DISCOURSE: 1707 OUR LORD’S PRAYER TO BE GLORIFIED ON EARTH John 17:1. _These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee_. THE work of intercession belongs to Christ, as the High-Priest of his Church.... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1708 CHRIST’S POWER TO GIVE ETERNAL LIFE John 17:2. _Thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him_. WE have in these words an unbounded prospect from eternity to eternity: they present to our view the commission first given... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1709 OUR LORD’S DYING APPEAL TO GOD John 17:4. _I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do. And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was_. A DYING scene, especially when the p... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1710 THE OBJECTS OF OUR LORD’S INTERCESSION John 17:9. _I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine. And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them_. THE Apostles were but weak in knowledge or in grace till... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1711 PRESERVATION FROM SIN MORE DESIRABLE THAN DELIVERANCE FROM AFFLICTION John 17:15. _I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil_. WE admire the solicitude which a dying parent expresses for the future and eternal welfare... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1712 CHRISTIANS ARE NOT OF THE WORLD John 17:16. _They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world_. SUCH is the enmity of a carnal mind to the will and law of God, that men usually hate us most for those very things which render us most acceptable in the sight of God. The sancti... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1713 THE END FOR WHICH CHRIST DEDICATED HIMSELF TO GOD John 17:19. _For their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth_. THE sanctification of men is no less necessary for their usefulness in this world, than it is for their happiness in the world to... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1714 THE IMPORTANCE OF UNION AMONG CHRISTIANS John 17:20. _Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word; that they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1715 THE GLORY WHICH CHRIST GIVES TO HIS PEOPLE John 17:22. _The glory which thou gavest me I hare given them_. THE dignity of human nature is a favourite subject with many: nor, if man be considered in his primeval state, can it be estimated too highly. But man is a fallen creature, an... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1716 CHRIST’S INTERCESSION John 17:24. _Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me_. THERE is an height, and depth, and length, and breadth in the love of Christ, which can never be explored. His... [ Continue Reading ]