INSIGHTS & NOTES FROM
VERS. 1 - 5. That they might take Jesus by subtilty, & kill Him."
"...our Saviour, being reviled, did not only commit His cause to God, but Himself to God" "Vers. 6 - 13. Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper." "There can be no doubt that the majority of Christians would express SUPRISE AT THE HIGH HONOUR PROMISED TO MARY FOR SO SLIGHT A SERVICE." "The conduct of the woman was the result of overpowering love." "A marvellous effort of faith." "What the world calls waste, as done to Christ & His cause, the Saviour Himself commends as duty, which secures our truest interest & honour. (J. R. McGavin, D. D.)" "...as we possess this gospel ourselves it is our duty to impart the knowledge of it to others." "Love was her motive." "It was a striking act of faith. She did it for His burial." "With what coin minted by man can you purchase the tenderness of sympathy, the confidence of friendship, the devotion of love?" "The things that cannot be bartered, the price of which no merchant quotes, the value of which no figures can express, which no thief can steal, & no moth or rust corrupt, alone form the wealth of the soul. (J. R. S. Harington.)" "Devotion to the Lord's person is the chiefest of Christian virtues." "She could not have given more. Christ gave all that He could. He emptied Himself." "It was an act of faith in a crucified Saviour." "How exceedingly precious to Christ is the love of His people!" "How precious to Christ is the memory of His people!" "...some seasons & circumstances may justify uncommon expense." "Vers. 14 - 19. Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests." "How dreadful a folly to hoard up gold, & to lose heaven." "Vers. 20 - 25. And as they did eat, He said, Verily I say unto you, that one of you shall betray Me." "The essence of every evil is selfishness" "All sin is living to oneself instead of to God, & it may easily pass from one form of evil into another, just as light & heat, motion & electricity, are all various forms of one force." "Is it I? - Sinful possibilities" "None of them could think that he was the traitor, yet none of them could be sure that he was not." "Need for self-control: - Do not say, 'I know when to stop.' Do not say, 'I can go go so far; it will not do me any harm.' Many a man has said that, & been ruined by it. Do not say, 'It is natural to me to have these inclinations & tastes, & there can be no harm in yielding to them." "Very bad are the men who can look at their deed, described in its own inherent deformity, & yet say, 'Yes, that is it, & I am going to do it.' 'One of you shall betray Me.' Yes, I will betray you.' It must have taken something to look into the Master's face, & keep the fixed purpose steady." "He (Jesus) sat down with the very men who were to forsake him; but He utters no word of stern rebuke. (F. W. Brown.)" "IT REVEALS HIS UTTER MORAL HARDNESS. Christ had said, 'Woe unto that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed.' At this saying Judas asks, 'Lord, is it I?'" "Vers. 26 - 29. And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, & blessed it." "The New Testament: God's covenants with His people" "WE have a covenant; God has shown us what He is going to do, & has thereby pledged Himself to the performance." "The death of Christ is brought before us. The death of Christ as an offering for sin is brought before us. The death of Christ as the seal of the everlasting covenant between the Father & the Son is brought before us." "In the Lord's Supper 2 things done - 1. We commemorate Christ's death for us. 2. We feed upon Him by faith. (E. Stock.)" "...COMMEMORATION. ...COMMUNION. ...CONSECRATION. We cannot commemorate Christ as our Saviour without thereby acknowledging ourselves to be His - the purchase of His blood, & devoted to His service. (C. Hodge, D. D.)" "The new covenant of forgiveness & life. On God's side is pledged forgiveness, remission of sins, sustained acceptance. On man's side is pledged the obedience of faith." "Christ's blood instead of ours" "Christ 'made a curse, that we might be redeemed from the curse of the law.'" "Ver. 30. And when they had sung an hymn." "We should join praise with prayer & recount God's mercies when face to face with new trials." "...the inspiration of Christian song." "...the comfort of Christian song." "...the power of song." "Vers. 33 - 35. Though all men shall be offended because of Thee, yet will I never be offended. - Enthusiasm & its dangers" "...PETER'S OVER-CONFIDENCE WOULD SEEM TO HAVE BEEN DUE IN PART TO HIS NATURAL TEMPERAMENT, & TO HIS RELIANCE ON IT." "Estimate enthusiasm at is proper value." "Dangers of impulsiveness: - 1. Prone to over-estimate self, & underrate others - 'though all men - yet not I.'" "...all promises to adhere to Him should be made relying on Him for aid." "...we little know how feeble we are till we are tried." "Let us not mistake passion for principle..." "Ver. 36 - 39. A place called Gethsemane." "Submission to the Divine will" "'Thy will, not mine be done.'" "There are only 2 wills in the world - God's will & man's will." "How can these 2 wills be brought together into harmony? ...Not by any changing of the perfect will of God. Man's will is wrong, imperfect, misguided, it may be changed, it ought to be changed, it must be changed." "What shall change it? The truth as it is in Jesus. The work wrought out for us by Jesus. The grace won for us by Jesus. The constraining of the love of Jesus. The power of the risen & living Jesus." "...be aware of the enormous cost at which you have been ransomed." "Without the agony, without the cross, Christianity & Christendom would not have been." "...God's will be done, for He knows our necessities before we ask, & our ignorance in asking. His will, His supreme will in nature & in grace, let us learn to know; & having learned, to do it." "All prayer is to change the will human into submission to the will Divine." "Humility gives us good foot-hold in prayer." "The righteousness of God in all His ways, if duly considered, will compose the afflicted spirit to quiet & humble submission." "Vers. 40 - 45. Watch & pray, that ye enter not into temptation." "...the Christian does not attempt to fight temptation in his own strength." "THE CHRISTIAN A SENTINEL; HIS CAPTAIN IS CHRIST; AND THE WORD OF COMMAND IS 'WATCH.'" "A sentinel must distinguish between an enemy & a friend." "A sentinel will scrutinize & test the character." "Watchfulness implies a close & thorough consideration of the several ways by which temptation has at any time actually prevailed either upon ourselves or others." "Watchfulness implies a continual, actual intention of mind upon the high concern & danger which is before us, in opposition to sloth, idleness, & remissness." "...watchfulness without prayer is presumption, & prayer without watchfulness is a mockery." "What is watchfulness?" "We walk as it were upon precipices, & therefore had need to look to our standing, when we see persons falling on every side." "Avoid all occasions of sin; watch the beginnings of sin; watch your besetting sin; watch your thoughts; watch your company; watch your pursuits; watch in dependence upon God." "Vers. 47 - 52. And Jesus said utno him, Friend, wherefore art thou come?" "The PATIENCE of Christ's love." "Sin is mighty, but it cannot make God cease to love us." "Non-submission is rebellion." "Ver. 53. Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to My Father?" "Ver. 56. Then all the disciples forsook Him & fled. - The causes, signs, evils, & cure of backsliding" "Jesus, as it were, lays Himself down on our path; nor can any become backsliders, & return to the practice & pleasure of sin, without trampling Him under their feet. (T. Guthrie, D. D.)" "Vers. 57, 58. But Peter followed Him afar off." "THE SAD CONSEQUENCES OF FOLLOWING CHRIST AFAR OFF. 1. Such a course grows worse & worse. 2. Such a state brings its own punishment. 3. Such a course is unspeakably offensive to Jesus Christ." "Ver. 63. But Jesus held His peace." "Silence sometimes the wisest policy" "NO VERBAL DEFENCE WOULD HAVE AVAILED HIM ANYTHING with those who were determined to procure His condemnation." "Silence is often the best reproof of profane conversation." "Vers. 69 - 75. Now Peter sat without in the palace. - The fall of Peter" "Peter's sorrow was full of hope, but Judas' was full of despair." "Peter's sorrow drove him nearer to God, but Judas' drove him further from God." "The old nature in Peter was fighting against the Christ that was within him" The Biblical Illustrator, Baker, pgs. 600 - 634.
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September 2023
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