XCIX. With Christ.
JOHN xiv. 3. "That where I am, there ye may be also." WE ought to love these words, not so much for the ex- ceeding delight it will be to…
XCVIII. The Attractive Power of Christ Crucified.
JOHN xii. 32. "And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto Me." IF these words had stood alone in the Gospel, it would…
XCVII. The Stone.
JOHN xi. 39. "Jesus said, Take ye away the stone." GOD never performs an unnecessary act. Jesus, though omnipotent, never spoke an unnecessary word nor per- formed an unnecessary deed.…
XCVI. The Tears of Jesus.
JOHN xi. 35. "Jesus wept.” ON three occasions during His life on earth, we read of Jesus weeping. First, when He visited the bereaved sisters of Bethany, next when He…
XCV. The Good Works of the Gospel.
JOHN x. 32. "Jesus answered them, Many good works have I showed you from My father; for which of those works do ye stone Me?" LET us look at some…
XCIV. The Good Shepherd.
JOHN x. 11. "I am the Good Shepherd." WHEN our Lord calls Himself the Good Shepherd, is He using a title which has lost its value since He has ceased…
XCIII. The Recovery of Sight.
JOHN ix. 25. "He answered and said, Whether He be a sinner or no, I know not. One thing I know, that whereas I was blind, now I see." I.…
XCII. The Night Cometh.
JOHN ix. 4. "I must work the works of Him that sent Me, while it is day: the night cometh when no man can work." LIKE other sayings of Jesus,…
XCI. The Absolute Sinlessness of Christ.
JOHN viii. 46. "Which of you convinceth Me of sin." IT has sometimes been inferred from the context of these words, that "sin" here means intellectual rather than moral failure.…
XC. The Darkest of Deaths.
JOHN viii. 24. "For if ye believe not that I am He, ye shall die in your sins." THESE words were spoken by our Lord to men who seemed determined…