(iv) They were said to be incendiaries. They hate Him without a cause; they don't know why, but it is just something that is there. It is the same Christ manifested in life here upon earth. But in John 15:1-27 it is One who is Himself everything for the disciples from on high. In every way possible Christ gives us now His own portion, from the world as well as from the Father. Accordingly this was the case now; for not a bone was to be broken. That comes out in the simplest ways. One that had not a conscience exercised before God might sleep over sin and accustom himself to evil for a while; and an unreal disciple would grow. Within it there were figures resembling four living beings. *It is remarkable that Martha puts a word ( ) into Christ's mouth (that is, uses an expression for asking the Father), which is never used nor warranted by Himself. Those that fall off from Christ presently fall in with sinners; and the sheep that wander from Christ's fold, the devil stands ready to seize them for himself. And this can become worthless expenditures of energy, unless God is behind it and God is guiding it and God is directing it. The great cleansing power of the Word. Not "He shall." That bearing fruit that God desires is the most natural thing that can happen to you as you abide in Christ. This is my commandment, that you love one another, as I have loved you. The vine was grown all over Palestine as it still is. He plucked off the topmost of its young twigs and brought it to a land of merchants; he set it in a city of traders. There the Holy Ghost is both a teacher and helper. (Compare 2 Thessalonians 1:10). It is what God the Father owed to Christ, who had so perfectly pleased and so morally glorified Him, even in respect of sin. She had trained for opera and had a voice I'm sure that came close to Enrico Caruso's as far as volume. And persecution that comes for being a bore or brash, or whatever, there's no reward or special benefits for that. $14.40, $18.00 We shall have occasion to think of this again very soon, but for the moment think of it this way. Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, NT Gospels: Matthew 13:41 The Son of Man will send out (Matt. Christianity did bring not peace but a sword ( Matthew 10:34). How much would life circle back around if Jen and Michael got back together. Remember the word which I spoke to you--the servant is not greater than his master. Observe here. Any service towards God not directed by the Spirit is worthless. You have not chosen me, but I have chosen you ( John 15:16 ). It is here threatened that they shall be taken away, in justice to them and in kindness to the rest of the branches. Further, the wood of the vine has the curious characteristic that it is good for nothing. I do not believe that silence is evidence or proof of anything. But when the time came to gather fruit, there was nothing but wild grapes. And these are the projects that I'm going to endeavor. For most of us, it will mean a constant contact with him. 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. Fruit-bearing is the great point throughout John 15:1-27, as the end of it and John 16:1-33 bring before us testimony. It was not difficult to spread abroad the report that the Love Feast was an orgy of sexual indulgence, of which the kiss of peace was the symbol and the sign. The second is the witness which men must bear to Christ. The first is the witness of the Holy Spirit. If you were of the world, if you were a part of its system, then they would love you because they love their own. But God's revelation in Christ makes an immense accession of blessing; and the consequence is, that this brings out the mind of God in a way that was not and could not have been before, just because there was no manifestation of Christ, and nobody but Christ could bring it adequately out. Often children became Christians and parents did not. That sure takes the pressure off, doesn't it? At the same time there is also the conviction of which the Lord speaks: the Holy Ghost, when He is come, will convince the world of sin. WebAnd probably cussing up a storm! But, all of these things will they do to you for My name's sake because they have not known the One who sent Me.". When John wrote, this hatred had long since begun. We cannot pray that we should be given possession of some forbidden person or some forbidden thing; we cannot pray that some personal ambition should be realized, if that ambition means that someone else must be hurt to fulfil it. I said, Oh, that I had wings like a dove! Still there is the special form of presenting Him as one that comes, which is confirmed in the next verse. )." 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. Of course it is right and of God to hold fast all He gave at any time; but if there be real faith, it will be found out ere long that the Holy Ghost has before Him the present need for the Lord's glory in the Church; and those that have real confidence in His power will not merely hold fast the old but accept the new, in order so much the more to walk in communion with Him who ever watches and works for the name of Christ and the blessing of His saints. 'These things I command you, that ye love one another." These are the living beings that I saw beneath the God of Israel by the river Chebar; so I knew that they were cherubim. Matthew depicts Him as the suffering Messiah, according to psalms and prophets; Mark, as the rejected Servant and Prophet of God; Luke, as the perfect and obedient Son of man, who shrank from no trial either for soul or body, but even on the cross prayed for His enemies, filling a poor sinner's heart with the good news of salvation, and committing His spirit with unwavering confidence to His Father. Secondly, That if we abide in Christ and his word we shall have such an interest in God's favour and Christ's mediation that we shall have an answer of peace to all our prayers. It so happened that they had the ear of the government. The cherubim appeared to have the form of a mans hand under their wings. Anyone who does not conform to the pattern will certainly meet trouble. "Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father." In a mere man it would be sin; in Him it was perfection. "Yet I planted you a choice vine" is God's message to Israel through Jeremiah ( Jeremiah 2:21). Well, she just needs verbal assurance. All analogies are imperfect but we must work with the ideas which we possess. 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. It is not said, as some think, that He shall not speak about Himself; for the Holy Ghost does speak, and tells us much concerning Himself and His operations; and never so much as under the Christian revelation. (Ver. (Verses 8-10). If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what you will, and it shall be done unto you ( John 15:7 ). The object is to show how God the Father answers and acts in accordance with those who are thus practically associated in heart with Christ. "As I have loved you. Men are baptized into Christ (Romans 6:3; 1Corinthians 12:13; Galatians 3:27), nor is any other means of entry into Christ disclosed in the sacred Scriptures. The vine is a spreading plant, and Christ will be known as salvation to the ends of the earth. Original Price $51.90 The problem with this view is that Jesus had already committed Himself to abiding within His believing disciples (John 14:17). They would call no man "Lord" except Jesus Christ. Turning off personalized advertising opts you out of these sales. Learn more in our Privacy Policy., Help Center, and Cookies & Similar Technologies Policy. (vi) Jesus chose us to be advertisements. The fruit of the Spirit is love, and the characteristic of love is joy. The glory that will redound to God by our fruitfulness, with the comfort and honour that will come to ourselves by it, John 15:8; John 15:8. It was one who had come out from the world, and had followed Christ. Whenever they moved, they moved in any of their four directions without turning as they moved. The fruit that comes forth from our lives is a very natural thing; it's not forced. So our piety, if we should be separate from Christ, or if we cease to feel our union to him and dependence on him, withers and droops. I can't do anything to enhance that. These, moreover, you shall detest among the birds; they are abhorrent, not to be eaten: the eagle and the vulture and the buzzard, and the kite and the falcon in its kind, every raven in its kind,read more.and the ostrich and the owl and the sea gull and the hawk in its kind, and the little owl and the cormorant and the great owl, and the white owl and the pelican and the carrion vulture, and the stork, the heron in its kinds, and the hoopoe, and the bat. As it is said, "He will teach you all things" what they never knew, besides bringing to remembrance things that they had known. The world today is in a mad pursuit for happiness, but happiness is an experience of the emotions, where joy is an experience of the spirit. I'm not praying directly for the need. The Jews did and do look for Him; but when He came, they would not have Him. Matthew 24:24b) and against God. 5) They felt natural sadness at the thought of His departure. (Ver. He said, "It's a good thing that God chose me before I was born, because He never would have chosen me afterwards." Scandal; probably from a derivative of kampto; a trap-stick, i.e. (Verse 5) It is not here believing, but "doing," though faith be the spring, of course. The purging of fruitful branches, in order to their greater fruitfulness, is the care and work of the great husbandman, for his own glory. And those people and thousands of people came forward in the Finney services and in the Finney revivals. The problem is, I want to know one year from now, how many of those same people are going on with the Lord? We must be fruitful. If they do, I'd better go in my closet and repent and ask God to forgive me! Then the government saw that they could use it. And so, I've given Him directions and He's not following my directions." If I knew everything, then I could always make the right decision. Like an eagle that flies toward the heavens. But Jesus said: "You are not my slaves; you are my partners. He led the world to cast out the truth, and God Himself, in the person of Christ. The fact that God chose him! You could not transplant from John 15:1-27 into John 14:1-31, nor the reverse, without dislocating the whole order of the truth. "These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.". Here was the unifying principle which was needed. It is a first principle of the New Testament that uselessness invites disaster. Then, in verse 25, the breach between the world and the Father and the Son being complete, He says, "O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee; but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me." I am the vine; you are the branches. But it is interesting how many people are unreasonable in their hatred for Jesus. The wings of these cherubim extended twenty cubits, and they stood on their feet facing the main room. The grace of God.So, Jesus said to His disciples, "You have not chosen Me. He was singled out from the others, even while dead between the dying thieves. From a vine we look for grapes (Isaiah 5:2), and from a Christian we look for Christianity; this is the fruit, a Christian temper and disposition, a Christian life and conversation, Christian devotions and Christian designs. but: "Is this for the good of all men?" There is a distinct line of truth in the two cases. (4.) From handmade pieces to vintage treasures ready to be loved again, Etsy is the global marketplace for unique and creative goods. I have told you everything; I have told you what I am trying to do, and why I am trying to do it. God made His choice on the basis of the fact that He knows everything. He just didn't follow my directions. He preserves throughout His personal dignity and His conscious relationship, but withal in perfect submission to His Father. In the book of Acts we read, "And as many as were ordained to eternal life believed" ( Acts 13:48 ). Now when the cherubim moved, the wheels would go beside them; also when the cherubim lifted up their wings to rise from the ground, the wheels would not turn from beside them. Such were their faces. May the Lord reward your work, and your wages be full from the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to seek refuge., Keep me as the apple of the eye;Hide me in the shadow of Your wings. All this was found in its fulness and apparent perfection in Israel; but it was now discovering its utter hopeless hollowness and antagonism to the mind of God; and this was manifested, as we shall find later on in this chapter, in their causeless hatred of the Father and the Son. Well, very little of the fruit was lasting fruit. Certainly this is not our Father as we know Him through Christ Jesus. He lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters; They will mount up with wings like eagles. It is a title which Paul counted it an honour to use ( Titus 1:1); and so did James ( James 1:1). Your Father wants to bless you. In John 14:1-31 it is evidently the Father giving another Comforter to the disciples, and sending Him in Christ's name: Christ is looked at there as One who prays, and whose value acts for the disciples. (iii) Christian witness issues in outward testimony. And the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings. No power can wrest me from his hand. Thus the reality of God's work in the soul proves itself, so to speak, by continual looking and clinging to Christ. In this case Jesus meant that if His clean (i.e., saved) disciples abode in Him He would abide in them. Such were their faces. The promises abiding in us lie ready to be turned into prayers; and the prayers so regulated cannot but speed. And the more we love God, the easier it will be to do that. 4.5 out of 5 stars And though the outward circumstances of my life may change drastically, because it's joy, it doesn't vary with my outward circumstances. Now God is giving out the vineyard to others. To take but one example--to pray in the morning, if it be for only a few moments, is to have an antiseptic for the whole day; for we cannot come out of the presence of Christ to touch the evil things. 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. As it is, they have seen and they have heard both me and my Father. And you go away just so happy, saying, "Oh, oh, oh, great," laughing all the way to the bank, until you try to cash the check. "They will deliver you up to councils; and you will be beaten in synagogues and you will stand before governors and kings for my sake, to bear testimony before them. And brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death; and you will be hated by all for my name's sake" ( Mark 13:9-13; compare Matthew 10:17-22; Matthew 10:23-29; Luke 12:2-9; Luke 12:51-53). Now as I looked at the living beings, behold, there was one wheel on the earth beside the living beings, for each of the four of them. It was futile for the Christians to point out that in fact they were the best citizens in the country. The contact with loveliness made him lovely. But He would take no independent place, any more than the Son had. And she says to me sometimes, "Honey, do you love me?" There a great deal of the world's religion ends. Why was this hatred so virulent? Don't judge God too quickly. Obviously Jesus wanted His disciples to abide in Him, but the use of "and" (Gr. For thus says the Lord:Behold, one will fly swiftly like an eagleAnd spread out his wings against Moab. 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. A human being. And to this testimony (for He is showing now the full testimony which the disciples were called to render) the Holy Ghost would add His, (wondrous to say and know it true!) For You have been my help,And in the shadow of Your wings I sing for joy. Have you ever noticed how akin our emotions are? 7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. 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