From verse 20 He extends this place of privilege and responsibility to those who should believe on Him through the word of the apostles, the moral unity of verse 11 being now enlarged into a unity of testimony, that the world might believe that the Father sent the Son; and carried onward, even to the display of glory "I in them, and thou in me" when they shall be perfected into one, and the world shall know (not then "believe") that the Father sent the Son, and loved them as He loved Him. Now, with that as a background, the vineyard, the nation Israel having failed. We must keep contact with Jesus. (Ver. Note, [1.] [1.] It was not only that the government persecuted the Christians; the mob hated them. So, it is interesting that one of the requirements was those that had been with Christ from the beginning.Now He is saying, "You are my witnesses, you're going to bear witness of Me, because you have been with Me from the beginning." Therefore, as long as Christ is not the One in and through whose light the Scriptures, whether old or new, are read, a man is but groping his way in the dark. Abide in Me, and I in you. and in thy name have cast out devils? As it is said, "He will teach you all things" what they never knew, besides bringing to remembrance things that they had known. And so he allowed the vineyard to just go back to nature, allowed the brambles to come in and just discarded, actually, the vineyard as far as ever endeavoring or hoping to receive the fruit from it.Now, in the twenty-first chapter of Matthew's gospel, Jesus gives a parable that the Pharisees understood correctly to be addressed against them. He came to the king saying: "Send me out on some great task which I can do for chivalry and for you." OM double G. It bears two kinds of branches, one that bears fruit and one that does not; and the branches that do not bear fruit are drastically pruned back, so that they will drain away none of the plant's strength. And this is my plan by which I intend to fulfill this goal." Try using a different browser or disabling ad blockers. "That my joy might remain in you and that your joy may be full. As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you. Yet I must, in passing point out that even in these solemn closing scenes the glory of the Son's person is ever the prominent figure. (Verses 24-29) One of the disciples, Thomas, had not been with the others when Jesus had thus appeared. "If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, thenunder those conditions you can ask what you will, and it shall be done unto you.". It is very possible that some who have accurate knowledge might give it, or plunge into all; and this is what Peter speaks of in his second epistle. There is no preservative energy in knowledge ever so full. But who is He addressing this broad promise to? Christians were indeed persecuted because of the name of Christ. I have done so, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask him in my name. His own personal glory on high is in full view, and so He speaks and acts, while the connection with the Father is always kept up. [2.] We must honour God, and do good, and exemplify the purity and power of the religion we profess; and this is bearing fruit. How, then, do we find the Holy Ghost's testimony spoken of as distinct from theirs? Chapter 17; spend a lot of time in that chapter in meditation this week. 12) Loving one's neighbour was not the point now; nor is it so here. With the enjoyment of Christ's love, then, goes obedience; and where the disciple fails in obedience, there cannot be a real abiding in His love. God help us. Moses was the doulos ( G1401) of God ( Deuteronomy 34:5); so was Joshua ( Joshua 24:29); so was David ( Psalms 89:20). Cut off from the vine, withered. For when once God had brought out Christ, He neither could nor would go back to anything less. Such might allow stumbling-blocks, disappointments, etc., to hinder their following Christ, and so practically abandon what they know, the result of which would be the surest and most disastrous ruin. Original Price $51.90 These were the charges which were spread about the Christians with the help of the Jews. In this case, however, it is the larger subject the all-importance of Christ's words abiding in us: "If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you." "Yet I planted you a choice vine" is God's message to Israel through Jeremiah ( Jeremiah 2:21). Union with Jesus, however, will bring some suffering, because disciples, like their master, will be hated by the world. Therefore, they could be assured of the Spirits help as they witnessed to Jesus during the difficult time that lay ahead (John 15:26-27; cf. Where he would talk about this little boy dying in his daddy's arms and the last words were, "Daddy, will I see you in heaven?" He will cover you with His pinions,And under His wings you may seek refuge;His faithfulness is a shield and bulwark. Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural. I also heard the sound of their wings like the sound of abundant waters as they went, like the voice of the Almighty, a sound of tumult like the sound of an army camp; whenever they stood still, they dropped their wings. And knowing everything about us, He chose us anyhow. as the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine, no more can ye, except ye abide in me; which strongly expresses the necessity of abiding in Christ by fresh repeated acts of faith: and it is easy to observe, that when believers depart from Christ, though it be but partially, and for a time, for they cannot finally and totally depart from him, in what a poor, withered, fruitless condition they are, both in their frames and duties. My father-in-law, an old Swede, had in his Bible, "This book will keep you from sin, and sin will keep you from this book." However, He also used it to describe the intimate relationship that those who have exercised saving faith need to cultivate with God (John 8:31). As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in Me. $16.19, $17.99 And therein is the big issue in this verse, and the thing that you want to take note of. One thing is certain--no Christian who was involved in persecution could say that he had not been warned. It is here that Jesus makes another of his great claims. Too many people think that prayer is an information time, where I'm going to inform God of all of my difficulties that He doesn't know about. He is that true vine typified by Judah's vine, which enriched him with the blood of the grape (Genesis 49:11), by Joseph's vine, the branches of which ran over the wall (Genesis 49:22), by Israel's vine, under which he dwelt safely,1 Kings 4:25. I can't even think of how it would be to be able to think that way. And so, This brings up an interesting consideration. The Father, looking upon the Son as man walking here below, never found the slightest deflection; but, on the contrary, the perfect image of His own will in Him who, being the Son, made known and glorified the Father as He never was nor could be by any other. To Peter, the Lord, thoroughly restoring his soul after proving him to the core, commits His sheep and lambs (His Jewish flock, as we know from elsewhere). Such were their faces. 2. (Verse 17) Never had He put Himself and His disciples so together before. he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gathered them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned ( John 15:6 ). When we pray, we must ask, not only: "Is this for my good?" As I have no doubt there is a significance typically in what we have just glanced at, so it appears to me with regard to this also. In that day they were to ask the Father in His name. I also heard the sound of their wings like the sound of abundant waters as they went, like the voice of the Almighty, a sound of tumult like the sound of an army camp; whenever they stood still, they dropped their wings. In John 20:1-31 is the resurrection, and this in a remarkable light. The cherubim shall have their wings spread upward, covering the mercy seat with their wings and facing one another; the faces of the cherubim are to be turned toward the mercy seat. I do not deny His power in the testimony of the gospel to souls. Prayer follows: "Ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you." ", Now, on what basis did God make His choice? It is by the fact that you bear such fruit, and that you show yourselves to be my disciples, that my Father is glorified. When you lie down among the sheepfolds,You are like the wings of a dove covered with silver,And its pinions with glistening gold. "If a man abides not in me,". And ye also shall bear witness, because you have been with me from the beginning ( John 15:27 ). Does it upset you that God chooses people? No matter how really a man may be a child of God, he is miserable; the more real, the more miserable. Rome brought justice, and freed them from capricious kings. of His manifestation here). Oh, the joy of being able to spend time in prayer with the Father! Who but John could mention that He delivered up ( ) His spirit? And in this case, the fullness of joy is related to your prayer life. Somehow they want it verbalized. 8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples. (Ver. Again, there was love, in a broad sense even for those that were not His, as we have seen more than once. And this woman was guilty of disrupting more classes. The Master thereon warns them of that hour, even then come in spirit, when His rejection should prove their dispersion deserted, yet not alone, "because the Father is with me." "After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst." He rode upon a cherub and flew;And He sped upon the wings of the wind. That we continually receive from him the power to do good; for as the branch, however good in itself, cannot bear fruit from itself, through its own juice, which it has already derived from the tree, and can be no longer supported than it continues in union with the parent stock, neither can ye, unless ye abide in me. It was because the mob believed certain slanderous things about the Christians. Anything that you endeavor to do for God apart from Jesus Christ is worthless. Still less do branches of the vine mean the same thing as members of Christ's body, but His followers, who might even abandon Him, as some in the earliest days walked no more with Him. I admit that, being such an One, there could be no failure. Supposing that for a time there is a departure from Christ, what is the effect of it? Where Scripture speaks of union with Christ, or, again, of life in Him, you never have such a thought as a member of Christ cut off, or one that had eternal life losing it. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out. On the basis of these words, it was not difficult to disseminate amongst ignorant people, prepared to believe the worst, the story that the Christians' private meal was based on cannibalism. Lastly, from verse 24 to the end, we have, if possible, deeper things than even these; and here the Lord expresses His heart's desire, for it is no longer, as before, in the form of a request ( ) but, "Father, I will," or desire ( ). He placed the cherubim in the midst of the inner house, and the wings of the cherubim were spread out, so that the wing of the one was touching the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub was touching the other wall. I kept looking until its wings were plucked, and it was lifted up from the ground and made to stand on two feet like a man; a human mind also was given to it. "And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me. "Thy Word have I hid in my heart, O Lord, that I might not sin against thee" ( Psalms 119:11 ). The very contrary. And God Said I Will Send Them Without Wings So No One Suspects They Are Angels Mug - Large 11oz/15oz inspirational coffee mug. In the book of Acts we read, "And as many as were ordained to eternal life believed" ( Acts 13:48 ). When the cherubim departed, they lifted their wings and rose up from the earth in my sight with the wheels beside them; and they stood still at the entrance of the east gate of the Lords house, and the glory of the God of Israel hovered over them. He may be regarded as an eccentric or a madman or a danger; but life is likely to be made uncomfortable for him. But in John 15:1-27 it is One who is Himself everything for the disciples from on high. He told men of the things which grieved God and of the way in which God wished them to walk. The government persecuted the Christians because they insisted they had no king but Christ. The vine was part and parcel of Jewish imagery, and the very symbol of Israel. Those that are come to Christ must abide in him: "Abide in me, by faith; and I in you, by my Spirit; abide in me, and then fear not but I will abide in you;" for the communion between Christ and believers never fails on his side. Now, it is interesting that in so much of our evangelism, we are emphasizing that a person choose Jesus Christ. And certainly, Dwight Moody was one of the greatest evangelists that God has brought along in the American history. Again, the great test now is Christ's words abiding in us. And each went straight forward; wherever the spirit was about to go, they would go, without turning as they went. But it is interesting how many people are unreasonable in their hatred for Jesus. But it wasn't very deep. The secret is the heart occupied with Him, the soul dependent on Him, Himself the object in all trials, difficulties, and duties even; so that, though a given thing be a duty, it be not done now barely as such, but with Christ before the eye of faith. We must abide in Christ's word by a regard to it, and it in us as a light to our feet. (Ver. As he saw it, a man is either of the world or of Christ, and there is no stage between. And each went straight forward; wherever the spirit was about to go, they would go, without turning as they went. Robertson of Brighton was one of the great preachers. Its also home to a whole host of one-of-a-kind items made with love and extraordinary care. Shall I be told that any man ever loved, before Christ came into the world, as He loved? "If ye keep my commandments" what has that to do with life eternal in Christ? It may be but the first working of God's grace in the soul that produces it. Apply them, not to grace but to government, and all is plain and sure and consistent. (iii) Jesus called us to be his friends. The wheels were called in my hearing, the whirling wheels. Not so. Apostates are twice dead (Jude 1:12), and when it is said, They are cast into the fire and are burned, it speaks as if they were twice damned. Where no fruit was borne, there was judgment in excision; where fruit appeared, purging followed, that there might be more. Nor is it here His grace delivering souls, but, what is true along with that, the full maintenance of individual responsibility, according to the manifestation of His nature and relationship in Christ here below. If we bear much fruit, [1.] Alas! Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Masculine Plural. (iii) Christian witness issues in outward testimony. For greater love has no man than this, than a man will lay down his life for his friends ( John 15:13 ). But when we speak of the persons in the Godhead distinctively, and with knowledge of what God has done and is doing, we do well to remind ourselves and one another, that the Spirit has come down and taken a special place among and in the disciples now; the consequence of which is, that He is pleased administratively (without renouncing His personal rights) to direct our hearts thus towards God the Father and the Lord Jesus. our business is to submit; our duty is to seek to understand them; our wisdom is to correct and challenge ourselves, if peradventure we find insubjection within us to anything that concerns Him and our own souls. But it has all happened that the word which stands written in their law might be fulfilled--'They have hated me without a cause.'". For the time has come when he will sit as judge. He that is the Sun of righteousness, and the bright and morning Star, compares himself to a vine. "When the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me: and ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning." They are cast forth as dry and withered branches, which are plucked off because they cumber the tree. Second, he brings glory to God; the sight of his life turns men's thoughts to the God who made him like that. The promises abiding in us lie ready to be turned into prayers; and the prayers so regulated cannot but speed. Away back in the old days there had been the goddess Roma--the spirit of Rome. And He appeared on the wings of the wind. It was Christ now, or nothing. Then come the soldiers, breaking the legs of the others crucified with Him; but finding Jesus dead already, one pierces His side, land forthwith came thereout blood and water. We'd better get rid of Him." This is a description of the fearful state of hypocrites that are not in Christ, and of apostates that abide not in Christ. And I will abide in you-ye shall receive every help and influence from me that your souls can require, in order to preserve and save them to eternal life. Their faith was not based upon an emotional appeal or an emotional moment, but was based upon facts of God's Word, and the faith was established in the fact of God's Word. The disciples here must be fruitful, as Christians, in all the fruits of righteousness, and as apostles, in diffusing the savour of the knowledge of Christ. The fire was bright, and lightning was flashing from the fire. He never did settle down as a citizen of the world community, but was an alien. When he sees and believes in the Son, there is for him a sure way through the wilderness, and also a bright way in the word of God. 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