He
who believes in me, believes not in me but in him who sent me. John 12:35-50
I would like us to consider the words of Christ which we have heard in
the Gospel this morning. It seems to me that we are being taught a variety of
lessons by them. Of course, everything our Lord says is filled with
inexhaustible meaning, and cannot be reduced to a single explanation. Perhaps
if we review the words of our Lord again we will find a true and useful meaning
for our own lives in the circumstances in which we find ourselves. He begins his
address by saying,