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The Gospel of John, The Period of Conference, Conference With the Father, Part LXIII, John 17:14 - Lesson 171
Read Verses John 17:13, for review: And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.
John 17:14, I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
In giving the disciples the Father's word Jesus Christ means more than that he had expounded the scriptures.
He had given them what he had been given as described in Isaiah 50:4:
The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.
He had given them what the Father was, he had given them the source of their joy.
As that joy was expressed they would discover that they are not of the world and the world would hate them for it.
A man or woman of joy, true joy, is not of the world and the world will hate that man or woman for it.
The world is filled with that which it sees and tastes and feels and anyone who is not it hates.
The person of joy has new affections, new interests, and a new Master.
He has been separated from the world and in proportion as he follows Christ: he condemns the world and the world hates and plots against him, curses him, says all manner of evil against him, opposes him and rejoices when any evil befalls him.
they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
Like Son, like follower of Son!
Christ is the second man as Paul in 1 Cor 15:47 proclaims:
The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.
He said in Heb 7:26, For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens; |