This may be used, but is not the ground nor the standard when Christ is the question. As they produce the fruit, the fruit actually is lying right there on the stony ground of the vineyard. 516. And everybody would turn to see who she was talking to, including myself. When mature, it is pruned in December and January. They are the living beings that I saw by the river Chebar. 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. The heart must be taken off His bodily presence. He seeks from the Father for His disciples a place of blessing in association with Himself suitable both to His person and work. Besides, there is the special personal love of approbation for him who is walking in the ways of God. [Note: E.g., Blum, p. It is necessary to our doing any good. [Note: Edersheim, 2:519.]. It was Ezekiel that tells us the worthlessness of a grape branch. They had not chosen Him, but He them, and set them to go and bear fruit, abiding fruit, that He might give them whatsoever they asked the Father in His name. It was not only the great manifestation at the end, but the truth from the beginning, grace and truth always in Him. How soon is that fig-tree withered away which Christ has cursed! Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! So perfectly did Christ glorify God in death, as He always did in life the things that pleased His Father, that nothing short of putting Him as man at His own right hand could meet the case. 7) It is the Comforter coming. He next taught the Eleven the importance of abiding in Him with the result that they would produce much spiritual fruit. John 16:1-33 seems to be based rather on this last. If they persecuted Him, they're going to persecute you. the pelican, the carrion vulture, the cormorant. For the cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim made a covering over the ark and its poles from above. You are like the wings of a dove covered with silver. Second, he provided the remedy for sin; and he did that in a double sense. . It is the Holy Spirit within us who moves us to respond to Jesus Christ. 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. From apo and stello; set apart, i.e. You cannot sit down and say, "Now, this is what I'm going to do for God this year. And so, "Come forward if you want to see your child in heaven." Web(49) $10.95 More colors And God Said I Will Send Them Without Wings So No One Suspects They Are Angels Shirt, Shih Tzu Lover Shirt godsandghostsgallery (195) $14.99 $24.99 (40% off) Dogs canvas poster And god said i will send them without wings so no one suspects they are angels, Personalized Canvas, Custom Name Canvas NQNGA When redemption was accomplished, and Christ was raised from the dead, and the Holy Ghost was given, then they were competent to enter into all the truth, not before. Were they really united to Christ by faith, they would bear fruit; but being only tied to him by the thread of an outward profession, though they seem to be branches, they will soon be seen to be dry ones. On Eagles' Wings. By the eminent good works of Christians many are brought to glorify our Father who is in heaven. 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. 1. With knowledge comes responsibilities to act upon that knowledge. The Spirit here judges things at the roots, dealing with things according to their reality in God's sight, into which the believer enters. And our Lord had the wisest reason for making known to the disciples what they had to expect. You're not greater than the Lord; if they hated Him, they're going to hate you. Obviously Jesus wanted His disciples to abide in Him, but the use of "and" (Gr. They sin against men (cf. So necessary is it to our comfort and happiness that we be fruitful, that the best argument to engage us to abide in Christ is, that otherwise we cannot be fruitful. "Israel is a luxuriant vine," said Hosea ( Hosea 10:1). You can't bear fruit of yourself.". (45% off). Unfruitful professors are unfaithful professors; professors, and no more. And there came a voice from above the expanse that was over their heads; whenever they stood still, they dropped their wings. Violation of law or wickedness. But this dreadful hopeless hatred, evil as it was, ought not to surprise one who believes the word of God; it was, "that the word might be fulfilled which was written in their law, They hated me without a cause." The essence of prayer is not that we say to God: "Thy will be changed," but that we say to him: "Thy will be done." 593.] The vine as a symbol of Israel appears on coins of the Maccabees. Though attached to it, they receive no life from it. He chose us so that whatever we ask in his name the Father will give to us. And so, Jesus is saying. Abiding in Christ means something like that. Now, many times I get frustrated with God because He doesn't follow my directions. Jesus promised that He would never withdraw that from us (John 6:37-40; John 10:28-29). Covenant theologians like to think of the church as the fulfillment of Israel, but there is no scriptural warrant for this conclusion except the similarities between the two entities. This is the best way. Nevertheless, He was to be pierced. 41 Let us lift up our hearts and our hands to God in heaven, and say: 42 We have sinned and rebelled and you have not forgiven. One of the problems in the church today is this endeavor of forced fruit. When Kingsley was asked the secret of his life, referring to F. D. Maurice he said: "I had a friend." 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. The fire was bright, and lightning was flashing from the fire. Give glory to him. But that is precisely what the Christians would not do. But, if it is truly for Christ's sake, then know that you are bearing His suffering. 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.". But because you're not of the world, it hates you. And she went walking away saying, "Thank you, Lord, for the persecution." It was no light matter, but one of much seriousness; and surely, therefore, if a man did thus come out from all that claimed his affections and conscience, from his religion; in short, if a man came out at the cost of every thing, finding most of all foes in those of his own household, there was that which presumed sincerity of conduct, but had still to be proved. Parallel Commentaries his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom, all things that offend, and them which do iniquity. 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. The Christian owns Christ in heaven. Then the cherubim lifted up their wings with the wheels beside them, and the glory of the God of Israel hovered over them. But Israel was empty, fruitless, false: Christ was the only true vine. As long as it is in the vine, from the nature of the case, the parent stock imparts its juices, and furnishes a constant circulation of sap adapted to the growth and fruitfulness of the branch. He no longer has it under the authority of the priesthood or of the religious leaders. Hence, Christianity awaits not only Christ's coming, but the accomplishment of His work, and also the mission and personal presence of the Holy Ghost, the Comforter, consequent on that work. God has not only a propriety in, but a care of, the vine and all the branches. WebWhen they had approached Jerusalem and had come to Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, Luke 22:35 Verse Concepts And He said to them, When I sent you out without money belt and bag and sandals, you did not lack anything, did you? They said, No, nothing. Acts 9:17 Verse Concepts Their horses are swifter than leopardsAnd keener than wolves in the evening.Their horsemen come galloping,Their horsemen come from afar;They fly like an eagle swooping down to devour. Believers, like the branches of the vine, are weak, and insufficient to stand of themselves, but as they are borne up. 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 again exhorts them to be earnest and careful in keeping the grace which they had received, for the carelessness of the flesh can never be sufficiently aroused. She had trained for opera and had a voice I'm sure that came close to Enrico Caruso's as far as volume. Hence they were called to bear witness of Him "because ye have been with me from the beginning." What tremendous cleansing power there is in the Word of God! The darkness passes away; bondage is no more; there is no condemnation, but, on the contrary, life, light, and liberty; but, at the same time, it is a liberty used in the sense of responsibility to please our God and Father, measured by the revelation of Himself in Christ. The Roman government hated the Christians because it regarded them as disloyal citizens. A human being. "But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in My name" And here, "But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth,". He said, "It's a good thing that God chose me before I was born, because He never would have chosen me afterwards." These, moreover, you shall detest among the birds; they are abhorrent, not to be eaten: the eagle and the vulture and the buzzard. 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. Christ offers an intimacy with God which not even the greatest men knew before he came into the world. Suppose a man to be ill; suppose he consults a doctor, and the doctor diagnoses what is wrong and prescribes a cure. It so happened that they had the ear of the government. It's good for only one purpose, and that's to produce fruit. They shall look on Him whom they pierced, and own Jesus of Nazareth to be their Lord and their God. Pretty smart! Send me.. For some few of us, abiding in Christ will be a mystical experience which is beyond words to express. It is true that there is a mystical sense in which the Christian is in Christ and Christ is in the Christian. They talk about God; they speculate about the Deity, providence, fate, or chance. It is even said that if a hen with different markings is put among hens that are all alike, the others will peck her to death. "Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you. Thus we have the Lord taking now the place substitutionally of all that had exercised religious power over their spirits. Does union with Christ, does life eternal, depend on keeping His commandments? It is a title which Paul counted it an honour to use ( Titus 1:1); and so did James ( James 1:1). 11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: Read full chapter. And they began their journey which would ultimately lead them to the Garden of Gethsemane. and the little owl and the cormorant and the great owl. Youll see ad results based on factors like relevancy, and the amount sellers pay per click. And yet, you ask them, "Why do hate Jesus so much?" Your Father is wanting to do some wonderful things for you. But where there is not a life exercised in self-judgment and in enjoyment of Christ. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; so neither can ye, except ye abide in me. Abraham was the friend of God ( Isaiah 41:8). Wherever the spirit was about to go, they would go in that direction. 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. When John wrote, this hatred had long since begun. Where habitual obedience is found, there is habitual enjoyment of Christ's love. Just like our wives want the verbal assurance, but then also, they want the deeds. The doom of the unfruitful (John 15:2; John 15:2): They are taken away. Moreover, the sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard as far as the outer court, like the voice of God Almighty when He speaks. Matthew 24:31 And he shall 'These things I command you, that ye love one another." I dont think anyone else comes close since your departure.. OM double G. 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. And He appeared on the wings of the wind. marg. Afterwards there is another characteristic scene, the blending of the most perfect human affection with His divine glory He confides His mother to the disciple whom He loved. Your Father wants to bless you. If it is, Jesus meant that the disciples and He should commit themselves to abiding in one another. Exhortation follows in verses 4, 5; the results distinctively for "a man," for any one ( ) who does not abide, and for the disciples who do, are found respectively in verse 6, and in verses 7, 8. (4.) First, he exposed sin. It is clearly religious rancour created by this full testimony, not the world's general ill-feeling, but special hatred to their testimony. Now, I believe, it is little to say that there is not, nor ever was, a formula of prayer comparable with the Lord's prayer. 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. There is no word more characteristic of John than the very word "abiding," and this in the way both of grace and of government. 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. We can witness for Christ only when we have been with him. Well, it's too late for you. for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers. He was defined in Greek law as a living tool. $28.54, $51.90 [2.] to the fathers and the children of Israel; but it was His Father, as such, to whose care He commends them now. As it is, they have seen and they have heard both me and my Father. "This cup is the new covenant in my blood." "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 was Christ now, or nothing. By these words he declares that all who have a living root in him are fruit-bearing branches. Let us take a human analogy. Now therefore, behold, the Lord is about to bring on them the strong and abundant waters of the Euphrates. He preserves throughout His personal dignity and His conscious relationship, but withal in perfect submission to His Father. "But go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God." It is true that the Christian is a sinner, but he is a redeemed sinner; and therein lies his joy. So the Lord says, "If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love." Each one went straight ahead. And so, in the book of Acts, "And as many as He ordained unto eternal life believed." Behold, one will fly swiftly like an eagle. The Lord would not have them surprised. 7 Fear God, he shouted. And every right thing I have ever prayed for, God had determined to give it to me before I ever asked. On the other hand, He says, "If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you." If we fail in the purposes of God to bring forth fruit, then God will raise up others to bring forth fruit unto Him. You cannot bring forth any worthwhile fruit unto God apart from that indwelling power of Jesus Christ. "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. So, Jesus said, "What will the lord of the vineyard do when he comes? The government persecuted the Christians because they insisted they had no king but Christ. Abide in me, and I in you. The position of the government was quite simple and understandable. They were back in the old practices, living in the world, and not continued in the Christian faith. II. The doctrine of this similitude; what notion we ought to have of it. Clearly there is a special teaching in this. If I had not done deeds among them, which no one else had ever done, they would not be guilty of sin. You just work it out however you see fit, Lord." At all times they had access to the king: they had even the right to come to his bedchamber at the beginning of the day. But because God has chosen us, then all of the rest of the benefits follow, having been chosen of God. If anyone does not abide in me he will be cast out like a withered branch. And he said, "Wouldn't you like to go through the sinners prayer?" If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you." With powerful tools and services, along with expert support and education, we help creative entrepreneurs start, manage, and scale their businesses. And if it doesn't do that, it really isn't good for anything else; it's not good firewood. WITNESS DIVINE AND HUMAN ( John 15:26-27 ), 15:26-27 "When the Helper comes, the Helper whom I will send to you from my Father, I mean the Spirit of Truth who comes forth from the Father, he will be a witness about me. Those that abide not in Christ, though they may flourish awhile in a plausible, at least a passable profession, yet in a little time wither and come to nothing. The Jews whispered their slanders to the government, slanders which they must have well known to be untrue, and four slanderous reports were spread about the Christians. Then the cherub stretched out his hand from between the cherubim to the fire which was between the cherubim, took some and put it into the hands of the one clothed in linen, who took it and went out. As the branch cannot bear fruit in its own strength, unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you, unless you abide in me. To John it is, "Stand thou on that side, for on this am I.". In the reign of Nero came the disastrous fire which devastated Rome and it was easy to connect it with people who preached of the consuming fire which would destroy the world. None would stand by baptism, or by any other ordinance, but by abiding in Christ. 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. Another thing comes in after this. 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. John 15:9-10). And then you would become very sad when they say, "He doesn't have enough money in his account to cover that thing!" "I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. They might be disliked of the Gentiles. In every way possible Christ gives us now His own portion, from the world as well as from the Father. (Ver. 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. But who is He addressing this broad promise to? Thus, whatever the blessing through the Lord's ministry, there was certainly an advance here foreshown, founded on redemption, resurrection, and the Spirit given. This is enough for the world, which hates them as Him, because they are not of it, but are loved and chosen of Christ. (Verses 18, 19) The Jews knew no such experience. That immense change, then, let us accept on His authority who cannot deceive us, assured that our brethren, who fail to see how full association with the efficacy of His work and the acceptance of His person, made good in the presence of the Spirit, accounts for the difference between prayer before and prayer after, put no intentional slight on His words in this chapter, or on His work of atonement. Anyone who does not conform to the pattern will certainly meet trouble. His salvation lies in continual contact with the strength of his friend. Then I looked, and behold, four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside each cherub; and the appearance of the wheels was like the gleam of a Tarshish stone. By so doing, he showed that he was a loyal citizen of Rome. "Every branch in me that beareth not fruit;" for fruit was what God looked for, not merely acts or obligations, but bearing fruit: "Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away; and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit." But as for the world, it has rejected and crucified Christ. "The imagery of the vine is stretched a little but the point is clear: continuous dependence on the vine, constant reliance upon him, persistent spiritual imbibing of his life-this is the sine qua non of spiritual fruitfulness." He that abides in Me, and I in him, the same brings forth much fruit.". 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). may be summarized in these three words: Union, Communion, Disunion [i.e., separation from the world]." He that loves Christ will enjoy all truth, because Christ is the truth. WebYorkshire God And God Said, I Will Send Them, Without Wings, So No One Suspects, They Are Angels This Canvas is for lovers like Yorkshire. and the ostrich and the owl and the sea gull and the hawk in its kind. Jesus said, "If I had not come and spoken unto them, they would have no sin, but now they have no cloak for their sin.". 26) The Holy Ghost was both sent by the Father, and sent by the Son; not the same thing, but quite consistent. The fruit of the vine honours God and cheers man (Judges 9:13), so does the fruit of Christ's mediation; it is better than gold,Proverbs 8:19. But the soul that would make light of the words of Christ, or do without them, after they were communicated, would evince its own faithlessness. 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. But when he kicked over the traces and went off on his own, he fell. By giving heed to the Word of God" ( Psalms 119:9 ). There is no doubt that the Jews were at least to some extent responsible for these slanders. These things I command you, that you love one another ( John 15:17 ). And for too many years there was that kind of a unwritten code in the church that the more sorrowful you looked, the more holy you were. 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. They had already come to Christ; they had forsaken all to follow Him, and were then around Him. [4.] If none could take His life unless He laid it down, so none could take Him prisoner unless He gave Himself up. And all the teeming life with wings are unclean to you; they shall not be eaten. 4.5 out of 5 stars 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. (Compare verses 22, 23 with the Revelation) However, I do not enlarge here, but rather apologise for the time that I have occupied in going over so large an extent of God's word. Satan's agents and emissaries pick them up, and make an easy prey of them. Romans 16:17,18 Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them, Matthew 7:22,23 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? As for their rims they were lofty and awesome, and the rims of all four of them were full of eyes round about. Brethren, it is the spirit of the world which, when sanctioned, invariably tends to destroy the knowledge of the Father, and of our proper relationship, even among His real children, because it necessarily slips more or less into Judaism. There we have grace without a single thought of any thing on man's part, save the depth of need. (3.) Not so. 2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. In this passage there is much about abiding in Christ. If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love. So I'm thankful that God chose me. What can be a weightier consideration for us, after receiving Christ! 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. They had this indeed already, and they must make up their minds to it from the world. The word of Christ is spoken to them; there is a cleansing virtue in that word, as it works grace, and works out corruption. Hence He speaks of that which pertains to a disciple on the earth; and accordingly the Lord speaks of having Himself kept His Father's commandments, and of His own abiding in His love; for, indeed, He had ever been here below the dependent man, to whom the Father was the moral source of the life He lived; and so He would have us now to live because of Himself. 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