THE ACCUSERS SELF-CONDEMNED
John 8:1-11
This passage has been the subject of much controversy, but there is no
possibility of accounting for it except on the supposition that this
incident really took place. It reveals in our Lord's character such
tenderness, wisdom, hatred of sin, and insight int... [ Continue Reading ]
THE TWOFOLD WITNESS
John 8:12-20
On either side of the Temple court stood a huge golden candelabrum. On
the first and each succeeding night of the week of the Feast of
Tabernacles these were lit, and they poured a brilliant flood of light
over the Temple and the city. It was to these that our Lord... [ Continue Reading ]
THE FATHER MADE KNOWN IN HIS SON
John 8:21-30
Our Lord was absorbed in acquiring glory for His Father. He was sent
by the Father, lived by the Father, could do nothing of Himself, and
spoke only as the Father taught Him, John 8:28. He could dispense with
all human help and stand alone, because the... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SOURCE OF TRUE LIBERTY
John 8:31-38
Sin is not a necessary part of our being. _The servant abideth not in
the house for ever._ Your child is an integral part of the household;
he has become one with it. However far he travels, he can never break
the link of indissoluble connection. But it is d... [ Continue Reading ]
THE TEST OF SONSHIP
John 8:39-47
Godly ancestors and parents will avail nothing, unless we are animated
by their spirit and do their works. There were in the old world two
families that ran in parallel lines-that of Cain and that of Seth. See
Genesis 4:1-26; Genesis 5:1-32.
The Cainites were citi... [ Continue Reading ]
THE ETERNAL CHRIST
John 8:48-59
It is absolutely true that the Christian disciple does see death as
the king of terrors or as a grim monster. Jesus has robbed death of
its sting; He has destroyed Him that had the power of death. The
moment of death is the moment of birth into a wider and happier
e... [ Continue Reading ]