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JESUS ONLY. “They saw no man any more save Jesus - only, with themselves.”— Mark 9 :8. The visitants gone—the Cloud vanished —the. radiant raiment dulled—the aureola faded from His countenance—there were left the work-a-day world and Jesus only with themselves. The transfiguration threw a radiance on the midnight of the Cross and tomb of Jesus, and its beams extend on beyond the Ascension into the present darkness, reveal ing Jesus only as the all-sufficient assur ance. I. Jesus only is the all-sufficing evidence of Revelation. II. Jesus only i» set forth as the way of salvation and the all-sufficient way. III. Jesus only is the all-sufficient refuge from the storm and shadow in the weary land. IV. Jesus only fills and brightly fills the eye of hope. LIFE ABUNDANT. “I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.” ’ .-^-John 10:10. I. Jesus is the life Giver (1 Col. 1:16; John 1 :4). II. There are different kinds of life (see Gen. 1:11, 12, 20, 21, 24-26; John 10:28). III. There are different degrees of life. (1) In vigor, the sloth vs. antelope. (2) In range, the sparrow vs. eagle. (3) In length, the gourd vs. oak. (4) In fruitfulness, the thorn vs. the vine (grape). (5) In value, the beast vs. man, vs. spiritual than. IV. Jesus gives spiritual life and abun dantly. He has enlarged, enriched all life, but - the “life indeed” is what we need. Have you the life? Take it (John 3:16). Have you it more abundantly? Are you
an artesian well or a sluggish runner? Ask Him to blast the rocky heart, to dynamite if need be, that “rivers of water” may well up in you. IN GOD IS OUR HELP. 1. “Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by Jehovah, the shield of thy h el p ” (Deut. 33:29). 2. “God hath power to h el p , and to cast down” (2 Chron. 25:8). 3. “With us is Jehovah our God to h elp us, and to fight our battles” (2 Chron. 32: 8 ). 4. “Jehovah shall h el p them, and de- Tiver them” (Ps. 37:40). 5. “God is our refuge and strength, a very present h el p in trouble” (Ps. 46:1). 6. “My h el p cometh from Jehovah, which made heaven and earth” (Ps. 121:2). 7. “In me is thine h e l p ” (Hosea 13:9). — Selected. THE LISTENING EAR. 1. “Behold, to obey is better than sacri fice, and to h ea r k en than the fat of rams” (1 Sam. 15:22). 2. “I will h ea r what God Jehovah will speak” (Ps. 85:8). 3. “Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways” (Prov. 8:32). 4. “I will stand upon my watch, and set, me upon the tower, and w ill watch TO SEE WHAT h e WILL SAY UNTO ME, and what I shall answer when I am reproved” (Hab. 2:1).. 5. “He that is of God h eareth God’s words” (John 8:47). 6. “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that h ea reth my word, and believeth him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life” (John 5:24). 7. “Behold, I stand at the door, and
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