john-17:26

DISCOVERY OF THE FACTS 1. “Lord, Teach Us to Pray,” vv. 1–4 With what request did our Lord’s disciples come to Him? What was it awakened in them such a desire? Do we need to be taught how to pray? (James 4:3, Ro. 8:26.) Will He teach us? How? (Ro. 8:26, 27.) In what different connection in Matthew d... Read More

DISCOVERY OF THE FACTS 1. How to Give Alms, vv. 1–4 What should be our manner of giving alms? Does this forbid all gifts in public? (1 Cor. 16:1, 2.) Did our Lord ever commend a gift made in public? (Luke 21:1–4.) Just what is forbidden? Who knows of the gift of which no man knows? Is that enough? W... Read More

We now come to a matter on which there has been some confusion of thought among the Lord's children. It concerns what follows this knowledge. Note again first of all the wording of Romans 6. 6: ---Knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him ". The tense of the verb is most precious for it ... Read More

A spiritual leader will recognise that his ministry is imbalanced. So he will find his balance in the ministry of other members in the Body of Christ. The Body of Christ can be compared to a hospital. When a man is sick and goes to a hospital, the hospital has various departments to help him. Perhap... Read More

"And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life? And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God. Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit... Read More

"Two can accomplish more than twice as much as one, for the results can be much better. If one falls, the other pulls him up; but if a man falls when he is alone, he's in trouble.....And one standing alone can be attacked and defeated, but two can stand back-to-back and conquer; three is even better... Read More

One of the first things we read that happened to Adam as soon as he sinned, and when God came and spoke to him, was that he got afraid. It’s the first time that fear is mentioned in the Bible. When God came to him and He asked where he was hiding among the trees. And he said, “I was afraid,” and eve... Read More

Jesus said in John 17, “I pray for them.” At the right hand of the Throne of God in Heaven, “He ever liveth to make intercession for us.” Now, if Jesus at the right hand of the Father is praying for His own, what does this mean for you and me? I’d like to relate an experience I had years ago—one of ... Read More

The love of the Father for the Son is the ultimate of loves. In John 17, the Lord Jesus speaks of the Father’s love for Him being before the foundation of the world (v. 24), showing that it preceded all creation, originating singularly in the Godhead, and being from eternity past. No other love is l... Read More

To my fellow-believers in our Lord Jesus Christ gathered in Church fellowship at Unity Chapel, Bristol. BELOVED FRIENDS, In accordance with the resolution passed at a recent meeting, I have here set forth my views upon the question we have been lately discussing, namely, Whether the Word of God give... Read More