36. A Threefold Taking<\/p>\n
Three times the compound word \u201cparalambano\u201d occurs in John\u2019s Gospel. The word means to take near to one\u2019s self, hence to have with one the object thus taken. \u201cLambano\u201d occurs many times in the aforesaid Gospel, at least forty-five times, and is generally given \u201creceive\u201d and \u201ctook;\u201d but where the prefix \u201cpara\u201d is added to \u201clambano\u201d it means to take near to one\u2019s self.<\/p>\n
1. Rejection. The Spirit\u2019s lament about Christ\u2019s own is, \u201cHis own received Him not\u201d (Joh_1:11). Being His kinsmen and possessions, they should not only \u201creceive\u201d (lambano) Him, but receive Him near with glad hearts, surrendered wills, and communing spirits. What an added touch of meaning is given when the Spirit goes on to say, \u201cAs many as received (lambano) Him, to them gave He the right to become the children of God\u201d (Joh_1:12). Those who were not His kinsmen who receive Him, become His kinsmen. Those who had not the relationship of life, by the life of relationship enter into a closer bond.<\/p>\n
2. Crucifixion. \u201cAnd they took (paralambano) Jesus and led Him away.\u201d This was after Pilate had weakly and against his conviction delivered Him to be crucified. Wicked hands took Him near to themselves and led Him to the \u201cplace of a skull.\u201d Their ill-intent of wickedness carried out the God-intent of purpose\u2014Act_2:23. The manner of His death was prophesied\u2014Joh_19:37; its cause was sin\u2014Rom_4:25; its power was love\u2014Gal_2:20; its basis was grace\u2014Heb_2:9; its unfolding is wisdom\u20141Co_1:23; its practicality is separation from self, sin, and the world\u2014Rom_6:6; Gal_5:24; Gal_6:14; and its end is identification with Christ\u2014Mat_27:44; Gal_2:20. The word \u201ccrucified with\u201d in these passages signifies co-crucifixion.<\/p>\n
3. Expectation. \u201cI will come again and receive you to Myself,\u201d or, as it might be given, \u201cI am coming to take you to be near to Myself\u201d (Joh_14:3). When Christ returns for His own, He comes as the Saviour to redeem\u2014Rom_8:23; as the Uniter to gather\u20141Th_4:13-18; as the Blessed Hope to gladden\u2014Tit_2:13; as the Transformer to glorify\u2014Php_3:20-21; as the Lover to present\u2014Eph_5:27; as the Lord to reward\u20141Co_3:14; 1Co_4:5; and as the Friend to receive to Himself.<\/p>\n
By: DR. F. E. MARSH<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
36. A Threefold Taking Three times the compound word \u201cparalambano\u201d occurs in John\u2019s Gospel. The word means to take near to one\u2019s self, hence to have with one the object thus taken. \u201cLambano\u201d occurs many times in the aforesaid Gospel, at least forty-five times, and is generally given \u201creceive\u201d and \u201ctook;\u201d but where the prefix … Continue reading “0038. 36. A Threefold Taking”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25830"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25830\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}