Section 2
and impart Himself into us, thus bringing forth much fruit by His death and resurrection.
The thought of the Holy Spirit in John 18 and 19 is not mainly that of the Redeemer bear ing our sins, dying for our sins on the cross, and redeeming us from the curse of our sins. The thought of the Redeemer and His redemption is seen mainly in the first three Gospels. The thought in the Gospel of John, especially in chap ters eighteen and nineteen, is mainly that of the Lord as the seed of life going into death and releasing Himself through death and resurrec tion. In this way, the one grain has been released to produce the many grains. Life originally was restricted to the one grain, but now, by death and resurrection, Christ's very life has been released, has brought forth many grains, and is now in the many grains. This is the thought concerning the Lord's death in the Gospel of John.
The Lord delivered Himself in voluntary boldness to be processed (18:1-11); He was ex amined in His dignity by mankind (18:12-38a); He was sentenced in man's injustice (18:38b— 19:16); and He was tested in God's sovereignty by death (19:17-30). In this booklet we come to the very crucial matter of the issue of the Lord's death (19:31-37).