FOR IF YOU BELIEVE NOT THAT I AM HE YOU SHALL DIE IN YOUR SINS
( JOHN 8:24)
BY
LUCKY EYIS AMIWERO
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JOHN 8:21-24
RELATED CHAPTERS
LUKE 13:26-28
JOHN 3:18
JOHN 3:36
ROMANS 5:12
1 CORINTHIANS 15:44
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21)Then said Jesus again
unto them, I go my way, and
ye shall seek me, and shall
die in your sins; whither I
go, ye cannot come
22)Then said the Jews, will
He kill himself? Because he
saith, whither I go, ye
cannot come
23) And He said unto them,
ye are from beneath; I am
from above; ye are of this
world; I am not of this world
24)I said therefore unto
you, that ye shall die in your
sins; for if ye believe not
that I am He ye shall die I
your sins
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THEN SAID JESUS AGAIN
UNTO THEM I GO MY WAY
JESUS meant He was
leaving the world, dying and
retuning to the FATHER that
is I shall speedily go away
from among you, that he
should die, that His death is
certain, determined thing;
which must be, and yet
voluntary path , he was not
driven, nor forced, but
freely and must enter into
kingdom and glory, but you
shall seek me, those that
live in unbelief, are for ever
undone, if you die in
unbelief, the Jews belong to
this present world of
unbelief, Man’s sin is great
and terrible, which is the sin
of unbelief, man dies
because of unbelief; he dies
because he is in a state of
unbelief, when he dies he
dies in his sin by going to
the next world still in sin , in
a condition and state of
unbelief, the man must
prepare for total separation
forever from the presence
of GOD and CHRIST
But JESUS was of a
heavenly and Divine nature,
so that His doctrine,
kingdom and blessing,
would not suit their taste, of
unbelievers, that is, they
will seek the Messiah, as
their deliverer and savior,
when in distress; you will
desire His coming, but the
Messiah that you expect will
not come; and, as you have
rejected me, and there is no
other savior, you must die in
your sins, you will die
unpardoned, and as you did
not seek me where you
might find me, in their sin of
unbelief, and rejection of
Him the true Messiah; all
those who reject the CHRIST
must die unforgiven, there
is no way of pardon but by
Him, there will be a time
when sinners will seek for a
savior but will find none, is
often done late, in a dying
moment
YE SHALL SEEK ME AND
SHALL DIE IN YOUR SIN
The sinner should in vain
seek for the Messiah, their
ruin would be eternal, you
cannot come where I shall
be, all those who reject the
LORD JESUS must die
unforgiven, there is no way
of pardon but by CHRIST
alone, there will be a time
when sinners will seek for a
savior but will not find Him;
often this is done too late,
in a dying moment, and
they may seek a deliverer,
but non is to be found,
those who rejected the
LORD JESUS must perish,
where He is they cannot
come, where He is heaven
and the sinner that is
without the savor will be
condemned for ever
YOU ARE FROM BENEATH
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The unbelieving Jews are
from the earth, or are
influenced by earthly,
sensual, and corrupt
passions, you are governed
by the lowest and evilest
views and feelings, such as
are opposed to heaven, and
such as have their origin in
earth or in Hell, you are of
the world, you think and act
like the corrupt men of the
world devilish disposition, in
their conduct towards HIM
I AM NOT OF THIS WORLD
My origin is not from this
world, I am the true GOD
over all, blessed for ever,
the eternal Son of GOD,
GOD manifest in flesh really
made flesh, and become
incarnate, the true messiah,
the only savior of sinners,
the only Mediator between
GOD and man, my views
and doctrine are from
above, they are above these
earthly and corrupt notions,
they were born into the
world, sinful, carnal, and
corrupt ,you are govern by
the mad passion of men,
with your reference to self
murder shows that you are
earthly and corrupt in your
views , I shall die, but I shall
rise again from the dead,
and ascend into heaven,
where you cannot come,
which clearly asserts His
Divine nature, their unbelief
of which was the cause of
their disputing and error
I SAID UNTO YOU THAT
YOU SHALL DIE IN YOUR
SINS5
People will die in their sins,
the sin of unbelief, if they
reject CHRIST, because they
are rejecting the only way to
be rescued from sin, sadly
many, are so taken up with
the values of this world they
are blind to the priceless gift
CHRIST offered, they were
capable of murder and
suicide because they were
of this world, earthly,
sensual, and devilish, but
JESUS was From another
world Heaven,
IF YOU BELIEVE NOT THAT I
AM HE YE SHALL DIE IN
YOUR SINS
This fleshly, worldly state
might be reversed by their
faith and adequate moral
surrender CHRIST, believe
in Him on who he is and
what He really is, they might
be called out of the world,
they might be born of the
Spirit, enter into fellowship
of the Son of GOD, become
not of this world, even as He
is not of the world, they
that are:
Dying in sin and dying in
CHRIST, are two widely
different things, they that
die in faith, die in CHRIST;
they that die in unbelief, die
in sin; and this is eternal
condemnation and dreadful
dying full separation from
GOD forever
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MATTHEW 23:37-39
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JOHN 9:35-37
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JOHN 12:44-45
JOHN 14:9
ROMANS 1:24
ROMANS 1:26-28
ROMANS 2:6-9
ROMANS 6:23
ROMANS 10:21
ROMANS 14:4
2 CORINTHIANS 5:20
2 THESSALONIAN 1:7-9
2 PETER 2:9
2 PETER 3:7
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37) O Jerusalem, thou that
killeth the prophets, and
stonest them which are sent
unto thee, how often would
I have gathered they
children together, even as a
hen gathereth her chickens
under her wings, and ye
would not
38)Behold, your house is
left unto desolate
39)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
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O JERUSALEM THOU THAT
KILLETH THE PROPHETS
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem,
the seat of the kings of
Judah, the place of Divine
worship, once the faithful
and Holy city, the joy of the
whole earth, the word was
repeated to show our
LORD’S affection and
concern for that city, the
dignity and privilege of the
city and not the designs not
the building, but the
inhabitants of it, the ruler,
governor and especially the
Sanhedrim, whose character
of killing prophets, and
stoning them that were sent
by GOD to them , who
murders the prophets and
stones to death those
messengers who are sent to
them by GOD, such is thy
evil practice either
reference to ZECHARIAH:
(2 CHRONICLES 24:20-21)
HANANI:
2 CHRONICLES 16:7-10
MICAIAH:
1 KING 22:7-27
JEREMIAH:
JEREMIAH 38:6
AMOS:
AMOS 7:11-13
STEPHEN
ACT 7:57-60
how often I wanted to
gather your children
together around her wings,
and you were unwilling, the
LORD JESUS having thus laid
before the Pharisees and
the Jewish council their
dreadful guilt and
impending ruin, was
exceedingly moved at the
thought of the calamities
coming upon them,
thou that killest the
prophets, the great sin of
Jerusalem they persecute
GOD’S messenger, they
ridiculed , abused and killed
GOD’S messengers, CHRIST
was speaking to all
unbelieving Jews; but He
specified Jerusalem because
the Capital, the place where
the (Sanhedrin, the ruling
court of the Jews)
especially had rejected, the
LORD’S JESUS CHRIST and
the offers of salvation made
through Him, and will
persecute His servants who
are Divinely commissioned,
because they rejected
greater light, killed the
greatest executive of GOD
the SON from heaven and
stubbornly refused all offers
of GOD’S mercy, wonderful
grace, and kindness of the
LORD JESUS , confirmed by
the greatest sign and
wonders of all times,
judgment was to fall in a
greater measure upon any
other generation
HOW OFTEN WOULD I
HAVE GATHERED?
The emotion of JESUS and
broken heart can never be
known by man , because
they knew that GOD’S
loving appeal had been in
vain, the people who are
GOD’S people to be GOD
witness upon earth (
Jerusalem) had sinned
greatly, it was stored up in
centuries , they have
rejected the only begotten
SON of GOD, their own
Messiah and savior
JESUS tireless endeavors to
protect them and cherish
them from the first time
they were called to be his
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people, but ye would not,
very emphatically show
their obstinacy in resisting
the most winning and most
substantial expression of
the goodness of GOD ,
CHRIST longs to gather us to
Himself often, every time
we hear the Gospel and
sense a pull within our
hearts to draw near Him, He
is always reaching out to
gather us unto Himself
The true messenger of GOD
is ridiculed, abused and
persecuted because GOD
concern is correcting of an
unjust world; the changing
of a self-righteous heart; the
purifying of a lustful mind;
the sacrifice of a selfish life,
men oppose GOD’S
correction and His demand
for change and purity, they
oppose the sacrifice of
oneself and such restraint
nature, the persecution are
often false religionists who
are wrapped up in the world
and its institutional religion,
they feel threatened by a
massage that proclaims the
truth, such a positive
message of endangers their
own humanistic beliefs and
threatens them with loss of
security, livelihood,
prestige, and all that this
world offers
BEHOLD YOUR HOUSE IS
LEFT UNTO DESOLATE
The house may refer either
generally to the whole
polity of Israel, or more
specifically, the house of
worship of the Jews, about
to destroyed, to be forsaken
as a place of worship, JESUS
said the terrifying judgment
upon Jerusalem, There
house was to be deserted
by GOD, left in their own
hands the word house,
refers to their temple, their
nation and their lives, was
to be desolated, it was to
be, this refers to earthly
judgment destroyed ,Listen
carefully; your house is
being left to you desolate
completely abandoned by
GOD and destitute of His
protection, when Jerusalem
was devastated by Titus in
70 AD and eternal judgment
HEBREWS 9:27, they would
not be able to See CHRIST
soon,, He was departing the
world, dying, and ascending
into GOD’S presence, they
will not see Him until He
return, they will continue to
be blind and obstinate in
their unbelief, they will not
submit to CHRIST as the
Messiah, the very SON of
GOD, therefore they would
be blinded as part of the
judgment
FOR I SAY UNTO YOU YE
SHALL NOT SEE ME
For I say to you, you will
not see Me again
ministering to you publicly
until you say, blessed to be
celebrated to He who
comes in the name of the
LORD, they rejected GOD’S
righteousness faith in
CHRIST and trusted their
own righteousness, they
rejected CHRIST claim to be
the revelation of GOD
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JOHN 7:34
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MATTHEW 7:21-23
MATTHEW 2510-11
MATTHEW 5:20
LUKE 13:25-28
JOHN 8:14
JOHN 13:3
JOHN 13:33
JOHN 14:28
JOHN 14:2-3
JOHN 16:5
JOHN 16:10
JOHN 16:17
JOHN 17:11
1 CORINTHIANS 6:9
1 CORINTHIANS 15:50
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34) Ye shall seek me and
shall not find me; and
where I am; thither ye
cannot come
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YOU SHALL SEEK ME AND
SHALL NOT FIND ME
That is the Messiah, after
his departure they should
be in great distress, and be
very much on the inquiry
after anxious for the coming
of the Messiah, to be
Redeemer and Deliverer of
them out of their troubles
and shall not find me, no
Messiah will appear, no
Savior will be sent, no
Redeemer will come to
relieve them; they shall
inquire, and look for one in
vain as they did, you wicked
Jews that now despise the
means of grace by Me
offered to you, shall one day
be in distress and calamity
enough, and when you are
so, then you will wish I were
again amongst you, but I
shall be ascended to my
FATHER, and deaf to your
prayers.
The man who rejects
CHRIST will face the day
when he will seek CHRIST,
the great tragedy is that the
unbeliever will not find
CHRIST, it will be too late,
the unbeliever has never
know CHRIST nor what it is
to walk in the LORD’S
kingdom on earth, as
CHRIST and Heaven is alien
unknown to the unbeliever
today and
AND WHERE I AM THITHER
YOU CANNOT COME
The nation as a whole was
blinded,; they crucified their
king, the LORD of glory; and
they brought extreme
extinction on themselves as
a nation, they sought their
Messiah in vain, where I am,
in the glory in which I dwell,
and to which I belong, and
to which I am now inviting
you, you cannot come, the
door will be shut, you will
not have known the day of
my visitation, How often
would I have gathered you,
but you would not, you
have the opportunity now,
in a little while I go, and
then you will find it
impossible to follow Me,
and where he now was as a
Divine person, namely in
heaven , as CHRIST and
Heaven are alien and
unknown to unbeliever to
day, so also will CHRIST and
Heaven be unknown and
alien to the unbeliever on
that day, unbeliever will not
be allowed to come where
He is, that live in GOD’S
presence eternally, JESUS
foretold man’s destiny that
those who opposed Him
and wanted nothing to do
with Him, He said that the
day is coming when, they
will look for Him ,they will
not find Him, where He is
they will not be allowed or
able to come
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JOHN 8:12
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12)Then spake JESUS again
unto them, saying, I am the
light of the world: he that
followeth me shall not walk
in darkness, but shall have
the light of life
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I AM THE LIGHT OF THE
WORLD
JESUS CHRIST is the light of
the world, GOD is light, and
CHRIST is the image of the
invisible GOD, JESUS the
light, tells us that He is Holy,
righteous and pure, light is a
symbol of purity and
holiness, light means the
absence of darkness and
blindness nor sin and
shame, the possessor and
bearer of the Divine
salvation and eternal glory,
from whom this saving truth
goes forth to all mankind,
JESUS the light, reveals His
light shows clearly the
nature and the truth about
the world man and GOD, he
love and cares and wants to
love and care for Him, those
without CHRIST, they are
dark and dead ,GOD is light
and in Him is no darkness at
all, if a man makes a false
step in life, it is because he
seek other guides in his
thoughts, he that seek to
follow the true light, to
follow always,, not only
when it coincides with his
own will, to follow patiently
and trustfully, step by step,
wherever it may lead
cannot walk in darkness, for
his never without the
presence of the light, those
who follow CHRIST cannot
walk in darkness, they shall
not be left without the truth
HE THAT FOLLOWED ME
SHALL NOT WALK IN
DARKNESS
So as CHRIST is the light,
man exists in darkness until
he follows CHRIST, man are
darkness by nature due to
sin, a man is Delivered out
of darkness by following
JESUS CHRIST, there can be
no halting, it is continuous,
a man must continue to
follow CHRIST in order to
receive light , he that
followed me Spiritually by
faith ,for as believing with
love and affection to Him,
the desire of the soul being
unto Him, the light will
point the way; it is he who
day by day follows after
CHRIST who is the light, it
he who cannot miss the way
perfection of truth attends
its practice, the source of
His action is constant
receptivity with the light,
he who followed Him,
believing His Doctrine, and
obeying his precepts, living
according to his direction
and His example, should be
guided right, will not be at
loss, by unbelief nor remain
in darkness of sin,
ignorance, and spiritual
death, but the truth of the
Gospel ,but should have
that light which brings light
with it, which guides a man
in all the works of a spiritual
life, and at last bring him to
life eternal,
SHALL HAVE THE LIGHT OF
LIFE
Not merely with HIM but in
Him, the grace of GOD
abiding in them, which as it
is a well of living water,
springing up to eternal life,
it is shining light ,so that he
also becomes a source of
light, that CHRIST the source
of Truth and light,
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JOHN 3:15
RELATED CHAPTERS
JOHN 5:24
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15)That whosoever
believeth in Him should not
perish, but have eternal life
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THAT WHOSOEVER
BELIEVES IN HIM
Whosoever believes in
JESUS CHRIST, whether Jew
or Gentile, a greater or
lesser sinner, and
whatsoever state and
condition, age, or sex; and
though weak or strong
So every man who believes
in Him and who feels that
they are sinners, that have
no righteousness of their
own, and are willing to look
to Him as their only savior,
it shows the freeness of the
gospel, all may come and
be saved, whosoever puts
confidence in Him, believing
in GOD and ever had this
message, the doctrine of
JESUS CHRIST, whose heart
is open to Spiritual truth, a
truth which goes to his
innermost Spirit, sending a
new life through his whole
being
SHOULD NOT PERISH
They are in danger, by
nature, of perishing, that is
of sinking down to the pain
of Hell; of being punished
with everlasting destruction
from the presence of GOD
and from the glory of His
power, all who believe on
JESUS shall be saved, that
salvation is here full and
free for all who will come to
CHRIST shall be free from
this condemnation and be
raised up to eternal life
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JOHN 3:18
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18)He that believeth on
Him is not condemned; but
he that believeth not is
condemned already,
because he hath not
believed of the only
begotten son of GOD
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HE THAT BELIEVES ON HIM
He that has confidence in
Him, that relies on Him, that
trusts to His merits and
promises for Salvation, as a
lost sinner whether Jew or
Gentile, because a believer
is openly in CHRIST; and
there is no condemnation to
those that are in Him15
GOD sent His Son to save
the world, but this does not
mean that everyone is
automatically saved,
Salvation is the Divine result
of believing on Him, and
salvation lifts the saved man
from the necessity of the
Judgment, that await every
man , to believe on Him is to
feel and act according to
truth of the gospel.
IS NOT CONDEMNED
GOD pardons sin, and
delivers us from deserved
punishment because we
believe on Him, JESUS died
in our stead, He suffered for
us, and by His sufferings our
sins are atoned and it is
consistent for GOD
forgiveness, the believer is
not condemned, the person
who believes on CHRIST is
acquitted as though he
never sinned, he is released
, he is not to be condemned,
judged, he is not guilty of
fear and bondage, the
believer is released from
condemnation because he
believe on CHRIST, he
believe that He died for his
sins, in his place, as his
substitute paying the
penalty for sin , which is
death
HE THAT BELIEVES NOT
The unbeliever is
condemned, he is person
who has not believe in the
name of GOD’S one and
only SON, all who do not
believe,, all people by
nature is condemned
already ,GOD disapproved
of their character and 16
conduct, all people without
the gospel and who do not
believe are condemned , the
unbeliever judgment is sure,
nothing can change or stop
the judgment from coming
upon the unbeliever,
ignoring, struggling,
denying, will not change it,
it will come on all
unbeliever, he is already on
the present curse of sin, he
is separated from CHRIST,
excluded from the
citizenship with the people
of GOD, he is a foreigner to
the promises of GOD, the
unbeliever stands guilty of
all the sins he had ever
committed he is already
condemned
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JOHN 3:36
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36)He that believeth on the
SON hath everlasting life;
and he that believeth not
the SON shall not see life;
but the wrath of GOD
abideth on him
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HE THAT BELIEVES ON THE
SON HAT EVERLASTING LIFE
He that, hearing the
glorious Gospel, so agrees
to it, as with his heart he
receives CHRIST as His
savior and trust and hope in
Him , venture and relies
upon Him and commits
himself to Him, and expect
life and Salvation from Him
hath everlasting life,
believers are already in
Possession of eternal life,
he has a right unto it
through the justifying
righteousness of CHRIST by
His grace, he has it in faith
and hope, he has the
knowledge of CHRIST and
communion with Him, it has
already been giving to them,
but whether they will lose it
again, or not, the struggle is
not to gain but to retain it
JOHN 17:3
HE THAT BELIEVE NOT ON
THE SON SHALL NOT SEE
LIFE
That does not believe
CHRIST to be the SON of
GOD, or JESUS to be
Messiah; or rejects Him, as
savior, who live and die in
the state of unbelief shall
not see light, eternal life he
shall not enter into it and
enjoy it he shall die, he shall
perish
BUT THE WRATH OF GOD
ABIDES
wrath, of GOD anger,
temper, indignation , is an
anger that is more
turbulent, more sudden,
which means anger against
sin, reaction against
unrighteousness, opposition
to the injustice of men,
punishment of evil and
wicked men.
The wrath or anger of GOD
is aroused, due to men do
not believe in the SON of
GOD, thy allow their hearts
to become hardened,
stubborn, and unrepentant,
rejecting, abusing, and
denying His SON, man reject
GOD mercy, which is ever
attempting to reach out
and save them
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JOHN 8:21
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21) Then said JESUS again
unto them, I go my way, and
ye shall seek me, and shall
die in your sins; whither I
go, ye cannot come
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JESUS SAID GO MY WAY AND
YOU SHALL SEEK ME AND
SHALL DIE IN YOUR SIN
Then he said again, to
them, I am going away,
means He is leaving the
world, dying and returning
to the FATHER, meaning
the way of all flesh, or that
He should die; the way of
speaking shows, that His
death was certain a
determined thing which
must be voluntary, He was
not driven or forced that is I
will speedily go away from
among you the Jews and
you will look for Me the
Messiah and due to your
unbelief and rejection of Me
,you will die unforgiven,
condemned in your sins,
that is you will seek the
Messiah; you will desire his
coming that you will expect
will come; and as you have
rejected me, and there is no
other Savior, you must die
unpardoned and as you did
not seek where you can find
Me .
Man fails to find the
Messiah; he dies in his sin,
the sin of unbelief you, he
goes into the next world
unforgiven, condemned
eternally the tragic
separation from where
CHRIST is, cannot come
where I shall be, where I
am going you cannot come
All those who reject the
LORD JESUS must die
unforgiven, there is no way
of pardon but by Him, those
who reject JESUS CHRIST
must perish, where He is
they cannot come, where
He is in Heaven, there is the
Hell; and the sinner that has
no Savior must wretched
forever
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JOHN 12:35
RELATED CHAPTERS
JOHN 1:4
JOHN 8:12
EPHESIANS 5:14
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35)Then JESUS said unto
them, 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 wither he
goeth
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THEN JESUS SAID THEM YET
A LITTLE WHILE IS THE
LIGHT WITH YOU
JESUS said He would be
with them in person, they
should take advantage of
His presence while He was
still with them, like a light
shining in darkness, He will
point out the way they
should go, if walk in His
light, they will be children of
light, revealing the truth
and pointing people to GOD,
as believers we are CHRIST
life bearer, letting His light
shine through us JESUS said
that He is the light, the He
would be with denoting
the Messiah , the Divine
nature that a little while,
the religionist rejecting the
Gospel, and putting it away
from them, the apostles, as
they were ordered, turned
to the Gentiles ACT 13:46
and that they ought to take
the opportunity , while they
had it to listen to His
instruction, to do that with
sincerity.
JESUS is the Messiah, the
light of the world, the light
was to be with them a little
while, man must walk in the
light while,, believe in the
light, which is the Messiah,
and His gospel; embrace
Him, and walk on in Him, of
His Gospel, as Children of
light, man must believe in
the light, believe and trust
continuously, believers have
been transferred from the
dominion of darkness into
the kingdom of CHRIST, the
inheritance of light, believer
are the light of the world,
so that darkness would not
overtake and overcome
them, they would not know
where they were going, and
just as it is with a man in a
state of unregenerated
heart and unbelief , they
would be scrabbling and
stumbling, falling into
destruction and dooming
themselves to an eternity of
darkness
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JOHN 13:33-34
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33) 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
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YET A LITTLE WHILE I AM
WITH YOU, SHALL SEEK ME
Little children an expression
intended to signify both the
disciples weakness, and His
tenderness and compassion;
as if he had said; ye whom I
love with parental
tenderness, denoting His
deep in their welfare, as He
was about to leave them,
He endeavor to ease their
grief by the most tender
expression of attachments,
showing that He felt for
them, the deep interest in
their welfare , which
parents feel for their
children, JESUS said He was
departing, for He will be
with the disciples for a little
while longer, the adoption
of the gentle love word is
appropriate as a link to the
new commandment, and
reveals the love of
departure, He did not
conceal the fact that he was
soon to leave them, it
shows that He love them to
the end; that as their friend
and guide, as a man, he felt
deeply at the thoughts of 21
parting from them, and
leaving them to the cold
and unfeeling world.
AND AS I SAID UNTO THE
JEWS
Whither I go you cannot
come; He told this to the
unbelieving Jews , who died
in their sins, could never
come wither he is going,
JOHN 7:31 and now He tells
them the same, that they
will miss Him when He was
gone and should seek Him,
but even the disciple at
present could not follow
Him to heaven, whither he
was going, the unbelieving
Jews never follow Him
neither, but even those who
were His disciples, who
were born again, and whom
he loved as little Children,
should not yet follow Him,
His work in the World was
done, but they have great
deal of work to be done
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