XXVII.-page 116. What were all men in expectation of? Upon whom was their attention fixed? Were the Jews satisfied, by the things Jesus had done, that He was the Messiah? What did the Jews ask of him? Did Jesus intend to give them a sign? What did Jesus know the temple was? What did He say, standing in the midst of the temple ? Were the Jews angry? and what did they answer? Did Jesus answer? Why did He not answer? What was the meaning of His words, when He said, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up?" Was this saying of our Lord forgotten? How and when did the Jews remember it? When was it remembered by His disciples? What did they do, when they remembered this saying? How do we remember many things in the word of God? What happens very often in a time of distress? When is there no teacher like sorrow? What is the comfort God gives under sorrow? After what did the disciples remember, and fully understand, the words of Jesus? How long did Jesus remain in Jerusalem? What happened? What did Jesus know could not be trusted? Why did He not need to be told? XXVIII.-page 118. With what had the words and miracles of Jesus filled the people? What had they drawn upon him? What had the Pharisees before heard from John the Baptist? What answers had John given them when they sent to him to know if he were the Christ? Who had the Baptist John pointed out the next day? Who was He? What man of the Pharisees was struck by all these things? When did he come to Jesus? What did he say to him? Why did Nicodemus speak to Jesus with respect ? What did Nicodemus believe him to be? What is Rabbi? How did Nicodemus and the others know that Jesus was a teacher come from God? Their heads, that is their sense, was convinced; but is true religion a thing only of the head? Were their hearts touched? What did the Lord Jesus know? What did the Lord Jesus at once open up to Nicodemus? The deep truths of Christianity cannot be really understood without doing what? What was the answer of Jesus? What did our Lord mean by this answer? Did Nicodemus understand this? What did the words of Jesus plainly express? What did Nicodemus say ? What was the answer of our Lord? What does water do to the body? What does the Spirit do to the soul? Where do you find that the life of the soul came from God? Therefore, what does our Saviour clearly mean, when He says, that a man must be born of water and the Spirit, or he cannot enter the kingdom of God? What must be done to the entire nature of man? What reason does He give for this? Of what nature is every thing? What do the seeds of poisonous plants become? What do the seeds of flowers, fruits and vegetables become? Can any thing change a poisonous plant into good fruit? And so it is with what? What is meant by the word flesh? What entered our nature when Adam disobeyed God? What is in every one of us? What therefore is all that is born of the flesh, or of our sinful nature? Can this sinful nature or flesh enter the kingdom of God? What does the new nature do? Why is this? What should we take notice of? What do we read that Nicodemus was? What was the first thing Jesus taught him? What did the Jews themselves say? What was quite a new thing to them? How did Nicodemus show his surprise? What did the Lord Jesus tell him not to wonder at ? What did our Lord say of the wind? What did He say it was like? What do we see the wind can do? Can we stand before a rushing wind? Yet can any thing resist its power? Can you touch it? What is it like ? Can any power of man make it come or bid it go? What would become of the whole earth if there was no wind ? Why? what is the use of the wind? Does the wind come from the earth, or has the earth any power over it? What did our Lord Jesus say was "So," or in the same manner as the wind? How is the power of the Spirit of God like the power of the wind? What can give us a good idea of the likeness of the power of the wind to the power of the Spirit? See note. What once hung over our own country? What sent ignorance away as the wind drives away a mist? But what still shines among us? What has the land been as it were? What did Nicodemus answer to this? What did Jesus say to him? What question did the Lord put to Nicodemus? What did our Lord mean by the earthly things He had told to Nicodemus? Who only has, or can give knowledge of heavenly things? Who only, did Jesus say, had ascended or gone up to heaven? Who only can tell the high and wonderful things that belong to the kingdom of heaven? Who is He that was then come down from heaven? Though Jesus was talking with Nicodemus, what was He still? XXIX.-page 125. What were the heavenly things of which the Lord Jesus spoke? What did he shew to Nicodemus? What did he shew that He (the Saviour) was to do? What did he shew was to be hurt? What did Jesus say to Nicodemus about the serpent? Why was the Son of man to be so lifted up? To what must those words of Jesus have sent back the thoughts of Nicodemus? What is told in the Old Testament of the fiery serpents? What was done with the brazen serpent? Who was cured? What became of those who would not look? How did Jesus say that he the Son of man must be lifted up? What sort of serpent was that to which the believing children of Israel did look and were cured of the fiery-serpent's bite? The brazen serpent was like the fiery serpents, but had neither sting nor venom, how was Jesus, the Son of man, like other men, and yet different from any man ? Why was he to be lifted up among dying men? What was the reason this was to be done? Why did God send His Son into the world? Who is not condemned? Who is condemned already? Why? What is plain if we will not believe in the Saviour God has given us ? In what state must we remain ? What is the reason of this condemnation? Who hath the light (that is, the knowledge) of religion? Why will they that do evil not come to the light? What will he do, who "doeth truth," that is, who is sincere ? What did Jesus know? What was the reason the Pharisees would hate Jesus? What was He come to throw light upon? Do we like to be told our secret sins? What do we like to think? Unless the Spirit of God teaches us, what will happen? What are we like? What did Christ tell all such? What often looks clear till it is stirred? What is this like? What is it best to believe? What should we do? When Nicodemus left the Lord Jesus, what had he heard? XXX.-page 128. When the Passover was ended and the people returned to their homes, what did the Lord Jesus do? Where did he go? and what did he do? Did Jesus himself baptize? Where had the Baptist John changed his place to? What question the Jews? arose between some of the disciples of John and What did the disciples of John say to him? What did the disciples of John feel? At what were they angry? What should we attend to? What was John's answer? When should we remember this answer? What should this answer teach us? What shall we feel sure of if we have faith in God? What did John put his disciples in mind of? Whose voice did John rejoice to hear? Who is meant by the Bride? And who is the Bridegroom? Why have these names been chosen? What is the Church of Christ? What may each one of us be? If we think of this and believe, what shall be well? And what will death be? What did the Baptist go on to tell the people? What did he teach them in the 31st verse? What did he say was the difference between himself and the Lord Christ? |