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John 14:8-24, for Sunday, April z:
During this quarter we shall
study important Christian doc
trines; the doctrine Of God logical
ly comes first. In the upper room
Jesus was bringing comfort to his
troubled disciples; and he assured
his disciples of future with God.
He insisted, however. that no man
would come to the Father but by
Him; whereupon Philip asked a
question.
v. 8. Philip saith unto him,
Lord, shew us the Father and it suf-
ficeth u.s. Philip was thinking
largely in terms OF physical mani
festation: he evidently had not been
very good listener and was very
apt to misunderstood Christ; this
fact was suggested in verse g..
'Have / been so long time with
you, and yet hast thou not known
me?"
v. 10. "BeIievest thou not that
/ am in the Father, and the Father
in me? The words that I speak un-
to you, I speak not of myself; but
the Father that dwelleth in me, he
doeth the works" A vital faith in
Christ is sure to believe in God.
Jesus introduced the word Father
as descriptive of God who in the
Old Testament was considered in
the light of Creator; the God of the
Bible is the Creator-Father; Jesus
would have Philip see the deity in
him. In essence God and Jesus are
one, in personal manifestations they
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ther emphasized in verse IL; Christ
is the incarnation of God, God man
ifest in the flesh. Spiritual truths
are spiritually discerned; reason
cannot explain the incarnation, but
faith can believe.
v. 12. "Verily, verify, I say un-
to you, He that believeth on me,
the works that | do shall he do al
SO; and greater works than these
shall he do. because / go to the
Father" Not greater miracles, but
greater spiritual results, were to be
achieved after Christ ascended, and
that ready happened, as on the day
of Pentecost 5000 were converted.
All Christian influences and achieve
ments are now exhibiting the pow
er of God unto salvation, beyond
that of the first century.
vs. 13, IA "And whatsoever ye
shall ask in my name, that will /
do that thy Father may be glori-
fed in the Son If ye shall ask any
thing in my name, ] will do it," Any
supplicant is welcome to the pres
ence of the Father if he comes in
the name of the Christ We honor
God when we honor Jesus. There
is a close connection between our
obedience and our effectiveness in
praying, as indicated in verse Is.
v. 16. "And / will pray the
Father and he shall give you an
other Comforter, that he may abide
with you forever Christ had al
ready been the Comforter and help
er of the disciples; now the Holy
Spirit would continue this gracious
work forever.
". IT. Even the Spirit of truth,
whom the world cannot receive, be-
cause it seeth him not, neither
knoweth him: but ye know him;
for he dwelleth with you and shall
be in you" There is spiritual per-
ception of Cod, and because the
world lacks this qualification, God is
not manifest to men of the world.
Note the use of the personal pro-
nouns and the capital letters in con-
nection with the Holy Spirit, be-
cause he is the third person of the
Trinity. The Holy Spirit wants to