In this grouping of the words of Jesus, the first group, 7 x 7) speaks of His ministry and Atonement. The second group (7 x 7) declares His mission from the Father. The third group (7 x 7) speaks of Christ and His Deity.
I. Christ Declares His Ministry 1. ANOINTED TO PREACH THE GOSPEL TO THE POOR The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he bath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor.... Luke 4:18. 2. TO HEAL THE BROKEN-HEARTED He bath sent me to heal the broken-hearted.... Luke 4:18. 3. TO PREACH DELIVERANCE TO THE CAPTIVES To preach deliverance to the captives.... Luke 4:18. 4. RECOVERING OF SIGHT TO THE BLIND And recovering of sight to the blind. . . . Luke 4:18. 5. TO SET AT LIBERTY THEM THAT ARE BRUISED To set at liberty them that are bruised.... Luke 4:18. 6. TO PREACH THE ACCEPTABLE YEAR OF THE LORD To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. Luke 4:19. 7. (The above Scripture which Christ applied to Himself, was taken from Isa. 61:1-2. He did not quote the last provision of the prophecy, "to proclaim . the day of vengeance of our God," for this was not to be fulfilled until His Second Coming. This seventh fulfillment of the work of His ministry is fully explained in His prophecies of the Second Coming.)
II. Christ's Ministry of Deliverance 1. Luke 4:18. (See Group I). 2. CHRIST SENDS PROOF OF HIS MINISTRY TO JOHN The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them. And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me. Matt. 11:5-6. 3. CASTING OUT DEVILS PROOF OF THE PRESENCE OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you. Luke 11:20. 4. CHRIST CONTINUES MINISTRY OF DELIVERANCE DESPITE ALL OPPOSITION Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I shall be perfected. Luke 13:32. 5. CHRIST CAME TO SET MEN FREE If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed. John 8:36. 6. HEALING OF THE SICK IS THE WORKS OF GOD I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work. John 9:4. 7. CHRIST CAME TO SAVE THAT WHICH WAS LOST For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost. Luke 19:10.
III. Christ Predicts His Death by Crucifixion 1. SON OF MAN TO BE LIFTED UP AS SERPENT IN THE WILDERNESS And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up. John 3:14. 2. THE LIFTING UP OF CHRIST TO CONVINCE MANY When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things. John 8:28. 3. THE LIFTING UP OF CHRIST TO DRAW MEN TO HIM And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me. John 12:32. 4. CHRIST'S PROPHECY OF HIS DEATH Let these sayings sink down into your ears for the Son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men. Luke 9:44. 5. TO BE BETRAYED AND CONDEMNED TO DEATH Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death. Matt. 20:18. 6. TO BE MOCKED, TO BE SCOURGED, TO BE CRUCIFIED And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again. Matt. 20:19. 7. CHRIST TO GIVE HIS LIFE AS A RANSOM FOR REDEMPTION OF MANY Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. Matt. 20:28.
IV. The Eating of the Passover 1. TELLS DISCIPLES TO EAT—THIS IS HIS BODY Take, eat; this is my body. Matt. 26:26. 2. HE INSTITUTES LORD'S SUPPER—TO BE OBSERVED IN REMEMBRANCE OF HIM This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me. Luke 22:19. 3. IT WAS HIS BODY BROKEN FOR HIS DISCIPLES Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me. I Cor. 11:24. 4. THE CUP WAS THE NEW TESTAMENT IN HIS BLOOD SHED FOR HIS DISCIPLES This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you. Luke 22:20. 5. DISCIPLES WERE TO DRINK ALL OF IT Drink ye all of it. Matt. 26:27. 6. IT WAS THE BLOOD OF THE NEW TESTAMENT SHED FOR THE REMISSION OF THE SINS OF MANY For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. Matt. 26:28. 7. CHRIST WILL NOT DRINK AGAIN OF THE FRUIT OF THE VINE UNTIL HE DRINKS IT IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom. Matt. 26:29.
V. Christ's Humanity 1. THE SON OF MAN HUNGERED (See Matt. 4:2) The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children. Matt. 11:19. 2. HE HAD NO WHERE TO LAY HIS HEAD The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head. Matt. 8:20. 3. HE WAS TEMPTED Ye are they which have continued with me in my temptations. Luke 22:28. 4. HE HAD SORROW EVEN UNTO DEATH; ASKED DISCIPLES TO WATCH WITH HIM My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me. Matt. 26:38. 5. HE FELT THE AGONY OF THE CUP O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done. Matt. 26:42. 6. HE HAD THE RESPONSIBILITY OF CARE OF HIS MOTHER Woman, behold thy son! Behold thy mother! John 19:26-27. 7. HE THIRSTED I thirst. .John 19:2.
VI. Christ Predicts Resurrection on the Third Day As Fulfillment of Plan of Redemption 1. THE TEMPLE OF HIS BODY TO BE RAISED UP AFTER THREE DAYS Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. John 2:19. 2. HE WAS TO BE SLAIN AND RAISED THE THIRD DAY The on of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be slain, and he raised the third day. Luke 9:22. 3. HE WAS TO BE PERFECTED ON THE THIRD DAY Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I shall be perfected. Luke 13:32. 4. AS JONAH WAS THREE DAYS AND NIGHTS IN THE WHALE'S BELLY—SO CHRIST IN THE HEART OF THE EARTH For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the ``on of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. Matt. 12:40. 5. TO BE KILLED AND RAISED AGAIN ON THE THIRD DAY The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men: And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised again. Matt. 17:22-23. 6. GENTILES TO SCOURGE AND CRUCIFY HIM BUT HE WOULD RISE AGAIN ON THIRD DAY And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again. Matt 20:19. 7. THE SON OF MAN TO RISE ON THE THIRD DAY The Son of man is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and after that he is killed, he shall rise the third day. hark 9:31. (See Luke 24:46.)
VII. Christ Shows Fulfillment of Redemption By Giving Evidence of His Resurrection 1. A MAN IS A FOOL NOT TO BELIEVE IN CHRIST'S RESURRECTION O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken: Luke 24:25. 2. CHRIST SUFFERED THAT HE MIGHT ENTER INTO HIS GLORY Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory? Luke 24:26. 3. MARY NOT TO TOUCH CHRIST AT THE FIRST First Command: Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou? Mary.. . Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God. John 20:15-17. 4. LATER TOLD DISCIPLES TO TOUCH HIM AND SEE THAT HE IS NOT A SPIRIT Later: Why are ye troubled? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts? Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit bath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have. Luke 24:38-39. 5. CHRIST ASKS THOMAS TO TOUCH HIM Peace be unto you. Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands, and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing. John 20:26-27. 6. BLESSED ARE THEY THAT HAVE NOT SEEN, YET HAVE BELIEVED Thomas. because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed. John 20:29. 7. ALL THINGS SFOKEN OF CHRIST HAD TO BE FULFILLED These are the words which I spake unto you. while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me. Luke 24:44.
VIII. The Works of Christ Done That Men Might Believe 1. CHRIST DID THE WORKS OF THE FATHER THAT MEN MIGHT BELIEVE If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not. But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him. John 10:37-38. 2. CHRIST RAISED LAZARUS THAT THE PEOPLE MIGHT BELIEVE And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there. to the intent ye may believe; nevertheless let us go unto him. John 11:15. 3. CHRIST PRAYED THAT THE PEOPLE MIGHT BELIEVE And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it. that they may believe that thou hast sent me. John 11:42. 4. CHRIST FORETOLD EVENTS OF THE FUTURE THAT THE DISCIPLES MIGHT BELIEVE IN HIM Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am he. John 13:19. 5. DISCIPLES WERE TO BELIEVE FOR 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. 6. CHRIST SPOKE OF EVENTS TO COME THAT THE DISCIPLES MIGHT BELIEVE And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it come to pass, ye might believe. John 14:29. 7. CHRIST PRAYED THAT THE DISCIPLES BE ONE THAT THE WORLD MIGHT BELIEVE That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. John 17:21.
IX. All Must Come to the Father Through the Son 1. NO MAN KNOWS THE FATHER EXCEPT THE SON REVEAL HIM All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him. Matt. 11:27. 2. HIM THAT SERVES CHRIST, WILL THE FATHER HONOUR If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour. John 12:26. 3. HE THAT BELIEVES ON THE SON BELIEVES ON THE FATHER He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent me. John 12:44. 4. 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. John 14:6. 5. THE SON CHOOSES AND ORDAINS HIS DISCIPLES 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. 6. HE THAT HATES THE SON HATES THE FATHER He that hateth me hateth my Father also. John 15:23. 7. YE SHALL 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.
X. The Son Came to Do the Will of the Father 1. THE SON TEACHES THAT THE FATHER'S WILL BE DONE Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Matt. 6:10. 2. THE SON SEEKS TO DO THE WILL OF HIM THAT SENT HIM My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work. John 4:34. 3. THE SON SEEKS NOT HIS OWN WILL BUT THE FATHER'S I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me. John 5:30. 4. THE SON CAME NOT TO DO HIS WILL BUT THE FATHER'S For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me. John 6:38. 5. THE SON DOES THOSE THINGS THAT PLEASE THE FATHER And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him. John 8:29. 6. THE SON KNOWS THE FATHER AND KEEPS HIS SAYING Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying. John 8:55. 7. THE SON PRAYS THAT THE FATHER'S WILL BE DONE Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt. Mark 14:36.
XI. The Son Came to Speak the Words of the Father 1. THE SON'S DOCTRINE IS THE FATHER'S My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. John 7:16. 2. THE BELIEVER MAY KNOW SON'S DOCTRINE IS THE FATHER'S If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself. John 7:17. 3. THE SON SPEAKS OF WHAT HE HAS SEEN WITH HIS FATHER I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father. John 8:38. 4. THE SON SPEAKS NOT OF HIMSELF BUT WHAT THE FATHER GAVE COMMANDMENT For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak. John 12:49. 5. THE SON SPEAKS WHAT THE FATHER SAID And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak. John 12:50. 6. THE SON'S WORD NOT HIS BUT THE FATHER'S 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. 7. THE SON GAVE THE WORDS THAT THE FATHER GAVE HIM For I have given unto them the words which thou gayest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me. John 17:8. 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. John 17:14.
XII. The Son Came to Do the Works of the Father 1. THE SON CAME TO FULFILL THE FATHER'S BUSINESS How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business? Luke 2:49. 2. THE SON DOES THE WORKS THAT THE FATHER GAVE HIM But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me. John 5:36. 3. THE SON DOES THE WORKS OF THE FATHER WHILE IT IS DAY I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work. John 9:4. 4. THE SON'S WORKS WERE FROM THE FATHER Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me? John 10:32. 5. BELIEVE THE WORKS OF THE SON THAT YE MAY KNOW THE FATHER If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not. But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, nd believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him. John 10:37-38. 6. TO DISBELIEVE THE WORKS IS TO HATE THE FATHER AND SON 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. 7. THE SON FINISHETH THE WORKS OF THE FATHER I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gayest me to do. John 17:4.
XIII. The Son Came to Seek the Glory of the Father 1. THE SON SEEKS THE GLORY OF THE FATHER He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him. John 7:18. 2. THE SON HONOURS THE FATHER I have not a devil; but I honour my Father, and ye do dishonour me. John 8:49. 3. THE SON SEEKS NOT HIS OWN GLORY And I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth. John 8:50. 4. THE FATHER IS GLORIFIED IN THE SON Now is the Son of man glorified. and God is glorified in him. If God be glorified in him, God shall also glorify him in himself, and shall straightway glorify him. John 13:31-32. 5. THE SON DESIRES THAT THE WORLD MAY KNOW HIS LOVE FOR 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. 6. THE SON DESIRES THAT HE MAY GLORIFY THE FATHER IN DEATH Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee: John 17:1. 7. THE SON GLORIFIED THE FATHER ON EARTH I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gayest me to do. And now, 0 Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was. John 17:4-5.
XIV. The Son Came to Reveal the Father's Name 1. THE SON COMMANDS THE HALLOWING OF THE FATHER'S NAME After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Matt. 6:9. 2. THE SON CAME IN THE FATHER'S NAME; ANOTHER COMES IN HIS OWN NAME I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive. John 5:43. 3. THE SON DOES THE WORKS IN THE FATHER'S NAME I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they hear witness of me. John 10:25. 4. THE SON INVOKES THE GLORIFICATION OF THE FATHER'S NAME Father, glorify thy name. John 12:28. 5. THE SON REVEALS THE FATHER'S NAME I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gayest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gayest them me; and they have kept thy word. John 17:6. 6. THE SON COMMITS THE DISCIPLES IN THE FATHER'S NAME And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are. While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gayest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled. John 17:11-12. 7. THE SON DECLARES THE FATHER'S NAME And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them. John 17:26.
XV. Christ the Bread of Life I. THE FATHER GAVE CHRIST, THE TRUE BREAD, FROM HEAVEN Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world. John 6:32-33. 2. I AM THE BREAD OF LIFE I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that helieveth on me shall never thirst. John 6:35. 3. CHRIST THE BREAD THAT COMETH DOWN FROM HEAVEN This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die. John 6:50. 4. HE THAT EATETH OF THIS BREAD SHALL LIVE FOREVER I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world. John 6:51. 5. HE THAT EATETH OF CHRIST'S FLESH HATH ETERNAL LIFE Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, bath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. John 6:54. 6. HE THAT EATETH CHRIST'S FLESH, DWELLETH IN HIM Ile that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him. John 5:56. 7. HE THAT EATETH OF CHRIST SHALL LIVE BY CHRIST As the living Father bath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me. John 6:57.
XVI. The Good Shepherd 1. CHRIST IS THE GOOD SHEPHERD But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. John 10:2. 2. THE SHEEP HEAR HIS VOICE To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice. John 10:3. 3. HE CALLETH HIS SHEEP BY NAME And he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out. John 10:3. 4. HE GOETH BEFORE HIS SHEEP And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice. John 10:4. 5. HE IS THE DOOR OF THE SHEEP Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep. John 10:7. 6. BY HIM, IF ANY MAN ENTER IN HE SHALL BE SAVED I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. John 10:9. 7. HE CAME THAT MEN MIGHT HAVE LIFE AND LIFE MORE ABUNDANTLY I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. John 10:10b.
XVII. The Good Shepherd Lays Down Life That Sheep May Have Life 1. THE GOOD SHEPHERD GIVETH HIS LIFE FOR THE SHEEP I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheen. John 10:11. 2. THE GOOD SHEPHERD KNOWETH HIS SHEEP I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine. John 10:14. 3. HE LAYETH DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS SHEEP As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep. John 10:15. 4. HE HAS OTHER SHEEP; THEY SHALL ALL BE OF ONE FOLD And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd. John 10:16. 5. I LAY DOWN MY LIFE AND TAKE IT UP AGAIN Therefore loth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. John 10:17. 6. MY SHEEP HEAR MY VOICE AND FOLLOW ME My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: John 10:27. 7. I GIVE UNTO THEM ETERNAL LIFE And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. John 10:28.
XVIII. Concerning His Deity 1. CHRIST CLAIMED TO HAVE COME FROM HEAVEN And no man bath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven. John 3:13. What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before? John 6:62. 2. (TO THE WOMAN AT THE WELL) HE REVEALED HE WAS THE MESSIAH I that speak unto thee am he. John 4:26. 3. HE CLAIMED TO HAVE BEEN BEFORE ABRAHAM THE JEHOVISTIC "I AM" I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins. Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am. John 8:24, 56, 58. 4. HE CLAIMED THAT HE AND HIS FATHER WERE ONE I and my Father are one. John 10:30. 5. HE CLAIMED TO BE THE SON OF GOD Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God? John 10:36. Dost thou believe on the Son of God? John 9:35. Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that talketh with thee. John 9:37. 6. HE CLAIMED TO HAVE BEEN WITH THE FATHER BEFORE THE WORLD WAS And now, 0 Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was. John 17:5. 7. HE CLAIMED HE WAS NOT THE SON OF DAVID How say the scribes that Christ is the son of David? For David himself said by the Holy Ghost, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool. David therefore himself calleth him Lord; and whence is he then his son? Mark 12:35-37.
XIX. Christ the Vine—The Branches, His Disciples 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 ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you. John 15:16.
XX. Christ the Light of the World 1. I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. John 8:12. 2. WALK WHILE YE HAVE THE LIGHT Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth. John 12:35. 3. BELIEVE IN THE LIGHT THAT YE MAY BE CHILDREN OF THE LIGHT While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light. John 12:36. 4. I AM COME A LIGHT INTO THE WORLD I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness. John 12:46. 5. WHILE IN THE WORLD I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world. John 9:5. 6. THIS IS THE CONDEMNATION: MEN LOVE DARKNESS RATHER THAN LIGHT And this is the condemmnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light. because their deeds were evil. John 3:19. 7. HE THAT DOETH TRUTH COMETH TO THE LIGHT For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. But he that doeth truth ccmeth to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God. John 3:20-21.
XXI. The Glorified Christ of Revelation 1. HE WALKETH IN THE MIDST OF THE SEVEN GOLDEN CANDLESTICKS Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks. Rev. 2:1. 2. HE IS THE FIRST AND THE LAST: HE WAS DEAD AND IS ALIVE And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive. Rev. 2:8. 3. HE HATH THE SHARP SWORD WITH TWO EDGES And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges. Rev. 2:12. 4. HIS EYES ARE LIKE UNTO A FLAME OF FIRE And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass. Rev. 2:18. 5. HE HATH THE SEVEN SPIRITS OF GOD AND SEVEN STARS And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead. Rev. 3:1. 6. HE HATH THE KEY OF DAVID And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth. Rev. 3:7. 7. HE IS THE FAITHFUL AND TRUE WITNESS And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God. Rev. 3:14.