_PERFECT LOVE_ ‘Having loved His own which were in the world, He loved them unto the end.’ John 13:1 The margin of the R.V. reads, ‘to the uttermost’: ‘He loved them to the uttermost.’ I. GREAT CRISES, WHETHER OF JOY OR SORROW, REVEAL CHARACTER AND DISPOSITION.—To-morrow Christ was to die. It w... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE MYSTERY OF FAITH_ ‘What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter.’ John 13:7 These words sum up the whole mystery of faith. In a sense, though faith is the true knowledge of God, and of His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, so far as it can be had now, yet it is also, in a sense, pa... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE CALL TO SERVICE_ ‘Ye call Me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am.’ John 13:13 The underlying foundation for every call to a definite step in the Christian life must be the plain teaching of our Lord Himself. I. IF WE ASK WHAT CHRIST SAVES MEN FOR, we find it summed up in a senten... [ Continue Reading ]
_MISSIONARY SERVICE_ ‘If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.’ John 13:17 I. THERE IS A TEST by which the reality of discipleship is proved. II. IT FORMS THE SUBSTANCE OF THE TEACHING OF THE LORD after He rose from the dead. III. IT IS CONTAINED IN THE ONE COMMAND, to evangelise... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE BELOVED DISCIPLE_ ‘There was leaning on Jesus’ bosom one of His disciples, whom Jesus loved.’ John 13:23 The title by which John calls himself is the disciple ‘whom Jesus loved.’ We too have each one of us an _ individual relationship_ to our Lord. ‘I believe in God the Father Who created _... [ Continue Reading ]
_A PATTERN OF INTERCESSION_ ‘He then lying on Jesus’ breast saith unto Him, Lord, who is it? John 13:25 I. WE ARE BROUGHT NEAR TO OUR LORD NOT FOR OUR OWN SAKE ALONE, but for the help of others. (See 2 Corinthians 1:6.) We must not be selfish in matters of religion. _ Meum_ and _ tuum_ are not C... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE NEW COMMANDMENT_ ‘A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you.’ John 13:34 The command to love is always new. Every individual and every generation must have a new way, because the circumstances of the world are always changing, and the minds of men are a... [ Continue Reading ]
_CHRISTIAN PHILANTHROPY_ ‘By this shall all men know that ye are My disciples, if ye have love one to another: even as I loved you, that ye also may love one another.’ John 13:34 (R.V. marg.) Philanthropy, then, is the great sign and test of Christianity. As we look around us and reckon up all th... [ Continue Reading ]