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Love to the Uttermost by F. B. Meyer, Chapter 21

XXI. Consecrated to Consecrate "For their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth."--JOHN xvii. 19. "The most precious fragment of the past," is the unstinted eulogium whic…
Love to the Uttermost by F. B. Meyer, Chapter 20, continued

II. CHRIST AND HIS DISCIPLES HAVE A COMMON CONFLICT.--It is inevitable that there should be collision, and therefore conflict, and as a result tribulation. The world-spirit will not brook our disagreement with its pla…
Love to the Uttermost by F. B. Meyer, Chapter 20

XX. The Conqueror of the World "In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world."--JOHN xvi. 33. It was the road between Jerusalem and the Gate of the Garden. Behind, la…
Love to the Uttermost by F. B. Meyer, Chapter 19, continued

III. THE TEACHING OF THE DIVINE SPIRIT.--His personality is unmistakable; though the Greek word for Spirit is neuter, a masculine pronoun is used in conjunction with it when Jesus says, "He, the Spirit of Truth." The …
Love to the Uttermost by F. B. Meyer, Chapter 19

XIX. Christ's Reticence Supplemented by the Spirit's Advent "I have yet many things to say unto you; but ye cannot bear them now."--JOHN xvi. 12-15. How confidently our Lord speaks of the Spirit's advent; not m…
Love to the Uttermost by F. B. Meyer, Chapter 18, continued

II. THE CONVICTION OF RIGHTEOUSNESS.--The aggravation of sin of which the Spirit convicts the sinner seems to present a gloom too dark for any ray to penetrate. He cannot forget. The dead past will not bury its dead.…
Love to the Uttermost by F. B. Meyer, Chapter 18

XVIII. The Work of the Holy Spirit on the World "He will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment."--JOHN xvi. 8. Three facts forced themselves home on the apostles during the Lord's part…
Love to the Uttermost by F. B. Meyer, Chapter 17, continued

III. OUR BEHAVIOR AMID THE WORLD'S HATRED.--We have fallen on evil days. The world has been coated over with a Christian veneer, whilst the Church has become leavened with the subtle spirit of the world. It is hard t…
Love to the Uttermost by F. B. Meyer, Chapter 17

XVII. The hatred of the World "They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service. And these things they will do unto you, because they hav…
Love to the Uttermost by F. B. Meyer, Chapter 16, continued

(4) Submit prayer to the correction of the Word.--"If My words abide in you" . . . (John xv. 7). Christ's words have been compared to a court of solemn and stately presences, sitting to try our prayers before they pas…