‘The Gospel of St. John, rightly interpreted, is the best and simplest answer to those who profess to admire a vague and indistinct Christianity.’ There were many such in J. C. Ryle’s day, as in our own, and these final three volumes of his Expository Thoughts on the Gospels <\/i> series provide a detailed commentary upon, and ‘right interpretation’ of the fourth Gospel.<\/p>\n
Originally published between published between 1869 and 1873, these volumes differ from those previously published in the series, in that they contain ‘full explanatory notes on every verse of the portions expounded, forming, in fact, a complete Commentary’. The long gap between the publication of Luke (1858) and the appearance of the first volume of John (1869) is explained by the loss of Ryle’s second wife, Jessie, in 1860), his being responsible for the care of his five children (the eldest being just thirteen years of age at the time), and his move to Helmingham to the much larger parish of Stradbroke in 1861, with the greater burden of work that entailed.<\/p>\n
In these volumes Ryle shows again that, as in all his writing and preaching, he was first and foremost a pastor, and as J. I. Packer has pointed out, ‘alongside the question “Is it true?” the question “What effect will this have on ordinary people?” was always in his mind’.<\/p>\n
| 13:1-5<\/td>\n | Christ\u2019s patient and continuing love,\u2014the deep corruption of some professors<\/td>\n | 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 13:6-15<\/td>\n | Peter\u2019s ignorance,\u2014plain practical lessons,\u2014deep spiritual lessons<\/td>\n | 8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 13:16-20<\/td>\n | Christians should not be ashamed to imitate Christ,\u2014uselessness of knowledge without practice,\u2014Christ\u2019s perfect knowledge of all his people,\u2014the dignity of discipleship<\/td>\n | 16<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 13:21-30<\/td>\n | The troubles which Christ endured,\u2014the power and malignity of the devil,\u2014the hardness of a backslider<\/td>\n | 21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 13:31-38<\/td>\n | The crucifixion glorifying to the Father and the Son,\u2014the importance of brotherly love,\u2014the self-ignorance there may be in a true believer<\/td>\n | 29<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 14:1-3<\/td>\n | Remedy for heart-trouble,\u2014an account of heaven, \u2014ground for expecting good things<\/td>\n | 36<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 14:4-11<\/td>\n | Believers better thought of by Christ than by themselves,\u2014glorious names given to Christ, \u2014only one way to God,\u2014close union of Father and Son<\/td>\n | 42<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 14:12-17<\/td>\n | Works that Christians may do,\u2014things that prayer may obtain,\u2014promise of the Comforter<\/td>\n | 49<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 14:18-20<\/td>\n | Christ\u2019s second coming,\u2014Christ\u2019s life the life of his people,\u2014perfect knowledge not attainable till second advent of Christ<\/td>\n | 55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 14:21-26<\/td>\n | Keeping Christ\u2019s commandments the best test of love,\u2014special comforts of those who love Christ,\u2014Holy Ghost\u2019s teaching and reminding work<\/td>\n | 59<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 14:27-31<\/td>\n | Christ\u2019s last legacy to his people,\u2014Christ\u2019s perfect sinlessness<\/td>\n | 65<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 15:1-6<\/td>\n | Close union of Christ and believers,\u2014false Christians,\u2014fruit only safe evidence of life,\u2014God increases holiness by providential chastisement<\/td>\n | 70<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 15:7-11<\/td>\n | Promises to prayer,\u2014fruitfulness the best evidence,\u2014obedience the secret of sensible comfort<\/td>\n | 77<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 15:12-16<\/td>\n | Brotherly love,\u2014relation between Christ and believers,\u2014election<\/td>\n | 82<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 15:17-21<\/td>\n | What Christians must expect from the world, \u2014reasons for patience<\/td>\n | 87<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 15:22-27<\/td>\n | Misuse of privileges,\u2014the Holy Ghost,\u2014office of the apostles<\/td>\n | 92<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 16:1-7<\/td>\n | A remarkable prophecy,\u2014warning against taking offence at trouble,\u2014reasons why Christ went away<\/td>\n | 97<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 16:8-15<\/td>\n | Holy Ghost\u2019s work for the Jews,\u2014Holy Ghost\u2019s work for the world<\/td>\n | 105<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 16:16-24<\/td>\n | Christ\u2019s absence a sorrow to believers,\u2014Christ\u2019s second coming a joy to believers,\u2014duty of prayer in Christ\u2019s absence<\/td>\n | 112<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 16:25-33<\/td>\n | Importance of knowing the Father,\u2014Christ\u2019s kindness to those who have weak grace, \u2014believers ignorant of their own hearts,\u2014 Christ the true source of peace<\/td>\n | 118<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 17:1-8<\/td>\n | Christ\u2019s office and dignity,\u2014Christ\u2019s gracious account of his people<\/td>\n | 125<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 17:9-16<\/td>\n | Christ\u2019s special work for believers\u2014believers not taken out of the world, but kept<\/td>\n | 136<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 17:17-26<\/td>\n | Christ\u2019s prayer for his people\u2019s sanctification, \u2014Christ\u2019s prayer for his people\u2019s unity, \u2014Christ\u2019s prayer for his people\u2019s glorification<\/td>\n | 145<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 18:1-11<\/td>\n | Hardness of a backslider\u2019s heart,\u2014voluntariness of Christ\u2019s sufferings,\u2014Christ\u2019s care for his people\u2019s safety,\u2014Christ\u2019s submission to his Father\u2019s will<\/td>\n | 155<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 18:12-27<\/td>\n | Desperate wickedness of unconverted men, \u2014Christ\u2019s condescension,\u2014weakness of some real Christians<\/td>\n | 166<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 18:28-40<\/td>\n | False scrupulosity of hypocrites,\u2014nature of Christ\u2019s kingdom,\u2014Christ\u2019s mission,\u2014Pilate\u2019s question<\/td>\n | 179<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 19:1-16<\/td>\n | Portrait of Christ,\u2014portrait of the Jews,\u2014portrait of Pilate<\/td>\n | 195<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 19:17-27<\/td>\n | Christ bearing his cross,\u2014Christ crucified as a King,\u2014Christ\u2019s care for his mother<\/td>\n | 213<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 19:28-37<\/td>\n | Scripture fulfilled in every part of the crucifixion, \u2014It is finished,\u2014reality of Christ\u2019s death<\/td>\n | 230<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 19:38-42<\/td>\n | Some Christians little known,\u2014some end better than they begin<\/td>\n | 243<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 20:1-10<\/td>\n | Those love Christ most who have got most from him,\u2014different temperaments of believers, \u2014much ignorance remaining in believers<\/td>\n | 253<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 20:11-18<\/td>\n | Love receives most privileges,\u2014fear and sorrow often needless,\u2014earthly thoughts even in true believers<\/td>\n | 266<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 20:19-23<\/td>\n | Christ\u2019s kind greeting,\u2014evidence of resurrection, \u2014commission of the apostles<\/td>\n | 281<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 20:24-31<\/td>\n | Danger of not attending assemblies of Christians, \u2014Christ\u2019s kindness to dull believers,\u2014Thomas\u2019 glorious confession<\/td>\n | 294<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 21:1-14<\/td>\n | Poverty of first disciples,\u2014difference in characters of disciples,\u2014abundant evidence of Christ\u2019s resurrection<\/td>\n | 307<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 21:15-17<\/td>\n | Christ\u2019s question to Peter,\u2014Peter\u2019s answer to Christ,\u2014Christ\u2019s command to Peter<\/td>\n | 321<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 21:18-25<\/td>\n | The future of Christians foreknown to Christ, \u2014a believer\u2019s death glorifies God,\u2014our own duty should be our first thought,\u2014number and greatness of Christ\u2019s works<\/td>\n | 330<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
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