The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-03-06
Sunday, March Z.
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John 14:l-l5. :,
After the institution of the
Lords supper in the upper room
at Jerusalem on the night before
the crucifixion, Jesus, and the
eleven with him concluded the
passover service probably singing
one of the Psalms. Apparently
while they were standing ready to
go, Jesus delivered his farewell
discourses, closing with the inter-
cesory prayer John la to ~. 1t
may have been about midnight
when the little band went out OF
the city to the Garden Of Geth-
semane, the scene of the agony,
the betrayal, and the arrest. o..
THE PROMISE OF CHRIST
The Hope of Heaven is based on
the promise of Jesus. Amid the
gloomy forebodings of that event.
full night, the disciples were filled
with anxiety and alarm. Jesus
spoke peace and babe the waves
of their distres grow calm. The
antidote of fear is an absolute
confidence in God the Father and
God the Son. If Gods hand be
upon the helm of our lives, there
are no rocks that can shatter, no
shoals that can hinder, no storms
that can submerge. On the basis
of their faith, Jesus drew aside
the curtain so that they could see
the Fathers house. Heaven is
where God is; it is place of many
mansions, and so there is no lack
of room. If it were not a glori-
Gus reality, our faithful Lord
would have told us long ago. And
he has himself gone to prepare a
place for us. Moreover, he will
return and receive us into unend-
ing association with himself. He
receives us unto himself at death
when absence from the body
means presence with the Lord ;
also and especially at his. second
coming, when the body shall be
raised in interruption, reunited
with the redeemed soul, and taken
up to be forever with the Lord in
heaven. And our highest expecta-
ton of heaven is not merely that
it is a place of happiness or free
dom from temptation or rest from
toll or reunion with loved ones,
but a place of immediate and un-
ceasing union with our Saviour.
THE GUIDANCE OF CHRIST
The Way to Heaven is made
plain through the grace and guild
ance of Jesus. The disciples knew
! both the way and the goal before
them if they had but recalled what
they had heard their Master say
both in public and in private
! However, they knew and yet did
not know. Hence, the inquiry
| was made by Thomas in his per-
plexity. He would not, abandon
| the idea that Jesus was to be a
temporal king. In; answer Jesus
declared that he is the way, the
truth and the life. The whole say
| ing of Jesus, according to Hovey,
| declares what men may have in
him, namely: The only way to
God; the only perfect revelation
of God; the only source of life
with God. GAS soon as they ac-
cept the way they accept the truth
and the life. AS soon as they be-
gin to follow the way, they begin
! to know the truth and to share the
life. The consummate blessing is
| future, the incipient blessing is
present" Only through Jesus
can we come to the Father. AS
Godet observes, it is, not in heaven
that we are to find God, but in
God that we are to find heaven.
THE DEITY OF CHRIST
The Lord of Heaven is manifest
to US in the presence of Jesus who
was the Goldman. The unity OF
Father and Son is asserted SAND
claimed. Recognition of Jesus in
his true nature included knowl'
edge of God. The disciples dis,
cernment had not been clear. AND
their knowledge was clouded with
the mists of twilight. o Philip
therefore, desired that Jesu:
should reveal the Father to the lit
tie group around him. He may
have expected some supernatural
display, like the Shekinah clouc
which would dazzle away then
darksome questions. In sorrowful
perhaps reproachful surprise
Jesus declared that all who hat
seen the Father; that is, they haC
witnessed the Fathers mind ant
will in him, glory and grace, alb
horrence of sin and purpose t.
save the lost; i ma word, all the
Fathers perfection. This most in.
innate unity, this misrepresentation
and indwelling Of Father and Sin
is a matter not merely to b., claim.
| ed by Christ but believed by the
disciples. The, Lord of heaven
Father and Son, was revealed ia
men in the words and works OF
Jesus. While these sublime facts
of redemption are to be accepted
implicitly, they are given an in
telligent basis. No !. man could
have produced his thoughts, or
wrought his works; hence, they
afforded indisputable proof of the
deity of Jesus and his union with
the Godhead or, .f;,, s...> Ill
THE SERVANTS OF CHRIST
| The Heirs of Heaven are the
servants Of Jesus. The word "be-
lieve" occurs about one hundred
times in the Gospel of John and
usually it fell from the lips of