Classic Sermon Outlines (continued)
The Cross, the Glory of Christ, and God.Itis ation which h yught the blessing to men, Has it not ames ere that lay like mountains of ice upon man's heart? Has it not swept the heavens clear of clouds that wrapped it in darkness?
III. THE SON OF MAN GLORIFIED IN THE FATHER.
A. The Nature of the Glorification.
1. The statement of the glorification of the Son of Man in the Father. "He
2. The explanation of statement of the glorification of the Son of Man in the Father. Mark that—"in Himself? That is the obvious antithesis to what has been spoken about in the previous clause, a glorifying which consisted in a manifestation to the external universe, whereas this is a glorifying within the depths of the Divine nature. And the best commentary upon it is | our Lord's own words: "Father! Glorify Thou Me with the glory which I had B. The Person of the Glorification.
1. It is the Son of Man. That is to say, the man Christ Jesus, "bone of our bone and flesh of our flesh," the very Person that walked upon earth and dwelt amongst us. .
2. It is the Son of Man incorporated into the heart of God. He is taken up into the heart of God and in His manhood enters into that same glory which from the beginning the eternal Word had with God.
C. The Time of the Glorification.
1. It began in paradise. We have the glorifying set forth as commencing immediately upon the completion of God's glorifying by Christ upon the cross. "He shall straightway glorify Him" (verse 32). It began in that _ paradise into which we know that upon that day He entered. ee re oahedentemtnas . Him glory. It reached a still higher point when they brought Him near unto | the Ancient of Days.
CLASSIC SERMON OUTLINES — Alexander Maclaren rise to sckplciafolat oreeeesttietMLEE Sie era te leat come in His glory.
CONCLUSION
This, then, was the vision that lay before the Christ in that upper
Seine ee reat rules the Father's realms.
SMlexander Maclaren
SERMON NINETEEN
THE TRUE VISION
OF THE FATHER
Philip said unto Him, "Lord, show us the Father, and it sufficeth us." Jesus said unto him, "Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known Me, Philip? He that hath seen Me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, show us the Father? 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 Myself: but the Father that dwelleth in Me, He doeth the works. Believe Me that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me: or else believe Me for the work's sake."
THE VEHEMENT burst with which Philip interrupts the calm flow of our Lord's discourse is not the product of mere frivolity or curiosity. As an Old Testament believer he knew that Moses had once led the elders of Israel up to the mount where "they saw the God of Israel," and to many others had been granted sensible ETL SEA Giat of the Divine presence.
The history of heathe 1ows us this need. In every land men have eid "The eas ie come fase to us in vith likeness of men."