Answers to June Questions

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1. John 1:1414And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. (John 1:14) and 18. The Lord's words to Philip, John 14:99Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Show us the Father? (John 14:9). —2. See the Lord's words to the Samaritan woman, John 4:1010Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water. (John 4:10). See St. Paul's words (Rom. 6:23,23For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. (Romans 6:23) and 2 Cor. 9:1515Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift. (2 Corinthians 9:15).) —3. St. Paul, when a prisoner at Philippi, and when answering for himself at Caesarea before King Agrippa, and Bernice, and Festus, proved the truth of the words of Jesus, "Whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst." (John 4:1414But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life. (John 4:14)), and "He that cometh to Me shall never hunger: and he that believeth on Me shall never thirst" (John 6:3535And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst. (John 6:35)).— 4. Any man. Living water. The Spirit (John 7:37-3937In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. 38He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. 39(But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.) (John 7:37‑39)). —5. Philip. Bethsaida his city (Chapter 1:44.) "Follow Me," first said to him by the Lord (1:43); Philip finds Nathanael (1:45, 46); Jesus asks him about the bread (6:5, 7); Greeks tell Philip they "would, see Jesus; "he and Andrew" tell Jesus "(Chapter 12:21, 22); to this apostle the Lord said," Have I been so long time with you, and yet halt thou not known Me, Philip? "(John 14:8, 98Philip saith unto him, Lord, show us the Father, and it sufficeth us. 9Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Show us the Father? (John 14:8‑9)); he was among the company of disciples at Jerusalem after the ascension (Acts 1:1313And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alpheus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James. (Acts 1:13)), and on the day of Pentecost (Acts 2 1:14). —6. That he was blind from his birth. (John 9:11And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth. (John 9:1)) —7. From about the twenty-sixth verse of chapter 6. to the end of chapter 11.—8. To Thomas (John 20:2929Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed. (John 20:29))," Whom having not seen, ye love." (1 Pet. 1:88Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory: (1 Peter 1:8).)