...religious power. Christ said "Every one that is of the truth, heareth my voice." (Jno. xviii. 37.) " If any man willeth to do his will, he shall know of the teaching, whether it be of God, or I speak from myself." (Jno. vii. 17.) These verses show that a substantial sympathy with the moral...

...rules ; eg, in John vii. 1 6, 17, we read, " Jesus said, My teaching is not mine, but his that sent me. If any man willeth to do his will, he shall know of the teaching whether it le of God, or whether I speak from myself." Was there " doubt or denial " there ? Certainly not. Was...

...exact than Authorised Version, " For all the people were very attentive to hear him." Johu vii. 17, "If any man willeth to do His will, he shall know of the teaching, whether it bo of God, or whether I speak of myself." So in chapter viii. 44, "Ye are of your father the devil,...

...John vii. 17, becomes much clearer to the English reader when it is read, as in the Revised Version, " If any man willeth to do his will, he shall know of the teaching," &c. So the meaning of 1 Tim. vi. 9 becomes more obvious when we read instead of "they that will be...

...Scriptures can be fully appropriated only by practicing faith. Our Saviour taught His disciples : " If any man willeth to do his will he shall know of the teaching, whether it be of God or whether I speak from myself" (John vii. 1f). Experiment is ever the victor of doubt. Faith is tested...

...phrase-exegesis, but must try to catch the spirit of the revealed will, not forgetting the Master's saying : "If any man willeth to do his will he shall know of the teaching whether it be of God." (John vii, 17.) We must try to discover the true distinction, proportion, and harmony of revelation;...

...learned? Jesus therefore answered them, and said, My teaching is not mine, but 17 his that sent me. If any man willeth to do his will, he shall know of the teaching, whether it be of God, marvelling on the part of the ' Jews ' (see note on chap. 5 : 20) is not an astonishment that compels...

...rules; eg, in John vii: 16, 17, we read, "Jesus said, My teaching is not mine, but his that sent me. If any man willeth to do his will, he shall know of the teaching whether it be of God, or whether I speak from myself." Was there " doubt or denial " there ? Certainly not. Was Christ speaking...

...darkness rather than light, because his deeds are evil," in contrast to that consoling truth, that " if any man willeth to do His will, he shall know of the doctrine whether it be of God" — would not this, I say, (laid simply down, here a little and...

...precedent condition to spiritual knowledge ; and so is in striking harmony with a greater than he : " If any man willeth to do His will, he shall know of the doctrine." It is clear that the strength of Buddhism lies not in its philosophy or theology, but...