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. "Now you are clean, through the Word which I have spoken unto you.". The tree snake will make its nest and lay eggs there,And it will hatch and gather them under its protection.Yes, the hawks will be gathered there,Every one with its kind. WebNebuchadnezzar answered and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent his angel and delivered his servants, who trusted in him, and (John 3:16-17) But here the ground is different. But if the full heavenly testimony is left for its own due place in Paul's completing the word of God that hidden mystery, John is seen witnessing in principle to the end. We know that there had been sin all along, in the dealings of God with His ancient people; but what does the Lord here mean? The result in God's sight is bad fruit. They are cast forth as dry and withered branches, which are plucked off because they cumber the tree. You know, there are ten speed bikes, there are cruisers, and there are all kinds of bikes." (Verse 5) It is not here believing, but "doing," though faith be the spring, of course. Whenever the living beings moved, the wheels moved with them. Nowhere. That image of the Devil comes from pagan mythology. The Biblical portrait of the Devil is the Prosecuting Attorney portrait as shown in th We can listen to him, and then render him a lip service unsupported by any deeds. But in John 15:1-27 it is One who is Himself everything for the disciples from on high. They may have claimed to be worshippers of God, but if they hated Jesus they hated God (John 15:21-25). The Christian that really prizes the word of God in the Old Testament would still more set his heart on that in the New. What does he mean by this? 12) Loving one's neighbour was not the point now; nor is it so here. "That my joy might remain in you and that your joy may be full. No such outward circumstance is here as in Matthew, no soldiers trembling, no walk with disciples, but as ever the person of God's Son, though disciples prove how little they entered into the truth. There the Holy Ghost is both a teacher and helper. It is presumption for a man in this life to count himself a child of God! So Jesus said, "Abide in Me, and if you don't, cut off your withered and then gather them together and throw them into the fire, and they are burned.". Christian faith is essentially believing on Him that we have not seen: believing, "we walk by faith, not by sight." It went much farther than the ten words, or all the rest of the law; it embraced every expression of the Father's authority, from whatever quarter it came. Until Jesus came men never had the opportunity really to know God; they had never fully heard his voice, and they had never seen perfectly demonstrated the kind of life he wished them to live. If I had not done deeds among them, which no one else had ever done, they would not be guilty of sin. remembering account, browser, and regional preferences, remembering privacy and security settings, personalized search, content, and recommendations, helping sellers understand their audience, showing relevant, targeted ads on and off Etsy. How often I wanted to gather your children together, the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were unwilling. This is enough for the world, which hates them as Him, because they are not of it, but are loved and chosen of Christ. But the seventeenth chapter of John is truly the Lord's prayer. or that Mark and Luke never heard of it? ), but Christ is a vine that will not deceive. 2:11 Therefore God shall send them - That is, judicially permit to come upon them, strong delusion. The Lord intimates a new character of drawing near to the Father, which they had not yet known. Away back in the old days there had been the goddess Roma--the spirit of Rome. As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue in my love ( John 15:9 ). Snare. II. The rejected Christ is accepted and glorified in the highest seat above, which condemns the world and proves there is no righteousness in it or man; but more than this, the world shall see Him no more. It is our privilege and our task to be witnesses for Christ in the world; and we cannot be witnesses without the personal intimacy, the inner conviction and the outward testimony to our faith. He is the vine, planted in the vineyard, and not a spontaneous product; planted in the earth, for his is the Word made flesh. Here Jesus used the vine metaphorically of Himself. Could this scene be suitably given by any other than John? THE LIFE OF JESUS' CHOSEN PEOPLE ( John 15:11-17 ), 15:11-17 "I have spoken these things to you that my joy might be in you, and that your joy might be complete. Of those that were disciples He named twelve of them apostles, but there were many others that were following Him. Mark 13:27 And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven. Whereas, if man's responsibility is before us, it is evident that there can be no necessary permanence here: all turns on dependence on Him who always abides the same yesterday, today, and for ever. A young vine is not allowed to fruit for the first three years and each year is cut drastically back to develop and conserve its life and energy. The vine as a symbol of Israel appears on coins of the Maccabees. If he is likened to a vine, they are likened to the branches, which means that they can bear spiritual fruit only as they are united in him. The classic instance is the fate which befell Aristides in Athens. 11:49 The wisdom of God, agreeably to this, hath said - In many places of Scripture, though not in these very words, I will send them prophets - Chiefly under the Old Testament: and apostles - Under the New. Jesus said, "Blessed are ye when men shall revile you and persecute you and say all manner of evil against you falsely for my sake. Abide see note on John 14:2; = remain, continue to reside, cf Colossians 2:6. And the living beings ran to and fro like bolts of lightning. Why haven't you given me the bicycle?" Like an eagle that flies toward the heavens. You've already signed up for some newsletters, but you haven't confirmed your address. "And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee; for my strength is made perfect in weakness. And I have no intention of doing anything else.Jesus said. First, he enriches his own life; his contact makes him a fruitful branch. A man is held responsible for that which he knows. Did these men come to seize Jesus? The wheels were called in my hearing, the whirling wheels. 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. The cherubim had their wings spread upward, covering the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces toward each other; the faces of the cherubim were toward the mercy seat. which proceeds from the Father, he shall testify of me ( John 15:26 ): Look how it's just intertwined. I think that Jesus established this pattern for us. Is it possible for a man not to abide in Jesus Christ? A human being. To enable personalized advertising (like interest-based ads), we may share your data with our marketing and advertising partners using cookies and other technologies. You see, that doesn't even enter my mind. Nor is there, to my thinking, a single petition of that prayer which is not a model for the prayers of His followers ever since; but all remains true and applicable at all times at least, till our Father's kingdom come. Jewish brethren might have thought that, having received Christ, everything was to be smooth, bright, and peaceful. If I had not come and spoken unto them, they would not have had sin; but now they have no cloak for their sin ( John 15:22 ). Abide in me standing at both ends of this verse is, in short, the plan of human redemption. Anyone who is different, who wears different clothes, who has different ideas, is automatically suspect. That the Father is the husbandman, georgos--the land-worker. Send me exclusive offers, unique gift ideas, and personalized tips for shopping and selling on Etsy. He has fallen to temptation; he has made a mess of things; he is on the way down to degeneracy of mind and heart and mental fibre. (b) Prayer must be in the name of Christ. It's not the variable. The duty enjoined (John 15:4; John 15:4): Abide in me, and I in you. Wondrous fact! 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. And then he'd put his notches on his belt, going from table to table, "I led so many people to Jesus today." The contact with loveliness made him lovely. And there came a voice from above the expanse that was over their heads; whenever they stood still, they dropped their wings. They talk about God; they speculate about the Deity, providence, fate, or chance. How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God!And the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings. Apply them, not to grace but to government, and all is plain and sure and consistent. But these are the ones which you shall not eat: the eagle and the vulture and the buzzard. See Ezekiel 15:2. Original Price $150.00 If their service is based on a true knowledge of God and the true exercise of self-sacrificing love, they can expect it to result in lasting fruit (John 15:12-17). Hence we have no notice of His agony in the garden, nor of God's forsaking Him on the tree. It was enough. How our communion with Christ is maintained--by prayer: You shall ask what you will, and it shall be done to you. Because if God didn't choose us, then none of the rest of the benefits would be there. ", The vine and the branches metaphor 15:1-8. This hatred every true witness, without compromise, and separate from the world, must more or less experience. Therefore also said the wisedome of God, I wil send them Prophets and Apostles, and some of them they shal slay and persecute:- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan"For this reason also the wisdom of God said, 'I will send to them prophets and apostles, and {some} of them they will kill and {some} they will persecute,- New American Standard Version (1995)Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send unto them prophets and apostles; and `some' of them they shall kill and persecute;- American Standard Version (1901)For this reason the wisdom of God has said, I will send them prophets and teachers, and to some of them they will give death and cruel pains;- Basic English BibleFor this reason also the wisdom of God has said, I will send to them prophets and apostles, and of these shall they kill and drive out by persecution,- Darby BibleTherefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will slay and persecute: - Webster's BibleFor this reason also the Wisdom of God has said, `I will send Prophets and Apostles to them, of whom they will kill some and persecute others,'- Weymouth BibleTherefore also the wisdom of God said, 'I will send to them prophets and apostles; and some of them they will kill and persecute,- World English BibleTherfor the wisdom of God seide, Y schal sende to hem profetis and apostlis, and of hem thei schulen sle and pursue,- Wycliffe Biblebecause of this also the wisdom of God said: I will send to them prophets, and apostles, and some of them they shall kill and persecute,- Youngs Literal Bible. A Mikhtam of David, when he fled from Saul in the cave.Be gracious to me, O God, be gracious to me,For my soul takes refuge in You;And in the shadow of Your wings I will take refugeUntil destruction passes by. He said that, if two people agreed in asking anything in his name, it would be granted ( Matthew 18:19). To him there are two great entities--the Church and the world. I do not stand and cry and plead with people to receive Jesus Christ. [3.] It is possible that they went on in through the temple gates, because they were left open all night during the Passover season, so that anyone who wanted to come and pray could come and pray at any time. There is no preservative energy in knowledge ever so full. That Jesus Christ is the vine, the true vine. Soon there would be multitudes who would come out from Israel and be baptized unto Christ; but still they must be fully tested. and for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the model of the chariot, even the cherubim that spread out their wings and covered the ark of the covenant of the Lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my sayings, they will keep yours also ( John 15:20 ). "For God," He says, "so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Jesus did not here elaborate the means by which one is brought into such a sacred relationship with himself; but the New Testament leaves no doubt of how this comes about. 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But, besides, we have His direct immediate action among the disciples. I'm like Peter, "Lord, where can we go? But who is He addressing this broad promise to? LOL. We are not to take that with a crude literalism, because it would simply mean that if you can mobilize enough people to pray for anything you will get it. So Jude speaks of men twice dead; and, in fact, experience proves that men who have no life in Christ, after having professed awhile, become fiercer adversaries, if not grosser sinners, against the Lord than before any such profession was made. But "none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou?" Here was the practice and the custom which made all men feel that they were part of Rome, and which guaranteed their loyalty to her. Jesus chose us, first to come in to him, and then to go out to the world. That apple hanging on the tree is not out there struggling and striving and pushing and doing its best to get ripe. The Spirit of grace by the word refined them from the dross of the world and the flesh, and purged out of them the leaven of the scribes and Pharisees, from which, when they saw their inveterate rage and enmity against their Master, they were now pretty well cleansed. He that is the Sun of righteousness, and the bright and morning Star, compares himself to a vine. The apostles also had heard Jesus words and seen his works, but they had believed. He dwells with the children of God. Wherever the spirit was about to go, they would go in that direction. Captcha failed to load. WebClarke's Commentary. Their whole body, their backs, their hands, their wings and the wheels were full of eyes all around, the wheels belonging to all four of them. This appears again in the sixth verse, and remarkably too: "If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch." No external qualification can set a man right with God; only the friendship of Jesus Christ can do that. So had He been known. Hence, like Jews, or even heathen, they can pray to Almighty God to bless their leagues, or their arms, their crops, their herds, or what not. (His words in John 8:1-59, His works in John 9:1-41); but the manifestation of His words and of His works only brought out man thoroughly hating the Father and the Son. My asking only opened the door that God might do what He was wanting to do the whole time. A magistrate needed only to ask whether or not a man was a Christian, and, if he was, no matter what he had done or had not done, he was liable to punishment by death. He is the true vine, as truth is opposed to pretence and counterfeit; he is really a fruitful plant, a plant of renown. And the priest shall offer it up in smoke on the altar on the wood which is on the fire; it is a burnt offering, an offering by fire of a soothing aroma to the. Abraham was the friend of God ( Isaiah 41:8). You are my friends, if you do what I command you ( John 15:14 ). Etsy is powered by 100% renewable electricity. Jesus is a prophet without honor in his own country. He who hates me hates the Father too. We then evidence that we are cleansed by the word when we bring forth fruit unto holiness. What a return for these wondrous communications of Christ, just to slip over them perfunctorily, without making the light our own! They refused to conform, and therefore the Roman government regarded them as dangerous and disloyal. And so, Jesus is saying. for Moses wrote of Christ: in truth, there was no divine persuasion as to either. but it is still true that the world will hate the Christian. Thus the reality of God's work in the soul proves itself, so to speak, by continual looking and clinging to Christ. We know right well that a disciple only renders testimony by the power of the Holy Ghost. And it is true; there is that cleansing power of the Word. The vine was part and parcel of Jewish imagery, and the very symbol of Israel. And everybody would turn to see who she was talking to, including myself. (Verse 11) In John we have the truth, without waiting for what will be manifest. To John it is, "Stand thou on that side, for on this am I.". It's futile for me to even try. There are things which are allowable in a child which are not allowable in an adult, because the child does not know any better. Our Lord then clearly shows that He, as man here below, had Himself walked under the government of His Father. In every way possible Christ gives us now His own portion, from the world as well as from the Father. A voice came to him, Get up, Peter, kill and eat!, But Peter said, By no means, Lord, for I have never eaten anything unholy and unclean., Again a voice came to him a second time, What God has cleansed, no longer consider unholy., Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. And so, we are told not to love the world, but we are also being told here that the world isn't going to love us. The cherubim appeared to have the form of a mans hand under their wings. "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.". Now Rome was the essence of toleration. That believers are branches of this vine, which supposes that Christ is the root of the vine. If the branch should be cut off an instant, it would die and be fruitless. God has chosen us in Christ before the foundations of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before Him in love, bringing Him forth this fruit that He desires. There is no reference even to the blessed Lord when on earth, or to what He did here. When in reality, Jesus said, "You haven't chosen me, I have chosen you." Oh, that we might express our love to God more fully, more completely. Give glory to him. Absolutely! He was called Aristides the Just; and yet he was banished. And Jesus says: "I have something greater for you yet, you are no longer slaves; you are friends." Peter "saw, and believed. (Verses 8-10). What an indictment He is making against those people who are now sinning against the light that God has given to them! (2.) The only blessing for a soul now was found in Christ Himself; and so He opens the discourse (or, as we saw, closes what went before) with "Rise up: let us go hence." John 15:10; 1 John 3:24). And as one gathers abandoned eggs, I gathered all the earth; And there was not one that flapped its wing or opened its beak or chirped.. Each one had four faces and each one four wings, and beneath their wings was the form of human hands. Fire is the fittest place for withered branches, for they are good for nothing else, Ezekiel 15:2-4. He told men of the things which grieved God and of the way in which God wished them to walk. "This is my commandment." That we continue closely united to Christ by faith and love, and live in and to him. But the Holy Ghost has another work. Without Christ we can do nothing aright, nothing that will be fruit pleasing to God or profitable to ourselves, 2 Corinthians 3:5. But the nation it is; a degenerate vine, as all your prophets saw. The law of Moses, divine as it was, would not suffice: it was negative; but Christ's word is positive. Thus they really return, in some shape or degree, to the false vine, instead of cleaving to the true. By giving heed to the Word of God" ( Psalms 119:9 ). Abide in me even as I abide in you. Believing the word of God has moral value, because it gives God credit for truth. Their whole body, their backs, their hands, their wings and the wheels were full of eyes all around, the wheels belonging to all four of them. It was one who had come out from the world, and had followed Christ. Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Masculine Plural. 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. If that man disregards the diagnosis and refuses to use the cure, he has no one to blame but himself if he dies, or comes to a condition which makes life wretched for himself. It is irreverence to draw near and cry, Abba, Father! We can and must take everything to God in prayer; but when we have done so we must accept the answer which God in his perfect wisdom and perfect love sends to us. (2.) When we pray, we must ask, not only: "Is this for my good?" 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). But it is interesting how many people are unreasonable in their hatred for Jesus. Just so the Jew will acknowledge Jesus. What tremendous cleansing power there is in the Word of God! What is His commandment? He, she, it, they, them, same. Again, the conviction of righteousness is equally remarkable. If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin." This alone explains our chapter, without forcing it. If you're bearing fruit, you're purged, that you might bring forth more fruit. But God uses different methods to reach different people and different instruments to reach different people. And she was a character, and that's complimentary. Suppose a person is weak. Some of them are lovely fruit-bearing branches of himself; others are useless because they bear no fruit. And observe, here, that He has given them the Father's word ( ) for their testimony (as before His words, ), but sanctifies them, not by this only, which kept them from the evil of the world, but by Himself, always separate from sin, but now made higher than the heavens, so as to fill them with an object there that could engage and expand and purify their affections. He doesn't always do it my way. 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