CHAPTER 3 THE ADULTEROUS WOMAN John 8:1-11. I merely insert this caption through courtesy to the English reader; but will be excused from the exposition, as this item is entirely absent from the original, having been interpolated in post-apostolic times, as John, in whose gospel it appears in the... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LIGHT OF LIFE John 8:12-16. _“Then, Jesus again spoke to them, saying, I am the Light of the world; the one following Me can not walk in darkness, but shall have the Light of life.”_ The subjunctive mode is here very consolatory, assuring us that no one following Jesus can walk in darkness, but... [ Continue Reading ]
WITNESS OF THE SPIRIT John 8:17-20. _“And it has been written in your law, That the testimony of two people is true._ [Deuteronomy 19:15] _I am the one testifying concerning Myself, and the One who sent Me testifies concerning Me.”_ Here is the experimental consolation of every true Christian, the H... [ Continue Reading ]
ALARMING PREDICTION AGAINST THEM John 8:21-27. _“Then He again said to them, I go, and you shall seek Me, and you shall perish in your sin; whither I go, you are not able to come.”_ The prophetic eye of Jesus saw the awful calamities coming on those people, when they would perish miserably by sword,... [ Continue Reading ]
THE CRUCIFIXION John 8:28-29. _“Then Jesus said, When you may lift up the Son of man, then you shall know that I am He; and I do nothing of Myself; but as the Father taught Me, these things I speak.”_ In that memorable sermon to Nicodemus, in the beginning of His ministry, in His reference to Moses... [ Continue Reading ]
DEGREES OF FAITH John 8:30-32. _“He speaking these words, many believed on Him. Then Jesus said to the Jews who had believed on Him, If you may abide in My Word you are truly My disciples; you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”_ We see from the context that these Jews, addres... [ Continue Reading ]
EGREGIOUS BLINDNESS OF THE JEWS John 8:32-33. _“You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. They responded to Him, We are the seed of Abraham, and have never been in bondage to any one; how do You say, That you shall be free?”_ This illustrates the alarming fact that even religious... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SLAVE OF SIN John 8:34. _“Jesus responded to them, Truly, truly, I say unto you, That every one doing sin is the slave of sin.”_ The devil's people all night long wheeling in the mazy gyrations of the giddy, lustful dance, quaffing the inebriating bowl till they kindle hell-fire in their blood a... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SON THE AUTHOR OF TRUE FREEDOM John 8:35-36. _“The slave does not abide in the house forever.”_ This great and beautiful world is one of God's houses, in which not a few of His children have been living these six thousand years. All sinners are the slaves of sin and Satan. The slaves never inher... [ Continue Reading ]
SATANIC PATERNITY OF THE UNREGENERATE John 8:37-47. _“I know that ye are the seed of Abraham; but you seek to kill Me, because My Word has no place in you.”_ How sad the condition of those preachers and people when Jesus, looking through them, actually saw them full of repellency and diabolical anta... [ Continue Reading ]
SIMPLICITY AND CANDOR OF JESUS John 8:48-52. _“The Jews responded, and said to Him, Do we not truly say that Thou art a Samaritan, and hast a demon?”_ The Jews hated the Samaritans so inveterately that they doubtless thus stigmatized Him because He had preached in Samaria, not only in the beginning... [ Continue Reading ]
JESUS PRE-ABRAHAMIC John 8:52-59. _“The Jews said to Him, Now we know that Thou hast a demon.”_ Sharpers, sent out for that specific purpose, hung on His lips, like lightning upon the skirts of the clouds, seeking with diabolical chicanery to catch some word on which they could found an accusation,... [ Continue Reading ]