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John 16:11

John 16:11

These words present two thoughts a fact, and a conviction founded on that fact

I. Christ's conquest over the kingdom of evil It was a conquest won for man, and for this two things were requisite Christ must overcome the essence of evil by a means common to humanity; and He must show in His conquest, that the facts which seemed to prove the perpetuity of evil were the signs of its overthrow.

II. Christ's conquest and pledge of victory for man. (1) The fact itself is a power. (2) Christ is God's promise. (3) Christ a present friend.

E. L. Hull, Sermons,2nd series, p. 29.

References: John 16:10. G. Calthrop, Words Spoken to my Friends,p. 44; R. Lorimer, Bible Studies in Life and Truth,p. 165.

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