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hours, while the old and feeble linger on for many years. The only true wisdom is to be always prepared to meet God, to put nothing off which concerns eternity, and to live like men ready to depart at any moment. So living, it matters little whether we die young or old. Joined to the Lord Jesus, we are safe in any event. We learn, thirdly, from this passage, what benefits affliction can confer on the soul. We read, that anxiety about a son led the nobleman to Christ, in order to obtain help in time of need. Once brought into Christ's company, he learned a lesson of priceless value. In the end, "he believed, and his whole house." All this, be it remembered, hinged upon the son's sickness. If the nobleman's son had never been ill, his father might have lived and died in his sins! Affliction is one of God's medicines. By it He often teaches lessons which would be learned in no other way. By it He often draws souls away from sin and the world, which would otherwise have perished everlastingly. Health is a great blessing, but sanctified disease is a greater. Prosperity and worldly comfort, are what all naturally desire; but losses and crosses are far better for us, if they lead us to Christ. Thousands at the last day, will testify with David, and the nobleman before us, "It is good for me that I have been afflicted." (Psalm. 119:71.) Let us beware of murmuring in the time of trouble. Let us settle it firmly in our minds, that there is a meaning, a needs-be, and a message from God, in every sorrow that falls upon us. There are no lessons so useful as those learned in the school of affliction. There is no commentary that opens up the Bible so much as sickness and sorrow. "No chastening for the present seems to be joyous, but grievous--nevertheless afterward it yields peaceable fruit." (Heb. 12:11.) The resurrection morning will prove, that many of the losses of God's people were in reality eternal gains. We learn, lastly, from this passage, that Christ's word is as good as Christ's presence. We read, that Jesus did not come down to Capernaum to see the sick young man, but only spoke the word, "Your son lives." Almighty power went with that little sentence. That very hour the patient began to amend. Christ only spoke, and the cure was done. Christ only commanded, and the deadly disease stood fast. The fact before us is singularly full of comfort. It gives enormous value to every promise of mercy, grace, and peace, which ever fell from Christ's lips. He that by faith has laid bold on some word of Christ, has placed his feet upon a ROCK. What Christ has said, He is able to do; and what He has undertaken, He will never fail to make good. The sinner who has really reposed his soul on the word of the Lord Jesus, is safe to all eternity. He could not be safer, if he saw the book of life, and his own name written in it. If Christ has said, "Him that comes to me, I will in no wise cast out," and our hearts can testify, "I have come," we need not doubt that we are saved. In the things of this world, we say that seeing is believing. But in the things of the Gospel, believing is as 58 of 282
good as seeing. Christ's word is as good as man's deed. He of whom Jesus says in the Gospel, "He lives," is alive for evermore, and shall never die. And now let us remember that afflictions, like that of the nobleman, are very common. They will probably come to our door one day. Have we known anything of bearing affliction? Would we know where to turn for help and comfort when our time comes? Let us fill our minds and memories betimes with Christ's words. They are not the words of man only, but of God. The words that he speaks are spirit and life. (John 6:63.) 59 of 282
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CTL.TODAY PRESENTS EXPOSITORY THOUG
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CONTENTS PREFACE - 5 I. JOHN 1:1-51
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theological views of the Reformers
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Page 10 and 11: 2:40.) This was the whole tenor of
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Page 14 and 15: JOHN 1:15-18 John testified about h
Page 16 and 17: JOHN 1:19-28 The Testimony of John
Page 18 and 19: Salvation is within their reach; bu
Page 20 and 21: Last, but not least, Christ is a PE
Page 22 and 23: who have done most for Christ's cau
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Page 26 and 27: son of Abraham--a Jew inwardly, pos
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Page 30 and 31: JOHN 2:12-25 Cleansing the Temple,
Page 32 and 33: that are taught by parents to child
Page 34 and 35: CHAPTER III JOHN 3:1-8 Conversation
Page 36 and 37: (Rom. 8:7.) We come into the world
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Page 42 and 43: the Spirit sparingly. The Father lo
Page 44 and 45: The truth before us, is one of the
Page 46 and 47: inconsistent with the fact announce
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Page 50 and 51: feels its disease. Never does a man
Page 52 and 53: How much astonishment every fresh c
Page 54 and 55: JOHN 4:31-42 Workers for the Harves
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Page 60 and 61: CHAPTER V JOHN 5:1-15 Healing a Par
Page 62 and 63: We are taught, lastly, the lesson t
Page 64 and 65: We learn, for another thing, from t
Page 66 and 67: the way to heaven. Until we know so
Page 68 and 69: scriptures thoroughly because you t
Page 70 and 71: JOHN 5:40-47 "But you are not willi
Page 72 and 73: doubts. Is it at all likely, probab
Page 74 and 75: something was amended or restored t
Page 76 and 77: Jerusalem, it was on a borrowed don
Page 78 and 79: The Lord Jesus, we should never for
Page 80 and 81: JOHN 6:28-34 So then they said to h
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Page 84 and 85: no restriction. The terms of the Go
Page 86 and 87: These things, no doubt, are deep an
Page 88 and 89: Let us next consider carefully, wha
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Page 94 and 95: CHAPTER VII JOHN 7:1-13 The Feast o
Page 96 and 97: We should observe, lastly, in this
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Page 100 and 101: is true. You do not know him, but I
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CHAPTER VIII JOHN 8:1-11 A Woman Ca
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Conscience is a most important part
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seen from a different point of view
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him, and he may possibly return at
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JOHN 8:31-36 Abraham’s Children a
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captive by it. Liberty, like this,
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"By baptism," we are confidently to
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The true Christian in the present d
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CHAPTER IX JOHN 9:1-12 Healing a Ma
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will not be tied down to the use of
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works of mercy, in ministering to t
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God," he cries, "He could do nothin
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CHAPTER X JOHN 10:1-9 Jesus as the
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etween bitter and sweet is one of t
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hearer, would be singularly full of
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own words literally fulfilled--"I c
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doubtless make shipwreck forever, u
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inspiration are to be numbered by t
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us to our Bibles, and teaches us to
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ecover." (Now Jesus had been talkin
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main are led by one Spirit, and lov
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the only Savior is often all that w
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Weeping and mourning are sadly tryi
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of inward faith, that when our turn
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We should observe, for one thing, i
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flesh," but they do not tend to pro
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It is a comfortable thought, that t
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Let us thank God if we know anythin
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willing Savior at the right hand of
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find at length that he has lost eve
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on our Divine Substitute, and borne
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their graves, and appear before the
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to find unbelief among the hearers
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Another thing shown in these verses
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CHAPTER XIII JOHN 13:1-5 Washing th
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knowledge. To know things with our
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more remembered, and real humility
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The lesson is one of which we all n
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Jesus said to him, "What you are ab
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God. Let us watch jealously over ou
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every relation of life. Specially i
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elievers. They do not see clearly w
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deeds. Believe me that I am in the
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that cannot be mistaken. "If you ha
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they who never forget the words, "O
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ody is united to the head. So long
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Christ must always be attended by l
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find Him saying, "Peace I leave wit
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CHAPTER XV JOHN 15:1-6 The Vine and
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vain notion to suppose that we are
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to be, that fruitfulness in Christi
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sweeping condemnation. Sound views
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Facts, painful facts in every age,
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utterly without excuse." They had s
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CHAPTER XVI JOHN 16:1-7 "I have tol
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We never can tell what is before us
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The difficulty of rightly explainin
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and, ‘because I am going to the F
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We may well believe that up to this
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disciples--"The Father Himself love
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CHAPTER XVII JOHN 17:1-8 When Jesus
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with attention, and fail to see tha
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hypocrites, it is one which those w
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e entirely by grace, and not of wor
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CHAPTER XVIII JOHN 18:1-11 Betrayal
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just as willing to receive and pard
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oth remained unmoved, cold, indiffe
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etter man? If Peter's fall has made
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Our Lord's main object in saying "M
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understanding; if you do you seek h
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picture, it contains special points
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governors that a country can have.
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utterly unlike the kingdoms of this
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crucifixion, were inspired by Him w
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JOHN 19:38-42 After this Joseph of
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passage before us was meant to conv
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owed so much to Christ. None felt s
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JOHN 20:11-18 But Mary stood outsid
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was not the highest style of faith.
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infusion of grace and charity--to s
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The story of the unbelief of Thomas
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it go. Unless our Lord Jesus is ver
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We should observe, for one thing, i
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JOHN 21:15-17 Then when they had fi
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scattered throughout this sinful wo
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the sermons they preached, and all
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