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DIR. MARION nth. HULL.

The review lesson skips several chap
tiers in John and comes to His presenta-
tion of Himself as the way in the won
derfully-loved fourteenth chapter.
II was on the night before His cruel
fixion in the upper room in Jerusalem
where He had partaken of the Pass
over supper with His disciples. Judas
had taken the sop and gone out His
departure seemed to give Jesus a free
dom which He had not known before.
In which He reveals Himself to His
Faithful followers in a most intimate
and confidential way. He tells them
that He will be with them only a lit
tie while longer, that they cannot go
with Him. He is very solicitous for
them in His absence, but gives them this
new commandment, which if they obey
ed would solve their problems: THAT
We love one another as 1 have loved
you" 1t was not a new commandment
TO love one another or even to love
ones neighbor as ones self. The hew-
ness of il consisted in that they were
commanded TO love one another as He
had loved them. Do you realize what
that means? Stop and think il through.
PLACE AND PURPOSE.
The way-I had somebody send me a
map the other day oshow me how to
help; but it would have been much
easier for me if my informant had said.
Il will get in your car and drive you
down there" Jesus is the way in this
sense. He not only gives us the direc-
ton as TO how to go. but He takes the
wheel of our lives and carries us there
so that we do not have to give another
thought to it. where the turn shall be,
or when to go or when to stop.
1t is the only way. mo man cometh
unto the father but by me-" That is
where we are going to the father, and
not only is Jesus the way. but He is
the only way. And this is the beautiful
thing about it-when we have come 20
Him, we have come to the Father. We
are there, How many men try to climb
up some other way-through philan-
thropy. through humanitarian, through
their own self righteousness-but they
can never reach God unless they come
in Christ, who is the only way.
He is the Truth. The word here trans
lated truth" means without concealing
When you see Jesus, you see all that is
to be seen Nothing is hidden. nothing
is concealed. He revealed God.
He is the Life. Not only the Way to
truth. but the Way and the Truth; not
only the way to life, but the Way, the
but Life. And so He answered Thomas
question as to where He was going and
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the way. He is leading us to the Father
He is the Way TO the Father: He is the
Truth about the Father, nothing con-
cealed, everything revealed. He is the
Life.
THE APPEAL AND PROGRAM.
Still the disciples were confused. Now
Philip speaks. Philip was a chreewd
business man who could not see any fur
Their than his nose. We saw recently
that he had to be rid of the defects of
his own good qualities before Jesus could
help him; and now this man i'm his bust
ness-like way says. "Tt is all very well
to talk about the Fathers house and the
way to il, but just show us the Father.
and we will be satisfied. That will be
enough" II seems to me that there was
some tone of disappointment in Jesus
voice as He replied to Philip. Have you
been so long a time with me and have
not known me, Philip? If you have seen
me. you have seen the Father, for we are
one The words that 1 have ben speak
ing TO you are not mine. but His; and
the works that 1 have been doing are not
mine. but His. If you do not believe
nv words. believe me for the works that
YOU have seen me do. But IL you cannot
believe me for those things, then listen
10 this. ! am going TO Him, and because
am going to Him you will be able 70 do
greater works than you have seen me do,
for anything that you ask Him to do.
will do"
tt was marvellous promise that He
gave. No wonder we love that chapter.
II tells US about the Fathers house
about the way there, about the Father
Himself. and gives us the priceless
promise that we may ask anything I'm
Christs name OF the Father and He will
do it. Cas- hthat check and use 1t!