Quiet Talks about Jesus — 17 - Part 3 - Ch. 7 - The Ascension: Back Home Again Until----

<u>Tarry Ye--Go Ye.

</u> One day the disciples and followers of Jesus had met in Jerusalem, when Jesus Himself came again in their midst and talked with them quite a bit.

He said particularly that they were not to leave Jerusalem, but wait there.

In a few days the Holy Spirit would come upon them, and they were to wait until He came.

Then He asked them to go with Him for a walk.

And they walk together along those old Jerusalem streets, out the gate and off past Gethsemane toward the top of Olives over against Bethany.

On the way they ask Him if it was His plan to set up the kingdom then.

He turns their thought away from Palestine toward the world, away from times and seasons toward telling a race about Himself.

And now they are standing together on the Mount of Olives.

There is Peter, the new man of rock, and John and James, the sons of thunder, and little Scotch Andrew, and the man in whom is no guile, and the others.

But one's eyes quickly go by these to the Man in the center of the group.

These men stand gazing on that face, listening for His words.

There is a consciousness that the goodbye word is about to be spoken.

Yonder they can see the bit of a depression and the tops of some old trees.

That is Gethsemane.

And over beyond that is the city wall and the little knoll near by outside.

That is Calvary.

With memories such as these suggest they listen with eyes as well as ears.

"Ye shall receive power," the Master is saying, "and ye shall be _My witnesses_ here in Jerusalem and in all Judea, your brothers, and in Samaria, the nearby people you don't like, and unto the uttermost part of the earth, everybody else."

They are held by the words and by that face.

Then He lifts up His hands in blessing upon them.

And as they gaze they notice He is rising, His feet are off the earth, then higher and higher.

Then a shining glory cloud sweeps down out of the blue, and now they see Him no more.

<u>Coming Again.

</u> They continue gazing, held spellbound by the sight, thinking maybe they may get another look.

Then two men in white apparel are in their midst and speak to them: "Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into the heavens?

This Jesus who was received up into heaven shall so come in like manner as ye beheld Him going into heaven."

That word at once sends them back to the waiting-place of which the Master had spoken.

From that time they never lost the upward glance, but they were ever absorbed in obeying the Master's command.

Jesus' ascension was a continuation of the resurrection movement.

The resurrection was the beginning of the ascension.

Having finished the task involved in dying, Jesus responded to the natural upward movement of His life.

On His way up from the tomb to His Father's home and throne, He tarried awhile on the earth for the sake of these disciples and leaders, then yielded again to the upward movement.

The two men in white apparel give the key to the ascension.

Jesus will remain above until the next great step in the kingdom plan.

Then He will return to carry out in full the Father's great love-plan for man and for the earth.

His last act with these men was conducting them to the Mount of Olives.

That is ever to be the point of outlook for His follower.

Yonder in full view is Gethsemane and Calvary.

Following the line of His eyes and pointing finger, as the last word is spoken, leads us ever to the man nearest by, to the uttermost parts of the earth, and to all between.

Following His disappearing figure keeps us ever looking upward to Himself and forward to His return.

Study Notes Analysis and References The spirit-key to an understanding of God's Word is surrender of will and life to His mastery.

"He that is willing to do His will will know of the teaching."

The mental-key to a grasp of the contents of that Book is _habitual broad reading_.

It cannot be too insistently insisted upon that wide reading from end to end of the Book, and from end to end of the year, is _the_ simple essential to a clear understanding and a firm grasp of the Bible.

It is the only possible salvation from the piece-meal, microscopic study of sentences and verses that has been in common use _clear out of all proportion_.

Such disproportionate study steals away very largely the historical setting, and the simple meaning in the mind of speaker and writer.

Wide reading habitually indulged in should come first, and out of that will naturally grow the closer study.

This is the true order.

In giving references it is needful to mark particular verses.

Yet this is to be regretted because of our inveterate habit of reading only the marked verses instead of getting the sweep of their connection.

The connection is a very large part of the interpretation of any passage.

The references here are meant to be indices to the whole passage in connection.

They are not meant to be full, but simply to start one going.

They should be supplemented by others suggested by one's own reading, by marginal references (those of the American Revision are specially well selected), and by concordance and topical text-book.

What a student digs out for himself is in a peculiar sense his own.

It is woven into his fibre.

It helps make him the man he comes to be.

Those who may want a course to follow rigidly without independent study will find these notes disappointing.

For those who want a daily scheme of study the allotment for the day can be by certain designated pages of reading with the corresponding paragraphs in the Study Notes.

The paragraphing will be found to be in some measure, though not wholly, a sub-analysis.

The American Revision is used here.

I.

The Purpose of Jesus.

1. The Purpose in the Coming of Jesus.

_God Spelling Himself out in Jesus_: change in the original language--bother in spelling Jesus out--sticklers for the old forms--Jesus' new spelling of old words.

_Jesus is God following us up_: God heart-broken--man's native air--bad choice affected man's will--the wrong lane--God following us up.

_The Early Eden Picture_, Genesis 1:26-31. 2:7-25: unfallen man--like God--the breath of God in man--a spirit, infinite, eternal--love--holy--wise--sovereign over creation, Psalm 8:5-8--in his own will--summary--God's thought for man.

_Man's Bad Break_, Genesis 3. the climax of opportunity--the tree of choice--the temptation--blended lies--the tempter's strategy--the choice made--the immediate result--safety in shame--the danger of staying in Eden--guarding man's home--the return, Rev. 2:7. 22:14, 2. John 10:10. _Outside the Eden Gate_: a costly meal--result in the man himself--ears and eyes affected--looking without seeing--a personal test--Isaiah's famous passage, Isaiah 6:9-10, see Isaiah 42:18, 20, 23. 43:8. 29:10. Jeremiah 5:21. 6:10. 7:26. Ezekiel 12:2. Psalm 69:23. Micah 3:6. Acts 7:51. --Jesus' use of parables--Jesus' irony--Matthew 13:10-15. Mark 4:10-12. Luke 8:9-10. See John 12:40. Acts 28:26, 27. Romans 11:8. John 9:39-41--tongue affected--the tongue man's index--effect of seeing God--whole mental process affected--sense of dread--- Paul's seven steps down in mental process, Ephesians 4:17-19--Jesus the music of God, the face of God.

_Sin's Brood_: result in the growth of sin--three stages, flood, Moses, Paul--Paul's Summary, Romans I:18-32, see Matthew 15:19. Galatians 5:19-21. 2 Timothy 3:2-5. --Paul's Outlook--a summary of to-day--the conventional cloak--four great paragraphs--man still a king, Genesis 9:6. 1 Corinthians 11:7. James 3:9. --a composite picture--analysis of sin--the root of sin.

_God's Treatment of Sin_: "gave them up," Romans 1:24, 26, 28. see Job 8:4. 1 Kings 14:16. Psalms 81:12. Acts 7:42, Romans 9:22 (endured).

--the worst thing and the best--sin's gait--Jesus is God letting sin do its worst upon Himself.

_A Bright Gleam of Light_: the non-Christian world--God has no favorites--all know God directly, Romans 1:20, 32. John 1:9--believing on Jesus--the outside majority--Peter's statement, Acts 10:34, 35. --Paul's statement, Romans 2:7. --persistent climbers--trusting the unknown Jesus--the Master's command--to help our brothers--Jesus is God sacrificing His best.

_The Broken Tryst_, Genesis 3:8-9: God keeping tryst--man not there--God's search--a lonely God--still calling--Jesus is God calling man back to the broken tryst.

_God's Wooing_: direct revelation to all--the inner light, John 1:9. Acts 17:26-28. Job 12:10. Psalms 139:1-16. --through nature, Psalms 19:1-6. --in the daily weave of life, Acts 17:28. --"The Lord's at the loom"--a special revelation, Romans 3:2. Deuteronomy 4:8. --in Jesus, Heb.

1:1-3. --the Book--the mission of the Book, John 20:31. --summary--chiefly Jesus.

2. The Plan for the Coming of Jesus.

_God's Darling_, Psalms 8:5-8. --the plan for the new man--the Hebrew picture by itself--difference between God's plan and actual events--one purpose through breaking plans--the original plan--a starting point--getting inside.

_Fastening a Tether inside_: the longest way around--the pedigree--the start.

_First Touches on the Canvas_: the first touch, Genesis 3:15. --three groups of prediction--first group: to Abraham, Genesis 12:1-3; to Isaac, Genesis 26:1-5; to Jacob, Genesis 28:10-15; through Jacob, Genesis 49:9-11. through Balaam, Numbers 24:17-19; through Moses, Deuteronomy 18:15-19, see Matthew 21:11. John 1:21. 6:14. Acts 3:22. 7:37. --second group: David, 2 Samuel 7:16, 18, 19. 23:3-5. Psalms 2nd, 110th.

Solomon in 72nd Psalm.

Forty-fifth Psalm.

_A Full Length Picture in Colors_: third group in prophetic books--one continuous subject--"day of the Lord," 134 times,--Somebody coming--His Person; _divine_, Isaiah 7:14. 9:6. 33:22. Micah 4:7. 5:2. Haggai 2:9. _human_, Isaiah 32:2. Daniel 7:13. _manner of birth_, Isaiah 7:14. _of native stock_, Isaiah 9:6. Ezekiel 29:21. _of David's line,_ _ Isaiah 9:7. 11:1. 16:5. Jeremiah 23:5. 33:15, 17, 21, 26. Amos 9:11. Zechariah 3:8. 6:12. _a branch of Jehovah, _ Isaiah 4:2. _a King_, Isaiah 9:6. 32:1. 33:17. Jeremiah 23:5. Zechariah 6:13. 9:9. _called David_, Jeremiah 30:9. Ezekiel 37:24, 25. Hosea 3:5. _a priest-king,_ Zechariah 6:13. _a preacher_, Isaiah 61:1-3. _a teacher_, Isaiah 9:6 (counsellor).

--the kingdom, Daniel 2:34,44. Obadiah:21 (Jehovah's).

--the capital, Isaiah 2:3. 4:5. 33:20,21. 59:20. 65:18, 19. Joel 3:16, 17, 20, 21. Micah 4:7, 8. --the presence of God, Ezekiel 37:27. Joel 3:21. Zechariah 2:10, 11. Zephaniah 3:17. --visibly present, Isaiah 4:5, 6. --characteristics, vengeance, Isaiah 61:2. 63:1-6. Zephaniah 3:19. --great victory, Zechariah 9:9. --- but without force, Isaiah 11:4. Zechariah 9:10. --peace, Isaiah 2:4. 9:6, 7. --established in loving kindness, Isaiah 16:5. --justice and right, Isaiah 9:7. 16:5. 32:1. Jeremiah 23:5. 33:15. --the poor and meek, Isaiah 11:4, 5. --broken-hearted, poor and imprisoned, Isaiah 61:1-3. --protection from all ills, Isaiah 32:2. --impartiality in judging even the most weak and obnoxious, Isaiah 42:3, 4. --gradual increase, Isaiah 9:7. 42:4. a great crisis, Zephaniah 4:1. Habakkuk 3:1-15. with unexpected suddenness, Malachi 3:1--effect upon Israel _nationally_; Spirit-baptized, Isaiah 44:2. Ezekiel 37:9-14. 39:29. --never withdrawn, Isaiah 59:21. --judgments removed, Zephaniah 3:14, 15. --impurity cleansed, Isaiah 4:4. Malachi 3:2, 3. --possession of land, Zephaniah 2:7. --capital holy, Joel 3:17. --weakness gone, Micah 4:6, 7. freedom from enemies, Isaiah 33:18, 19. --Jeremiah 30:8-10. Joel 3:17. Zechariah 14:11. Micah 5:6. --at peace, Isaiah 33:20. Micah 5:5. --leadership, Isaiah 2:2. Micah 4:1, 3. 5:8. --spiritual leadership, Joel 2:28, 29. --supremacy, etc. , Isaiah 60:1-22. 11:10. 2:2. Micah 4:1, 3. 5:8. Zechariah 2:10. --Jerusalem center, Isaiah 60:10-14. Zechariah 14:16. effect upon Israel _personally_; made over new, Ezekiel 11:17-20. 36:25-27. Jeremiah 31:31-34. Isaiah 4:3. --devotion and open-mindedness, Isaiah 32:3-4. 44:5. --sickness absent, Isaiah 33:24. --longer lives, Isaiah 65:20. --increase in numbers, Jeremiah 33:22. Ezekiel 37:26. Isaiah 44:4. --no disappointed plans, Isaiah 65:21-23. Amos 9:14. --fear gone, Micah 4:4. --thrilled hearts, Isaiah 60:5. effect upon _other nations_; to come back to God, Micah 5:3 (see John 10:16).

--Spirit upon all, Joel 2:28. --voluntary coming to Israel for instruction, Isaiah 2:3. Micah 4:2. --earth filled with knowledge, Isaiah 11:9. --her influence as the dew, Micah 5:7. --the only medium, Isaiah 60:12. wondrous blessings shared with all, Isaiah 42:1, 6, 7. 49:6. 51:4. 61:1. --universal peace, Micah 4:3-4. Zechariah 9:10. changes in nature; at Jerusalem, Isaiah 33:21. Joel 3:18 l. c.

Zechariah 14:8. Ezekiel 47:1-5. Zechariah 14:4. --increased light, Isaiah 30:26. --overshadowed by presence of God, Isaiah 60:19 (Presence cloud, Exodus; as sun, Matthew 17:2 with parallels;

above sun Acts 26:13).

--renewed fertility, Ezekiel 36:29, 30. Hosea 2:21. Joel 3:18. Amos 9:13. Zechariah 14:10. Isaiah 4:2. --removal of curse upon earth, Zechariah 14:11. Isaiah 65:17. --the animal creation, Isaiah 11:6-9. 65:25. Hosea 2:18 (see Romans 8:20-22).

--without limit, Isaiah 2:2. 9:7. Daniel 2:44. 7:14. Micah 4:1. 5:4. Zephaniah 3:20. Zechariah 9:10. Joel 3:20. --a return to original conditions--characteristics of the coming One--mental equipment, Isaiah 11:2. 42:1. 61:1. --personal beauty and dignity, Isaiah 4:2. 33:17. Daniel 7:14. Micah 5:14. --unpretentious, Zechariah 9:9. --direct touch with God, Isaiah 49:1-3. 50:4. --backed by power of God, etc. , Isaiah 42:1, 6. 49:3. 52:13. 53:11. 59:20. Zechariah 3:8. Malachi 3:1. --the poor cared for righteously, Isaiah 11:3-5. --divine insight, Isaiah 11:3. _Back to Eden_: a wild dream--the Hebrew Book's conception--Simeon and Anna, Luke 2:25-38. _Strange Dark Shadowings_: weird forebodings--acted out, Joseph and David--Psalms 22. 69:20, 21. Isaiah 50:6, 7. 52:13-53:12. Daniel 9:24-26. Zechariah 11:4-14. 12:10. 13:7. a valley-road to the throne.

3. The Tragic Break in the Plan.

_The Jerusalem Climate_: the contrasting receptions, Luke 2. the music of heaven, Job 38:6, 7. Luke 2:13, 14. pick out the choruses of Revelation, the crowning book.

--the after-captivity leaders, see Ezra and Nehemiah--ideals and ideas--present leaders--Herod--the high priest--the faithful few, Luke 2:25, 38. 23:51. _The Bethlehem Fog_: Matthew 1 and 2. Luke 2. a foggy shadow--suspicion of Mary--a stable cradle--murder of babes--star-students--senate meeting--a troubled city-flight--Galilee.

_The Man Sent Ahead_: the growing boy--John's relation to Jesus--trace passages in gospels referring to John.

_The Contemptuous Rejection_: accepted by individuals, rejected by nation--John's drawing power--a dramatic presentation.

John 1:19-34. --ominous silence--five satisfied seekers, John 1:35-51. --cleansing of temple, John 2:13-22. --first public work, John 2:23-25. --Nicodemus, John 3:1-21. --helping John, John 3:22, 23. 4:1 with Matthew 3:5-7. Luke 3:7-14. the dispute about the two men, John 3:25-30 (note American Revision)--John's arrest--effect upon Jesus, Matthew 4:12-25. --"withdrew."

_The Aggressive Rejection_: the second stage--Nazareth, Luke 4:16-30. --seven incidents, _i.

e. _ (i) healing at pool of Bethesda, John 5:1-47. (2) forgiving and healing palsied man, Matthew 9:2-8 with parallels.

(3) criticizing Jesus' personal conduct, Matthew 9:10-17 with parallels.

(4) grain fields on the Sabbath, Matthew 12:1-8 with parallels.

(5) healing whithered hand, Matthew 12:9-14 with parallels.

--second "withdrew," Mark 3:7-12 with parallels.

(6) charge of having an unclean spirit, Mark 3:20-30 with parallels.

(7) interruption by his mother, Matthew 12:46-50 with parallels.

--the murder of John, Matthew 14:1-12 with parallels.

--third "withdrew," Matthew 14:13 with parallels.

--staying in Galilee during fourth Passover, John 6:4, 5. _The Murderous Rejection_: a fugitive from Judea, John 7:1. --fresh attack by southern leaders, Matthew 15:1-20 with parallel in Mark.

--fourth "withdrew"--outside national lines, Matthew, 15:21 with parallel in Mark.

--return to Sea of Galilee and request for sign, Matthew 15:29-16:4 with parallel in Mark.

--Feast of Tabernacles, John 7: 2-8:59. --the blind man cured, John 9:1-40. --Transfiguration, Matthew 17:1-8 with parallels.

--the beginning of the last journey, Luke 9:51. Mark 10:1, 32. Matthew 19:1. --the Seventy, Luke 10:1-17. --getting nearer to Jerusalem, divorce question, Mark 10:2-12. Matthew 19:3-12. --Good Samaritan, Luke 10:25-37. Beelzebub, "vehemently," Luke 11. fresh tilt over Sabbath question, Luke 13:10-17. --cunning attempt to get Him into Judea, Luke 13:31. --Feast of Dedication, John 10:22-40. --Lazarus, John 11:1-46. formal decision against Him, John 11:47-53. a fugitive, John 11:57. no more openly, John 11:54. crowding pilgrims, John 11:55, 56. Lazarus again, John 12:9-11. the last week; triumphal entry, Matthew 21:1-17 with parallels, daily visits and return to Olivet, Luke 21:37-38; cleansing temple, Matthew 21:12-17 with parallels; duel of questionings, Matthew 22. Mark 11:27-12:34. Luke 20:1-44; His terrific arraignment, Matthew 23:1-39 with parallels; Greeks, John 12:20-36. Bethany feast, Matthew 26:6-13 with parallels, Judas, Matthew 26:14-16 with parallels; with the inner circle, Matthew 26:17-46 with parallels.

_Suffering the Birih-pains of a New Life_: why did Jesus die?

--God's plan of atonement, Leviticus 1:3-9--Paul's statement in effect, Galatians 2:20. --Jesus' dying does not fit into Hebrew ritual--standpoint of Hebrews--what God counselled, Acts 2:23. --this affects only the form not the virtue of Jesus' death--preaching of Acts, 2:14-36, 38, 39. 3:12-26. 4:8-12. 5:29-32, and on, first church council, Acts 15. 13-18 with Amos 9:11-12. --the superlative of hate--Jesus' death voluntary, John 10:17, 18--ten attempts before the cross; three to kill at once, Luke 4:30. John 8:59. 10:31. other attempts, Matthew 12:14. John 5:18. 7:1, 30, 32. 10:39. 11:53 Jesus' own explanation:--the temple, John 2:19. lifted up, 3:15. Matthew 9:15 with parallels.

His flesh, John 6:53-57. with Jesus' own interpretation, good Shepherd, John 10:11; for the sheep, 10:15; other sheep, 10:16; take it again, 10:17; of Myself, 10:18. cross, Matthew 10:38 with parallels.

Jonah, Matthew 12:39, 40. 16:4 with parallel in Luke.

Greeks, John 12:24-33. the Father's command, John 14:31. for friends, John 15:13. sanctified, John 17:19. the Father's cup, John 18:11. John's comment, John 12:47-52. --the necessity for dying--a step in a wider plan--for the nation--wholly voluntary--six elements in a perfect sacrifice--Jesus alone is a perfect sacrifice--Paul's comment, Romans 3:26. --God's master-stroke--faith--Hebrew heathen and Christian grouped.

4. Some Surprising Results of the Break.

_The Surprised Jew_: a clash of wills--thousands of believing Jews--the church displacing kingdom--two-fold division of men formerly--now three-fold--church different in organization from kingdom--the Baptist puzzled--Jesus did not fill out Hebrew prophecy--two characteristics, personal and official--personal details fulfilled--official not because of rejection--out of situation grew four gospels--Mark--Matthew's the gap gospel--Paul's audiences--Luke's gospel--these three tell of rejection mainly--John's gospel--the order of the gospels in canon.

_The Surprised Church_: God holds to His plan--mixed ideas of kingdom and church--a handy principle of interpretation--one law consistently applied--the church to fulfil its mission and go--the kingdom simply retarded, yet to come--the plan enriched--sliding scale of fulfilment--the King must come--- even this in Hebrew picture, Zechariah 12:10. New Testament teaching.

Peter, Acts 3:21. --keeping truth in proportion--the gospel of the kingdom--Paul, 1 Thessalonians 1. 10. 2:19. 3:13. 4:13-18. 5:10-23. 2 Thessalonians 1:7-10. 2:1-9. 1 Corinthians 1:7, 8. 3:13. 5:5. 15:23, 25, 51, 52. 16:22. 2 Corinthians 1:14. 5:2-4. Romans 8:18, 19, 23. 11:12-29. 13:11, 12. 16:20. Colossians 3:4. Ephesians 1:10, 14, 18. 4:4, 30. 5:27. Philippians 1:6, 10. 2:16. 3:20. 4:5. 1 Timothy 1:1 (note Paul's use of "hope" throughout).

6:14. Titus 2:13. 2 Timothy 1:12, 18. 2:12. 4:1, 8. --The Book of Revelation--the coming surprise.

_The Surprising Jew_: greatest surprise--for all--the puzzle of history--divinely preserved--the keystone of the coming kingdom--Jesus the spirit magnet for Jew and all.

II.

The Person of Jesus.

1. The Human Jesus.

_God's meaning of "Human":_ man's fellow--two meanings of word human--original meaning--natural limitations.

_The Hurt of sin_: sin's added limitations.

_Our Fellow_: Jesus truly human--up to first standard--His insistence--perfect in His humanness--fellowship in sin's limitations--hungry, Matthew 16:5. John 4:6-8. --tired, John 4:6. Mark 4:38. --poverty, Matthew 13:55. Mark 6:3. --hard toil, John 19:25-27. --homeless, Luke 4:16-30. Matthew 8:20. Luke 9:58. --discipline of waiting.

_There's More of God since Jesus Went Back_: the Nazareth home--fellowship with His brothers--"In the shop of Nazareth"--a Man on the throne.

2. The Divine Jesus.

_Jehovah-Jesus:_ John 1:1-18. the intimacy of John, John 13:23. 19:26. 20:2. 21:7, 20. "with Jesus," John 18:15. --John writes of Jesus--- when he wrote--getting the range--his literary style--the beginning--the Word--this was Jesus--the tragic tone.

_God's Spokesman_: the Creator was Jehovah--- Jehovah is Jesus--the Spokesman--Old Testament revelations, Adam, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, the elders of Israel, Isaiah, Ezekiel,--Whom these saw--various ways of speaking--John's Gospel a battlefield--finding the Man.

_Whom Moses Saw_: Jesus' own standpoint--"down from heaven," John 3:13, 31. 6:38. 8:42. would go back again, John 6:62. John 16:5, 10. 13:1. come on an errand, then going back, John 16:28 13:3. He only had seen the Father, John 6:46. only begotten Son, John 3:16, 18. His own Father, John 5:17, 18. 10:32-33. 19:7. --Jesus' answer to Jews' objection, John 5:19-47. --"He wrote of Me," the true meaning--I and the Father one, John 10:30. --the Father in Me, John 10:38. the name Father in Old Testament, 2 Samuel 7:14. 1 Chronicles 17:13. 22:10. Psalm 68:5. 89:26. 103:13. Isaiah 63:16. 64:8. Jeremiah 3:4, 19. Malachi 3:17. --Jehovah the common name--trace Jesus' use of Father about 180 times--manna, John 6:32. _Jesus is God Wooing Man_: "Abraham--saw and was glad," John 8:33-59--supposed meanings--natural meaning--"I am"--Jesus is Jehovah come Himself to woo man.

3. The Winsome Jesus.

_The Face of Jesus_: Jesus drew crowds, men, women, children, bad people, enemies--His personality--face--impress of experiences--the glory of God in that face, 2 Corinthians 4:6. Hebrews 1:3. _The Music of God in the Voice of Jesus_: the eye--Jesus' eyes, Luke 4:16-30. John 8:59. 10:31. 7:32, 45, 46. 18:6. Mark 10:32. 9:36. 10:13-16. Luke 19:48. --His voice, Matthew 26:30. personal touch, Matthew 8:3, 15. 9:29. 17:7. 20:34. Mark 1:41. 7:33. Luke 5:13. 22:51. (John 14:16-20).

His presence irresistible.

Moses' request, Exodus 33:18. Jesus draws men--yielding to His power.

III.

The Great Experiences of Jesus' Life.

1. The Jordan: The Decisive Start.

Matthew 3:13-17. Mark 1:9-11. Luke 3:21-22. _The Anvil of Experience_: knowledge only through experience--the Fourth, Daniel 3:25. --three Hebrews, Daniel 3. --Babylonian premier, Daniel 6:16-23. --George Mueller--Jesus made perfect through experience, Hebrews 2:10. 5:8, 9. 7:28, l. c.

--all our experiences, Hebrews 2:14-18. Philippians 2:7. Hebrews 4:15, except through sin, Hebrews 4:15, l. c.

7:26. 2 Corinthians 5:21, f. c.

1 Peter 2:22. 1 John 3:5, l. c.

--Jesus' suffering, Philippians 2:6-8. Hebrews 2:9, 17, 18. 4:15. His obedience, Luke 2:51. Matthew 26:39. John 10:18. 14:31. Philippians 2:8. Romans 5:19. Hebrews 5:8. knowledge through experience--common experiences--mountain peaks--the tragic in each.

_Our Brother_: Jesus coming for baptism--John's objection--why baptized--getting in touch--the point of contact--choosing for Himself the Father's choice--the dangers--His strong purpose--the Father's approval--three times the voice, here, transfiguration, Matthew 17:5. Mark 9:7. Luke 9:35. Greeks, John 12:28. the decisive start.

2. The Wilderness: Temptation.

Matthew 4:1-11. Mark 1:12, 13. Luke 4:1-13. _The University of Arabia_: Jesus' naturalness--the Spirit's presence--intensity, Luke 2:45-51. --a true perspective--- the temptation's path--sin's path--John's grouping, 1 John 2:16. --the Spirit's plan--why--the devil's weakness--the Spirit's leading--a wilderness for every God-used man, Moses, Elijah, Paul.

_Earth's Ugliest, Deepest Scar_: Jesus the only one led up to be tempted--the wilderness--its history, Genesis 13:10-13. 18:16-19:38. --Jesus really tempted--no wrong here in inner response--every temptation--by the devil.

_Waiting the Father's Word_: the tempter's skill--acting divinely--a stone for hunger--not wrong in itself--recognizing temptation--"man"--waiting the Father's word--the trained inner ear--not our power but God's through our obedience.

_Love never tests_: a more agreeable setting--touching tender chords--the religious temptation--only through consent--bad scripture quoting, Psalm 91--a helpful dust-cloth--using power only to help--a true quotation, Deuteronomy 6:16. _The Devil acknowledges the King_: a dazzling scene--analyzing the tempter's proposition--a common cunning trap--Jesus' kingly conduct--the devil obeys Him--but to return--a coward--our safety in Jesus--lead us not into temptation.

3. The Transfiguration: An Emergency Measure.

Matthew 16:28-17:1-8. Mark 9:1-8. Luke 9:27-36. _God in Sore Straits_: the darkest hour save one, fugitive, John 7:1. ban, John 9:22, 34. pushing, Matthew 15:1. Mark 7:1. --the danger zone, "withdrew," Matthew 4:12. 12:15. 14:13. 15:21. Tabernacles, John 7:32. 8:59. --Galileans desert, John 6:60-66. --the inner circle infected, John 6:67-71. --God needs men.

_Fire and anvil for Leaders_: mental strength--seasoned leadership--Simon and Peter.

_An Irresistible Plan_: alone with the twelve--the changed plan, Matthew 16:18-21. --Peter's stupid boldness, Matthew 16:22, with Mark 8:32. --the best available stuff--to see the Jesus within--getting Paul, Acts 9:1-9. 22:6-11. 26:12-18. _The Glory of that Light_: while praying--changed from within--absorbed with Jesus' master-stroke--the jarring human note--the glory obscured--through an opened door--the kingdom.

_A Vision of Jesus_: gleams of light--the purpose secured, John 20:19, 24, 26-29. --an indelible impress, John 1:14. 12:41. Mark 9:3 with 1 Peter 1:16-17. Acts 12:2. --changed while looking, Acts 22:11. 2 Corinthians 3:18. 4. Gethsemane: The Strange, Lone Struggle.

Matthew 26:36-46. Mark 14:32-42. Luke 22:39-46. Hebrews 5:7. _The Pathway in_: messengers ahead--Jesus _felt_ the cross drawing near--the look of His face, Luke 9:51-55. --His disciples afraid, Mark 10:32. --indignation against sin, John 11:33, 38. marginal reading American Revision.

--the Greeks, John 12:20-28. _The Climax of Suffering_: the darkest shadow--why the struggle is strange--shock of extremes--His purpose in yielding--separation from the Father--Matthew 27:46. Mark 15:34 margin.

--the superlative degree of suffering.

_Alone_: a full evening, Matthew 26:17-19 with parallels.

John, chapters 13 to 17. --for prayer--on knees and face--the changed prayer--ready for the worst.

5. Calvary: Victory.

Matthew 26:47-27:61. Mark 14: 43-15:47. Luke 22:47-23:56. John 18:1-19:42. _Yielding to Arrest_: the betrayal--protecting the disciples--checking Peter's violence--the arrest--the disciples forsake Him--except two, John 18:15, 16. _The Real Jewish Ruler_: Annas the intriguer--an unrebuked insult--the case settled at once--before Caiaphas--difficulty in fixing a charge--the dramatic question and solemn answer--second condemnation--gross insults.

_Held Steady by Great Love_: Peter gains entrance through John, John 18:16. --the stammering denial--the bolder--with oaths and curses--Jesus' look--Peter's tears.

_An Obstinate Roman_: before the senate--trying to make a case--the formal condemnation--before Pilate--an unexpected set-back--alone with Pilate--acquitted--shrill protests--off to Herod.

_A Savage Duel_: before Herod--no word for him--more insults--a second acquittal--back to Pilate--his character--his summing up--their protests--his wife's message--Barabbas or Jesus--Pilate weakening--the scourging and coarse mocking--Pilate's surprise--a new charge--the governor startled--alone again with Pilate--the use of Caesar's name--renunciation of national hopes--the defeated governor's small revenge--the duel over.

_Victory_: out to Calvary--the pitying women--crucified--praying for the soldiers--pitching dice for His clothes--the inscription--coarse taunts and jests--winning a man at the very last--providing for His mother the darkness--the agonizing cry--the shout of victory.

6. The Resurrection: Gravity Upward.

Matthew 28:1-15. Mark 16:1-8. Luke 24:1-49. John 20:1-21:25. 1 Corinthians 15:4-7. _A New Morning_: early visit to the tomb--Mary Magdalene's alarmed call for Peter--the message of the angels--Peter and John come--another group of women get an angelic message.

_Jesus seeking out Peter_: Mary Magdalene meets Jesus--He meets other women--the soldiers' story--alone with Peter.

_Made Known in the Breaking of Bread_: the Emmaus travellers--the Stranger's explanation--the evening meal--the Master!

_Even so Send I you_: the meeting in Jerusalem--the Master's unexpected presence--the sure proofs--breathing on them--Thomas' stubborn doubts--a week later--a second great catch of fish--to James--to five hundred--on Olives' top--the Bethany home not represented.

_Gravity Upward_: the resurrection not expected--fully assured--the new victory-day--Jesus was raised--He rose at will--His dying voluntary, so the rising--man's true gravity--sin's gravity--Jesus' gravity upward.

_The Life Side of Death_: bodily changes in Jesus--personal identity unchanged--limitations gone--the Leader of a new sort of life.

7. The Ascension: Back Home Again Until---- _Tarry ye--Go ye_: the Jerusalem meeting--the walk to Olives--not Palestine only, but a world--the last word--upward--seen no more.

_Coming again_: gazing upward, Acts 1:10, 11. --a continuation upward--the Olivet outlook.

Footnotes [1] Genesis 2: 25. [2] Schiller.

[3] "An Indian Priestess."

Published by Hodder & Stoughton.

[4] Mary A. Lathbury.

[5] Nathaniel Parker Willis.

[6] Arthur Peirce Vaughn.

[7] So the best manuscripts.

[8] Frances Ridley Havergal.

Transcriber's Notes [A] Original text read "disguest".

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