Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular. Now, I have here a reference to another verse that Paul declared in Philippians 4:13 ,"For I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me." But God uses different methods to reach different people and different instruments to reach different people. So had He been known. It is a great mistake to think that the subject peoples resented Roman government; for the most part they were profoundly grateful for it. On this matter Jesus was quite explicit. In a way that was true. And I heard the sound of the wings of the living beings touching one another and the sound of the wheels beside them, even a great rumbling sound. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; so neither can ye, except ye abide in me. It was a word in Psalms 69:1-36. (10% off), Sale Price $2.51 As we have already said, by the world John meant human society organizing itself without God. When we pray, we must ask, not only: "Is this for my good?" They are worse even than before. He washes them.Now, in Israel many of the grapes that are grown are grown actually on the ground. At the same time, the main testimony of John is not so much Christ as man in heaven, but God in Him manifest on the earth. And then He declared. But it isn't something I can do in my own struggle or effort; it is something that is the natural result of just abiding in Jesus. In John 21:1-25, the appended scene is the fishing. Abide in me Hold fast faith and a good conscience; and let no trials turn you aside from the truth. You are already clean through the word which I have spoken to you. And this woman was guilty of disrupting more classes. A few words, however, may perhaps give the general outline. And they were touched with emotions. And he said, "Wouldn't you like to go through the sinners prayer?" for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers. Fill out the requested information. And ye also shall bear witness, because you have been with me from the beginning ( John 15:27 ). The Father, the Son and the Spirit. 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 ). Conviction of sin is wrought in all who are born of God. Was it merely Paul? This the disciples thought they saw distinctly; but they were mistaken: their words do not rise higher than "We believe that thou camest forth from God." $2.34, $2.75 He wants verbal expressions, but He also desires deeds that express. Fire is the fittest place for withered branches, for they are good for nothing else, Ezekiel 15:2-4. (John 19:1-42) Here, too, He answers Pilate, after scourging and mockery, "Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin." (v) Jesus chose to be ambassadors. "If in the Discourse recorded in the fourteenth chapter of St. Johns Gospel the Godward aspect of Christs impending departure was explained, in that of the fifteenth chapter the new relation is set forth which was to subsist between Him and His Church. And when the time came for fruit, he sent his servants that he might receive from his vineyard. It will do so much for you.May the Lord help us now to be doers of the Word and not hearers only, lest we deceive ourselves. tired of carrying on the profession of Christ along with indulged evil; nor would God allow it to go beyond a certain point as an ordinary rule. They will not be consumed in a moment, like thorns under a pot (Ecclesiastes 7:6), but kaietai, they are burning for ever in a fire, which not only cannot be quenched, but will never spend itself. But then He talks about the fullness of joy that His disciples should receive. "The elements will be dissolved with fire, and the earth and the works that are upon it will be burned up" ( 2 Peter 3:10). It is vain, for instance, to fall back now on the principles put forward and acted on two or three hundred years ago. Original Price $3.00 The word of Christ is spoken to them; there is a cleansing virtue in that word, as it works grace, and works out corruption. Was not that the picture that prophet after prophet had drawn? Again, the great test now is Christ's words abiding in us. The gospel which most of all shows Him to be God is careful to prove Him man. For instance, when a soul is received from the world, what is this but remitting sins? He must keep contact with his friend If he loses that contact; all the chances are that his weakness will overcome him; the old temptations will rear their heads again; and he will fall. (Ver. Whenever those went, these went; and whenever those stood still, these stood still. Apply them, not to grace but to government, and all is plain and sure and consistent. 1. And He appeared on the wings of the wind. For He is come here to glorify the Son, just as the Son, when here, was glorifying the Father. And there came a voice from above the expanse that was over their heads; whenever they stood still, they dropped their wings. "Thou didst bring a vine out of Egypt," sang the Psalmist, thinking of God's deliverance of his people from bondage ( Psalms 80:8). Then it will sweep on into Judah, it will overflow and pass through,It will reach even to the neck;And the spread of its wings will fill the breadth of your land, O Immanuel. I do not mean that we have no allusion to His ascent or presence there; for we have seen that there is here some such allusion, especially when the Holy Ghost replaces Him here, and we shall have it repeatedly in what follows. It also agrees with the personal use of in Matthew 16:23, and the use of alone in the next clause. Like an eagle the enemy comes against the house of the, Because they have transgressed My covenant. 49Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute: 50That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation; 51From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, which perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation. And the living beings ran to and fro like bolts of lightning. His love begins to flow forth from my life to others, and that really is the sign and the evidence that Christ is truly indwelling me, that I am really one of His disciples, that we have this love. But when he kicked over the traces and went off on his own, he fell. And if you don't do that, you're just as worthless as a punk. 2Cor 12:9 But he said to me, My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness. Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christs power may rest on me. So, talking to His disciples, He declares that they, along with Spirit, will be bearing witness of Him, "because you have been with Me from the beginning. Let them be comforted, then, as surely they would if they rightly thought of His Father's presence. The prayer of Christians is often far from this. Your Father wants to bless you. 'We are in "that day" now. They say they are disciples of Jesus, but they have no spiritual union with him and in the end they will be destroyed. The consequence is, that where there is carelessness in one who belongs to Christ, in a living, branch of the vine, the Father as the husbandman deals in purging judgment. You are the ones who are to bear fruit now for God. (Verse 5) It is not here believing, but "doing," though faith be the spring, of course. The way to bring others into the Christian faith is to show them the fruit of the Christian life. Yet these you may eat among all the winged insects which walk on all fours: those which have above their feet jointed legs with which to jump on the earth. He had told his people beforehand what they might expect. Are we to fritter away the meaning of His language? 21, 22) What can be plainer than the enormous change that was coming in now? For some few of us, abiding in Christ will be a mystical experience which is beyond words to express. (Compare also Philippians 4:6-13) It is only so that there is the certainty of the answer, at least, of what we ask being done. Thus, as compared with the past, the standard is raised immensely. These are the living beings that I saw beneath the God of Israel by the river Chebar; so I knew that they were cherubim. And He rode on a cherub and flew;And He appeared on the wings of the wind. The atonement would not have been what it is unless God had thus forsaken Him. The pax Romana, the Roman peace, stretched over all the world. It was the national symbol of Israel. When it is a formality, merely the routine and conventional repetition of a form of words, it cannot be answered. 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. Jesus has given us the honour of making us partners in his task. It's good for only one purpose, and that's to produce fruit. HalliesCollectibles. It lies in the nature of the case that the interpretation should recognise only the great broad divisions of good and evil, leaving the apportionment of rewards and punishments, according to the varying degrees of each, to be filled into the outline afterwards. Whenever he was tempted to carry out a bit of sharp practice, he would rush into the back room and look at the photograph and the temptation was defeated. It is not merely sought for them, that they should be thoroughly, as far as, could be, in His own place of relationship with the Father, and apart from the world, but also that they should be brought into intimacy of nearness with Himself before the Father. (3.) And whenever those rose from the earth, the wheels rose close beside them; for the spirit of the living beings was in the wheels. Abide in me even as I abide in you. The grace of God.So, Jesus said to His disciples, "You have not chosen Me. It was impossible to furnish a prayer which could reconcile the wants of souls before and after the work of the cross, and the new place consequent on it. It is the result of that relationship with Him. They were now entering on the path of testimony, that always involves suffering We have seen what should befall them in bearing fruit as Christ's disciples and friends. That is what the Jews had done. And later on, when Peter stood up before the assembled disciples, he said, "It is important that we choose one of us who has been with Christ from the beginning, that we might choose him to take Judas's place, who by his transgression and has gone to his own place. You cannot bring forth any worthwhile fruit unto God apart from that indwelling power of Jesus Christ. Original Price $18.00 Because of this, God in his wisdom said, I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and Such were their faces. And when God judges, people will be judged according to the knowledge that they have received. And so, I begin to pray that the Lord will start working here and working there, and put this together, put this together; and I'm directing God on just how to work out my problems.Now, oftentimes as I am praying, I am not offering to God direct prayers. How perfectly the truth shines here on Christian as well as on Jewish hatred of all full testimony to Christ! OM double G. We have already seen the reason for that. 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. The wingspan of the cherubim was twenty cubits; the wing of one, of five cubits, touched the wall of the house, and its other wing, of five cubits, touched the wing of the other cherub. "These things have I spoken unto you that My joy" There are many people who picture Jesus as a very sad and sorrowful person, and they make note that the gospels record many times His crying, but they never record any place where He laughed. The love of Christ was on them, and, working in them and by them, would make them the objects of the world's hatred, and after that sort which He had Himself known. Here Christ discourses concerning the fruit, the fruits of the Spirit, which his disciples were to bring forth, under the similitude of a vine. [Note: E.g., Blum, p. rule, or a realm. It is incalculable the quantity of scripture that is passed over without distinct exercise of faith. They are clinging to the empty vine; and so all their religious profession is as empty before God. From him that has not real union with Christ, and fruit produced thereby, shall be taken away even that which he seemed to have,Luke 8:18. It makes the Lord a mere petitioner, lowering the glory of His person, and obscuring, if not denying, the intimacy of His relationship with the Father. Oh, may the fruit of God's Spirit just really spring forth in our lives as we abide in Jesus and as He abides in us.Now Jesus tells them of the problems that they are going to experience in a world that is alien to Him. As it is, they have no excuse for their sins. (Verses 16-22) The world might rejoice in having got rid of Him; but He would give His own joy, which would not be taken from them. Under the expanse their wings were stretched out straight, one toward the other; each one also had two wings covering its body on the one side and on the other. God must, in the judgment of our sins, forsake Him, but He would never forsake God. For thus says the Lord:Behold, one will fly swiftly like an eagleAnd spread out his wings against Moab. He lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters; They will mount up with wings like eagles. Abide in me, says he; for I am ready to abide in you And again, He who abideth in me beareth much fruit. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. As our Lord Himself said (in John 4:1-54), "Salvation is of the Jews:" this place of privilege and promise made their actual condition so much the guiltier. He said that, if two people agreed in asking anything in his name, it would be granted ( Matthew 18:19). But the disciples were to have the hatred of the world, of the Jew as much or more than of the Gentile. 5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. But the Holy Ghost has another work. We cannot do that unless we deliberately take steps to do it. Perhaps here is an allusion to the law concerning vineyards in Canaan; the fruit of them was as unclean, and uncircumcised, the first three years after it was planted, and the fourth year it was to be holiness of praise unto the Lord; and then it was clean, Leviticus 19:23; Leviticus 19:24. The Lord, then, has in view those who then surrounded Him, already branches in the vine, and, of course, in principle, all that should follow, including those that would nominally, and at first to all appearance really, abandon Israel and all things for Him. How blessed to know the Father thus hearkening to the children asking in the Son's name! Matthew and Mark both give our Lord saying, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered. 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. 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. [2.] I'm not praying directly for the need. He will take the vineyard and He will give it unto others. A lot of people fault me because I do not make strong appeals for salvation at the end of the sermons. 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. New American Standard Bible Copyright 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. There is always a joy in doing the right thing. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." (vi) Jesus chose us to be advertisements. "He shall not speak from himself; but whatever he shall hear, he shall speak: and he will report (or announce) to you things to come. Almost in the passing Jesus said a very illuminating thing. $127.50, $150.00 May we truly abide in Jesus Christ. (Verses 12, 13) Thus the disciples, favoured as they were, were far from knowing all that the Lord desired for them, and would have told them if their state had admitted of it. 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. And every right thing I have ever prayed for, God had determined to give it to me before I ever asked. We read so much about keeping His commandments. That is, the beginning of His earthly ministry.Well, we got one chapter tonight. Oh, that we might express our love to God more fully, more completely. WebLuke 11:49 Because of this, the wisdom of God said, 'I will send them prophets and apostles; some of them they will kill and others they will persecute.'. Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! They are withered, as a branch broken off from the tree. As they allow the Father to remove the hindrances of sin from their lives, they will bear even more fruit (John 15:1-5). In some of the cities where he had tremendous campaigns, five years after the campaign, the survey team went around and surveyed people that had gone forward in the Moody meetings and made a profession of Christ during the Moody meetings. The wingspan of the cherubim was twenty cubits; the wing of one, of five cubits, touched the wall of the house, and its other wing, of five cubits, touched the wing of the other cherub. Blessed of God at all times it would surely be; and he that valued Christ's words would never slight those that witnessed of Christ before He came. By these words he declares that all who have a living root in him are fruit-bearing branches. And so, you see how your happiness can change to sorrow in such a hurry, because of the change of the outward circumstances, and not the joy.And the Lord wants your joy to be full. The seller might still be able to personalize your item. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved." 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. Oh, may God bless you this week, and may God use you this week in a very special way to show forth His love to the needy world in which we live. And finally, one day he said, "Lord, I've been praying so long for a bicycle. I've chosen you." One thing we must remember. WebAnd probably cussing up a storm! May He vouchsafe this through Christ our Lord. How can any man fail to be happy when he walks the ways of life with Jesus? But, evidently, proper Christianity is after redemption was wrought, and Christ takes His place on high, and the Holy Ghost is sent down, when there is nothing but faith. And I have no intention of doing anything else.Jesus said. His judgment is sealed. I can't do anything to enhance that. Verse 24, as it were, takes up that position of glory with the Father before the world was, into which Christ has gone, with His heart's expression of desire that they should be with Him where He is, that they might behold His glory, which the Father gave Him; "for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world." But in John 15:1-27 it is One who is Himself everything for the disciples from on high. And what is that which God uses to cleanse the church? "Our Father, which art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name" that is not the Lord's prayer. 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