Lanterna Rally

Author: Anonymous

Publisher: Theclassics.Us

Published: 2013-09

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9781230289298

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1865 edition. Excerpt: ... present standing with God, and our Father, and the place of the Church, owning this by his operation through grace, in contrast with the world, who rejected Jesus as the Son of God Hence, although the obedient disciples of the Lord Jesus were the instruments of the testimony, yet these are dropped as regards the testimony in the first instance; and the subject spoken of is, the Comforter's testimony in a conviction of the world. He is present as the witness of the glory of Christ; that is, as the abiding power of the dispensation, the necessary character of the testimony of his very presence in the world was this--that He was come in condemnation of the whole world before God; for it had rejected the Son whom the Father had sent in love to it. He had said, "I have yet one Son," and they had cast Him out--not merely Jews were in question, the world had done it--man had done it: "He was despised and rejected of men." Every grace of God, every righteousness of man, had been shewn in the Son of God; they had seen no beauty in Him that they should desire Him. Nay more, as the Lord had distinctly shewn of the world, they had both seen and hated both Him and the Father--hated Him, blessed and perfect in his ways, without a cause! As it is the direct testimony of the presence of the Holy Ghost, convicting the world of sin in its rejection of Jesus, and of the Father's reception and owning of Him as his Son, and consequent judgment, the disciples (not yet properly the Church) are entirely omitted; but as regards them in detail, the great principle of obedience, being the ground of blessing, is preserved in the 14th chapter, where this point is spoken of--" If ye love me, keep my commandments. And I will pray the Father, and He shall give you a...