This grouping of the words of Jesus, includes those spoken two days before the passover (Matt. 26:1-21 on the subject of the Second Coming. These comprise seven sets of seven 17 x 7). The balance of 14 sets (14 x 7) are His farewell words in the Passover Chamber (John 13:17).
THE SECOND COMING (7 x 7)
I. Judgment on Jerusalem—Then Desolation Until Coming of Christ 1. WHEN ARMIES COMPASS JERUSALEM HER DESOLATION IS NIGH And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh. Luke 21:20. 2. JUDGMENT APPOINTED BECAUSE JERUSALEM KNEW NOT TIME OF VISITATION If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes. For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation. Luke 19:42-44. 3. THESE ARE DAYS OF VENGEANCE Then let them which are in Judaea flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto. For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled. Luke 21:21,22. 4. EVERY STONE OF THE TEMPLE TO BE THROWN DOWN See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down. Matt. 24:2. 5. HOUSE TO BE LEFT DESOLATE 0 Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. Matt. 23:37-39. 6. CHRIST WARNS THE DAUGHTERS OF JERUSALEM Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children. For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck. Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us. Luke 23:28-30. 7. JERUSALEM TO BE TRODDEN DOWN OF GENTILES TILL END OF AGE And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gen-tiles be fulfilled. Luke 21:24.
II. Intermediate Events to Take Place During the Age (The Beginning of Sorrows) 1. FALSE PROPHETS SHALL ARISE Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. Matt. 24:4,5,11. 2. THERE SHALL BE WARS AND RUMORS OF WARS And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. Matt. 24:6. 3. THERE SHALL BE KINGDOM AGAINST KINGDOM, FAMINES, PESTILENCES, EARTHQUAKES For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. Matt. 24:7. 4. GREAT PERSECUTIONS OF BELIEVERS But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them. And the gospel must first be published among all nations. But when they shall lead you, and deliver you up, take no thought beforehand what ye shall speak, neither do ye premeditate: but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that speak ye: for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost. Mark 13:9-11 (Compare Matt. 24:9). 5. DIVISION AND STRIFE AMONG PROFESSORS And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. Matt. 24:10 (Compare Mark 12:12). 6. APOSTASY IN THE CHURCH And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. Matt. 24:12. 7. SOME SHALL BE FAITHFUL UNTIL THE END But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. Matt. 24:13 (Compare Mark 13:13).
III. The Great Tribulation at the End of the Age 1. THE ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION MARKS BEGINNING OF GREAT TRIBULATION When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place (whoso readeth, let him understand). Matt. 24:15. 2. THOSE IN JUDAEA TO FLEE (FULFILLED ALSO IN 66-70 A. D.) Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains: Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house: Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes. Matt. 24:16-18. 3. DAYS OF AFFLICTION WORSE THAN ANY SINCE BEGINNING OF CREATION For in those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neither shall be. And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he bath shortened the days. Mark 13:19,20. 4. TRIBULATION SUCH AS WAS NOT SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE WORLD For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. Matt. 24:21 (Compare Mark 13:19). 5. INTENSITY OF JUDGMENT SO GREAT THAT TIME MUST BE SHORTENED And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened. Matt. 24:22. 6. FALSE CHRISTS SHALL SHOW GREAT SIGNS AND WONDERS For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. (Compare Mark 13:21,23). 7. DISCIPLES WARNED NOT TO FOLLOW FALSE PROPHETS Behold, I have told you before. Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not. Matt. 24:25, 26.
IV. Signs of the Coming of Christ 1. SIGN OF THE DAYS OF NOAH And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. Luke 17:26, 27 (See Matt 24:37-39). 2. SIGN OF THE DAYS OF LOT Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. Luke 17:28,29. 3. SIGN OF WORLD-EVANGELIZATION And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come. Matt. 24:14. 4. SIGN OF THE BUDDING FIG-TREE; JEWS TO RETURN TO HOLY LAND And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gen-tiles be fulfilled. Behold the fig tree, and all the trees; When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand. Luke 21:24,29,30. 5. SIGN OF THE GENERATION WHICH SHALL SEE THESE THINGS BEGIN So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors. Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. Matt. 24:33-35. 6. THE SIGN OF DISTRESS OF NATIONS; PERPLEXITY And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring. Luke 21:25. 7. THE SIGN OF FEAR AND THE SHAKING OF THE POWERS OF THE HEAVENS (OURANUS) Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. Luke 21:26.
V. Christ's Warnings to be Ready for His Second Coming 1. HEARTS WILL FAIL FOR FEAR OF THOSE NOT READY Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. Luke 21:26 (Compare Mark 13:33). 2. TAKE HEED THAT THE CARES OF LIFE CAUSE THAT DAY TO COME UNAWARES And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares. Luke 21:34. For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth. Luke 21:35. 3. WATCH LEST MASTER COME AT EVEN, MIDNIGHT, COCKCROWING, OR MORNING Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cock-crowing, or in the morning: Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch. Mark 13:35-37. 4. WATCH FOR YE KNOW NEITHER THE DAY NOR THE HOUR Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh. Matt. 25:13. 5. WATCH FOR YOU KNOW NOT WHAT HOUR YOUR LORD DOTH COME Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up. Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh. Matt. 24:42-44. 6. WATCH THAT YE MAY OPEN TO THE LORD IMMEDIATELY Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning; and ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately. Luke 12:35,36. 7. REMEMBER LOT'S WIFE Remember Lot's wife. Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall pre-serve it. Luke 17:32-33.
VI. The Coming of Christ 1. THE DAY AND HOUR KNOWN BY NO MAN But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father. Mark 13:32. 2. WHEN THESE THINGS COME TO PASS, KNOW YOUR REDEMPTION IS NIGH And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh. So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand. Luke 21:28,31. 3. COMING TO BE AS LIGHTNING OUT OF EAST For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. Matt. 24:27. 4. ON THAT NIGHT ONE SHALL BE TAKEN, ANOTHER LEFT Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it. I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left. Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Luke 17:33-36. (See Matt. 24:40-41). 5. THE SUN AND MOON TO BE DARKENED Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken. Matt. 24:29 (See Mark 13:24,25). 6. THE SIGN OF THE SON OF MAN; HIS COMING IN THE CLOUDS And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. Matt. 24:30. 7. HIS ANGELS TO GATHER TOGETHER HIS ELECT And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. Matt. 24:31.
VII. Parables of the Second Coming of the Son of Man 1. THE FAITHFUL AND UNFAITHUL SERVANT One blessed; the other cut asunder at Lord's coming. Matt. 24:45-51. 2. THE MAN ON A FAR JOURNEY Servants are to watch for the Lord's return at all seasons. Mark 13:34.37. (Cp. Luke 12:35-37.) 3. THE BUDDING FIG TREE When signs fulfilled Coming is nigh. Matt. 24:32-34. 4. THE TEN VIRGINS Only those ready will enter with the bridegroom into the marriage. Matt. 25:1-13. 5. THE POUNDS The faithful at Christ's coming rewarded; unfaithful judged. Luke 19:11-27. 6. THE TALENTS Reward given faithful; judgment on the unfaithful. Matt. 25:14-30. 7. THE SHEEP AND THE GOATS Nations to be judged at Christ's coming. Matt. 25:31-46.
THE FAREWELL WORDS IN THE PASSOVER CHAMBER (14 x 7)
VIII. Believing 1. BELIEVE IN GOD, BELIEVE IN THE SON Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. John 14:1. 2. BELIEVE ON THE SON AND DO GREATER WORKS Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father. John 14:12. 3. BELIEVE FOR THE WORKS' SAKE Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works' sake. John 14:11. 4. BELIEVE THAT I AM IN THE FATHER AND THE FATHER IN ME Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of my-self: but the Father that dwelleth in me, He doeth the works. Tohn 14:10. 5. BELIEVE BECAUSE OF THE FULFILLMENT OF PROPHECY And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe. John 14:29. 6. DO YE NOW BELIEVE? Do ye now believe? Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me. John 16:31, 32. 7. THE FATHER LOVES THOSE WHO BELIEVE THE SON CAME FROM THE FATHER For the Father Himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God. John 16:27.
IX. Christ Tells of His Death and Resurrection 1. THE SON GOES TO THE FATHER AND THE PRINCE OF THIS WORLD IS JUDGED And when He is come, he will reprove the world of sin .. . of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more; of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged. John 16:8.11. 2. THE SON IS GLORIFIED AND GOD GLORIFIED IN HIM Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him. John 13:31. 3. GOD SHALL GLORIFY HIM IN HIMSELF If God be glorified in him, God shall also glorify him in him-self, and shall straightway glorify him. John 13:32. 4. THE PRINCE OF THE WORLD COMES AND CHRIST LEAVES DISCIPLES Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and bath nothing in me. John 14:30. 5. THE WORLD SEES CHRIST NO MORE BUT THE DISCIPLES SEE HIM Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also. John 14:19. 6. CHRIST TELLS HIS DISCIPLES HE IS ABOUT TO GO AWAY Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I. John 14:28. 7. THE SORROW OF DISCIPLES TO BE TURNED TO JOY AT HIS RESURRECTION Do ye enquire among yourselves of that I said, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me? Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy. John 16:19, 20.
X. Christ's Return to the Father—the Ascension 1. CHRIST TO LEAVE THE DISCIPLES AND GO TO THE FATHER Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek me: and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come; so now I say to you. John 13:33. 2. DISCIPLES COULD NOT FOLLOW CHRIST THEN BUT WOULD AFTERWARD Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but thou shalt follow me afterwards. John 13:36. 3. CHRIST GOES TO FATHER TO PREPARE A PLACE FOR DISCIPLES In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. John 14:2. 4. SORROW FILLS HEART OF DISCIPLES AS CHRIST PREPARES TO LEAVE But now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou? But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow bath filled your heart. John 16:5, 6. 5. CHRIST GOES TO THE FATHER: DISCIPLES SEE HIM NO MORE IN FLESH Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more. John 16:10. 6. CHRIST VISITS DISCIPLES AFTER RESURRECTION BEFORE ASCENSION A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father. John 16:16. 7. CHRIST CAME FROM THE FATHER; NOW RETURNS TO THE FATHER I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father. John 16:28.
XI. The Father and the Son 1. NO MAN COMES TO THE FATHER BUT BY THE SON I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him. John 14:6, 7. 2. HE THAT HATH SEEN THE SON HATH SEEN THE FATHER Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Phillip? he that bath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father? John 14:9. 3. THE FATHER IS GREATER THAN THE SON Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I. John 14:28. 4. THE SON WORKS THAT THE WORLD MAY KNOW THE SON LOVES THE FATHER But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence. John 14:31. 5. ALL THINGS OF THE FATHER ARE ALSO THE SON'S All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you. John 16:15. 6. THE SON SPEAKS PLAINLY OF THE FATHER These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall shew you plainly of the Father. John 16:25. 7. THE SON NOT ALONE: THE FATHER IS WITH HIM Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me. John 16:32.
XII. Christ's Promises to His Faithful Disciples 1. CHRIST PROMISES TO COME AGAIN AND RECEIVE HIS DISCIPLES And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. John 14:3. 2. CHRIST PROVIDES A WAY THAT ALL MEN MAY COME TO THE FATHER And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know. I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. John 14:4-6. 3. BECAUSE CHRIST LIVES THE DISCIPLES SHALL LIVE ALSO Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also. John 14:19. 4. CHRIST GIVES TRUE PEACE TO HIS DISCIPLES Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. John 14:27. 5. DISCIPLES ARE CLEANSED THROUGH THE WORD OF CHRIST Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. John 15:3. 6. CHRIST CALLS DISCIPLES HIS FRIENDS, AND REVEALS ALL TO THEM Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth; but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you. John 15:15. 7. CHRIST TELLS DISCIPLES TO BE OF GOOD CHEER; HE HAS OVERCOME THE WORLD These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. John 16:33.
XIII. The Vine and the Branches 1. CHRIST IS THE TRUE VINE I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. John 15:1. 2. EVERY BRANCH THAT BEARETH FRUIT IS PURGED Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. John 15:2. 3. THE BRANCH MUST ABIDE IN THE VINE TO BEAR FRUIT Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. John 15:4. 4. I AM THE VINE; YE ARE THE BRANCHES I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for with-out me ye can do nothing. John 15:5. 5. A BRANCH THAT ABIDES NOT IS WITHERED, GATHERED AND BURNED If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. John 15:6. 6. A VINE BEARING MUCH FRUIT GLORIFIES THE FATHER Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples. John 15:8. 7. DISCIPLES ORDAINED TO BEAR MUCH FRUIT Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you. John 15:16.
XIV. Obey Christ's Commandments—and Keep in His Love 1. KEEP CHRIST'S COMMANDMENTS AND ABIDE IN HIS LOVE If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love. John 15:10. 2. HE THAT KEEPS MY COMMANDMENTS LOVETH ME He that bath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. John 14:21. 3. HE THAT LOVETH ME WILL KEEP MY WORDS If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. John 14:23. 4. HE THAT LOVETH ME NOT, KEEPETH NOT CHRIST'S SAYINGS He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me. John 14:24. 5. WE ARE FRIENDS OF CHRIST IF WE OBEY HIM Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. John 15:14. 6. HE THAT LOVES CHRIST WILL KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS If ye love me, keep my commandments. John 14:15. 7. CONTINUE IN CHRIST'S LOVE As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. John 15:9.
XV. The New Commandment of Love 1. A NEW COMMANDMENT GIVEN A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another. John 13:34. 2. AS CHRIST LOVED HIS DISCIPLES SO THEY WERE TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER As I have loved you, that ye also love one another. John 13:34. 3. BY THAT LOVE THE WORLD WAS TO KNOW THEY WERE CHRIST'S DISCIPLES By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another. John 13:35. 4. THE NEW COMMANDMENT REPEATED This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. John 15:12. 5. TO LAY DOWN LIFE FOR ANOTHER SHOWS GREATEST LOVE Greater love bath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. John 15:13. 6. CHRIST REPEATS THE COMMANDMENT OF LOVE These things I command you, that ye love one another. John 15:17. 7. AS THE FATHER LOVES THE SON, SO THE SON LOVES HIS DISCIPLES As the Father bath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. John 15:9.
XVI. The Work of the Holy Spirit 1. THE HOLY SPIRIT TO BE A COMFORTER And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. John 14:16, 17. 2. THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS TO TEACH ALL THINGS These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you. But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. John 14:25, 26. 3. THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS TO TESTIFY OF CHRIST But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me. And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning. John 15:26, 27. 4. THE HOLY SPIRIT TO CONVICT THE WORLD OF SIN, RIGHTEOUSNESS, JUDGMENT Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment. . . . John 16:7, 8. 5. TO GUIDE INTO ALL TRUTH I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself. John 16:12, 13. 6. TO SHOW THINGS TO COME But whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come. John 16:13. 7. TO GLORIFY CHRIST He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you. John 16:14.
XVII. Ask in the Name of Jesus I. WHATSOEVER YE ASK IN MY NAME I WILL DO IT And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. John 14:13. 2. IF YE ASK ANYTHING IN MY NAME I WILL DO IT If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it. John 14:14. 3. WHATSOEVER YE ASK THE FATHER IN MY NAME HE WILL GIVE Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you. John 15:16. 4. IN THAT DAY YE ASK ME NOTHING; ASK THE FATHER IN MY NAME And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you. John 16:23. 5. ASK IN MY NAME AND RECEIVE THAT YOUR JOY BE FULL Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full. John 16:24. 6. AT THAT DAY YE SHALL ASK IN MY NAME At that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you. John 16:26. 7. THE HOLY GHOST WILL BE SENT IN MY NAME But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. John 14:26.
XVIII. Sorrow and Rejoicing 1. IF YE LOVED ME YOU WOULD REJOICE Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I. John 14:28. 2. THESE THINGS I HAVE SPOKEN THAT YOUR JOY MIGHT BE FULL These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. John 15:11. 3. YOUR SORROW SHALL BE TURNED INTO JOY Do ye enquire among yourselves of that I said, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me? Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy. John 16:19, 20. 4. SORROW HATH FILLED YOUR HEART But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow bath filled your heart . but your sorrow shall be turned into .joy. John 16:6, 20. 5. YOUR JOY SHALL BE AS A WOMAN DELIVERED OF CHILD A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world. John 16:21. 6. YOUR JOY NO ONE TAKETH FROM YOU But ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you. John 16:22. 7. ASK THAT YOUR JOY MAY BE FULL Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full. John 16:24.
XIX. Persecution 1. IF THE WORLD HATE YOU, IT HATED ME FIRST If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. John 15:18. 2. BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT OF THE WORLD THE WORLD HATETH YOU If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. John 15:19. 3. IF THEY HAVE PERSECUTED ME THEY WILL PERSECUTE YOU ALSO Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep your's also. John 15:20. 4. THESE THINGS THE WORLD DOES BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT KNOWN THE FATHER But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me. John 15:21. 5. THE TIME COMETH WHEN PERSECUTORS WILL THINK THEY DO GOD SERVICE These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended. They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service. John 16:1, 2. 6. WHEN THIS COMES TO PASS, REMEMBER I HAVE TOLD YOU But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. And these things I said not unto you at the beginning, because I was with you. John 16:4. 7. IN THE WORLD YE SHALL HAVE TRIBULATION In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. John 16:33.
XX. Abiding in Christ I. ABIDE IN ME; APART FROM ME YE CANNOT BEAR FRUIT Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. John 15:4. 2. ABIDE IN ME AND ASK WHAT YE WILL If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. John 15:7. 3. I WILL COME UNTO YOU I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. John 14:18. 4. AT THAT DAY YE SHALL BE IN ME AND I IN YOU At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you. John 14:20. 5. I WILL MANIFEST MYSELF TO HIM THAT LOVETH ME . and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. John 14:21. 6. IF A MAN LOVE ME—THE FATHER AND I WILL MAKE OUR ABODE WITH HIM If a man love me . . . my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. John 14:23. 7. HE THAT RECEIVETH THE SON RECEIVETH THE FATHER ALSO Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that receiveth whomsoever I send receiveth me; and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me. John 13:20.
XXI. The World's Sin I. HAVING RECEIVED LIGHT, THE WORLD HAS NO CLOAK FOR ITS SIN If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin. John 15:22. 2. HE THAT HATETH THE SON HATETH THE FATHER He that hateth me hateth my Father also. John 15:23. 3. HAD THEY NOT SEEN THE WORKS, THEY HAD NOT SIN If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father. John 15:24. 4. CHRIST WAS HATED WITHOUT A CAUSE But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause. John 15:25. 5. THE WORLD DOES THINGS BECAUSE THEY KNOW NOT THE FATHER And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me. John 16:3. 6. THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL REPROVE THE WORLD OF SIN And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment. John 16:8. 7. THE WORLD'S SIN—UNBELIEF IN CHRIST Of sin, because they believe not on me; Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more. Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged. John 16:9-11.