In the School of Christ: Lessons on Holiness in John 13–17

by David Gooding

Publisher:

Myrtlefield House

, 2013

Overview

David Gooding’s exposition reveals the significance of the lessons Jesus taught inside the upper room (John chapter 13–14), their connection to the lessons taught outside in the streets (chapters 15–16), and how both parts of this course on holiness relate to the Teacher’s prayer to his Father (chapter 17). With a scholar’s care for the text of Scripture, he expounds both the devotional richness and the practical nature of the lessons. He shows that to understand Christ’s teaching on holiness is to know his power to change lives.

Contents

Top Highlights

“they will be expected to witness boldly for Christ, living lives that glorify God” (Page 6)

“We have already heard Christ describing Judas’s sin (without naming him) in the words: ‘He who ate my bread has lifted his heel against me.’ Now our Lord adds the even darker phrase: ‘One of you will betray me’ (John 13:21). We know from the other Gospels that Judas betrayed the Lord for money, sold him for thirty pieces of silver (see Matt 26:15).” (Page 50)

“They found they could no longer be content with what they now felt was their former sinful behaviour. They were filled with a longing not only to be with Jesus, but to live like him as well. To be, in fact, what the Bible calls ‘holy’.” (Page 3)

“For Christ, going home to the Father was itself part of the tournament, an indispensable part of the process and provision for making his disciples holy.” (Page 15)

“could taste and see that the Lord is gracious, and be refreshed and gladdened as a thirsty man who comes upon a vine” (Page 126)

Product Details

• Title: In the School of Christ: Lessons on Holiness in John 13–17
• Author: David Gooding
• Series: Myrtlefield Expositions
• Publisher: Myrtlefield House
• Print Publication Date: 2013
• Logos Release Date: 2015
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Bible. N.T. John 13-17 › Commentaries
• ISBNs: 9781874584407, 9781874584414, 9781874584421, 9781874584438, 9781874584445, 9781882701193, 1874584400, 1874584419, 1874584427, 1874584435, 1874584443, 1882701194
• Resource ID: LLS:MYRTLFLDXPS1317
• Resource Type: Bible Commentary
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T01:40:45Z

About David Gooding

David Gooding (1925–2019) was Professor Emeritus of Old Testament Greek at Queen’s University, Belfast and a Member of the Royal Irish Academy. He taught the Bible internationally and lectured on its relevance to philosophy and world religions. He published scholarly studies on the Septuagint and Old Testament narratives, as well as expositions of Luke, John 13–17, Acts, Hebrews and the New Testament’s Use of the Old Testament. His expositions of Scripture are enhanced by what F. F. Bruce once called David Gooding’s ‘rare combination of gifts: spiritual insight, classical learning and literary appreciation’.