Wonderful thing, who makes himself obedient to God and His word, God wants to make himself obedient to him again. Whoever obeys his father and mother, God will hear him again when he asks and calls to Him in his distress. But he who does not listen to his father and mother, God will not listen to him again when he cries out in his distress. For He will have obedience over all sacrifices and worship.
Joh. 15, 8.
In this my Father is honored, that you bear much fruit, and become my disciples.
If we remain disciples of our Lord Christ, and become disciples of no other master, and do not want to hear, learn or know anything other than his word alone, our preaching will produce much fruit. From this, then, comes all honor, praise and thanksgiving to God the Father, and not our own honor and praise. For he wants to be with us through the word of Christ alone, and work our salvation.
Joh. 16, 11.
For judgment; for the prince of this world is judged.
1) In the old edition of Walch this interpretation is duplicated, the first time with the heading (Joh. 14, 23.): "Whoever loves me will keep my word. We have omitted it from John 14 because the Wittenberg and Jena editions also place it there. The Erlangen edition, however, has it under Joh. 14.
The world condemns the Word or the doctrine of faith. The devil arouses much trouble through heresy. So we are also still weak. By these three things the judgment of the world is strengthened, as if it were right, and we gain the reputation of being the wrong ones, and so wrong; but against this Christ comforts us, saying that this judgment is condemned with its prince. Therefore neither the multitude or violence of tyrants, nor the dreams of heretics, nor the foolishness or weakness of believers, shall move us to doubt the truth of this doctrine. For it is written: "You will be right when you are judged", Ps. 51, 6. This judgment must be against the word in the world; but much more it must be overcome and condemned by God.