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Text of the Lesson, John xviii, 1-18.
Memory Verses, 10, 11-GOlden
Text, lsa- Lii, documentary Pre-
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sible for US to grasp or understand or
In any measure enter into its real sig
nificance. But We can believe 1t and
stand In awe and, bowling low, adore.
The first sentence. when Jesus had
spoken these words" takes US back
over His discourse and prayer In the
upper room that last evening, giving
us truth to be pondered every day and
hour until we shall see Him face to
face, and then to be understood and
appreciated as never before. 1t seems
a great pity not to have a lesson on
His inimitable prayer in which He
poured out His heart to His Father
for Himself and for that little COM
pany and for us. Do not fail to no.
tice in verse 5 that He was truly one
with the Father before the world was;
in verses 4, G; 20. that His one aim
on earth was to glorify the Father and
manifest Him to others; in verses IL,
Is, that is why we are here In the
world in His stead. In verses 3, 21-23.
He gives eternal life and the glory
which the Father gave to Him, that
the world may believe and know, and
the secret of all is in the last three
words of His prayer, II in them On
that last evening, If / have counted
correctly. He spoke of His Father or
to His Father over fifty times, remind
ing us that He lived by the Father,
the Living Father who had sent Him,
and He would have us live thus by
Him John vi, 90. If redeemed by
His precious blood we are given to
Him by the Father and can look up
and say "Our Father" and that should
deliver us from all care and anxiety
and lead us to say, as He did, Even
so, Father, for sd 1t seemeth good in
Thy sight (A1att vi, 25-33; XII, 30.
Being made children OF God and joint
heirs with Jesus Christ, we must be
content to suffer with Him this little
while, according to Phil. 1, 20; iii, 10.
but always looking onward to the
glory Rom. viii. IS; III Cor. iv.. II. 49,.
Turning to our lesson chapter. we
see Him going forth from the upper
room over the brook Cedron to the gar
den of Gethsemane because OF the re-
bellion Of His son Israel lex. iv, %;
lisa. l. p. and we think of David cross
ing the same brook because OF the re-
bellion OF his son Oh Sam. XIV. %. 30).
But David returned and reigned, and
so will the Son Of David in due time.
David also seems to have written OF
the betrayal by Judas in Ps. XII, 8,
and in Acts l, 20, Peter says that Ps.
Xix. %, referred to Judas. Notice in
lesson verses 2-S the power Of the
great name I AM, and see how just
two words from Him sent the Roman
soldiers to the ground, from which,
they never would have risen again but
by His permission. See the greatness
Of that name I'm Elk. iii, IA, Is. Note
the sword in the hand Of Peter oversees
10. III and see his misuse Of 1t, for
swords are not for disciples, else two
would not have been enough for twelve
duke xii, 80, 80, 5D. How often we
fguratively cut off peoples ears, or. I'm
other words, prevent them from hear
ing the voice Of Jesus by our zeal or
lack OF zeal or bungliEg Of some sort!
We next see Peter with the servants,
warming himself at their fire and then
denying that he knew the Lord oversees
1918. 1920. This is the man who
said. Lord, will lay down my life
for Thy sake" xiii. 80 He meant
well, but did not know himself. He
was boastfuly unwise. overzealous, fol-
lowed afar OFF and got into bad COM
pany. And there are so many like
hint If we warm ourselves at the
warming places Of the world we shall
surely get into trouble The only way
Is to follow fully and avoid all associ-
atoms where the Lord Jesus is not
honored. unless by going here and
there we can magnify Him. What a
comfort 1t is to us weak ones that the
Lord loved Peter through it all. prayed
for him. brought him true penitence
by that loving. searching look. gave
him a special personal interview on
the resurrection day and later some
special words by the sea of Galilee.
In verses IL to IA we see Jesus allow
ing the soldiers TO take Him and bind
Him and lead Him away because the
time had come for Him to suffer. To
see Him consenting to be led from one
to the other and be so I'll treated by
Annas. and Caiphas. and Herod, and
PLATE. and so. patient before all, leav-
ing us an example of how we should
act as His representatives before His
enemies and ours, is something that
we should constantly consider Il Pet.
II. 1924; Heb. xii, 3. A.. How grand
was His reply to the high priest when
asked concerning His teaching: 81
spake openly to the world. In
secret have said nothing.
Ask them which heard me what hare
said unto them, Behold! They know
what said" oversees 1920. Notice
how they struck Him and called Him
an eyildoer, yet PLATE testified three
times, II, find no fault in Him" oversees
%, 80. 3S; xix, 40. His saying to Pr
late, my kingdom is not OF this
world; now is My kingdom