Me they should have
known My Father also. God perfect
ly and fully revealed Himself in
Jesus So Jesus could say what He
did. To know Jesus is to know God.
10 see Jesus is to see God. To know
Jesus fully is to know God fully.
Jesus is God manifest in the flesh.
That was a cry of deep significance
that Philip uttered, Lord, show us
the Father and it suff1ceth u.s. Yes.
that will suffice us to see God and
nothing else will. But for several
years Philip had been looking at God
and not seeing Him or knowing Him.
There are many to this day who are
Just as blind as Philip. Jesus longe6.
to have Philip and the rest of the
disciples to believe that He was in
the Father and the Father in Him.
And He longs to have us believe it
also. His works prove it to all who.
have a discerning eye Tvs. 10, ~.
Nv. "He That Believeth on Me, the
Works That Do Shall He Do Also:
and Greater Works Than These Shall
He Do" VS.. 1914. Verse IL contains
another of the comforting thoughts.
They certainly do not describe the.
experience OF the average Christian
to-day, but we must not bring Gods
word down to the level of our exper-
fences, but bring our experience up
to the level of Gods word. Jesus.
meant just what He said. We are
now by our faith united to the risen
and assembled Christ, the One who
possesses all power in heaven and on
earth (Matt, 28;1S), and by reason
of this union we have power to do
greater things than Jesus did during
the days of His humiliation. Those
to whom Jesus first spoke these words
saw 5000 converted in a single day
(Acts %. That was far greater
work than any that Jesus did while
on earth. Works in the domain of
the spiritual are greater than works
In the domains of the physical. To
raise one dead in trespasses and sins
IS greater than to raise one physically
dead. 1t is for each of us to claim
our measure of this power. Verses
13 and IA tell us how. These verses
tell US OF the prayer that gets just
what it asks and anything it asks 1t