$14.40, $18.00 Almost in the passing Jesus said a very illuminating thing. It means that no longer do we need to gaze longingly at God from afar off; we are not like slaves who have no right whatever to enter into the presence of the master; we are not like a crowd whose only glimpse of the king is in the passing on some state occasion. As the apostle says, even if we had known Christ after the flesh, "henceforth know we him no more." Here John uses two ideas which lie very close to his heart and are constantly entwined in his thought. Thus they really return, in some shape or degree, to the false vine, instead of cleaving to the true. He takes the place of that which most put itself forward as being according to God here below. The Spirit here judges things at the roots, dealing with things according to their reality in God's sight, into which the believer enters. You see, don't find fault with God yet. (Ver. But where there is not a life exercised in self-judgment and in enjoyment of Christ. "Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father." Jesus is a prophet without honor in his own country. It was one who had come out from the world, and had followed Christ. 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 just didn't follow my directions. And in the subject of prayer, He makes here a very broad promise. Mat Mt). If God's Spirit is working in a person's life, they will respond. The, the definite article. He dwells with the children of God. The meaning would then be that the disciples should abide in Jesus as He abode in them. What a return for these wondrous communications of Christ, just to slip over them perfunctorily, without making the light our own! 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. The ground has to be perfectly clean. Anything that you endeavor to do for God apart from Jesus Christ is worthless. He lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters;He makes the clouds His chariot;He walks upon the wings of the wind; Yet those who wait for the LordWill gain new strength;They will mount up with wings like eagles,They will run and not get tired,They will walk and not become weary. So, "This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you." He says that his followers are like that. That we love one another. Lasting fruit, that your fruit should remain.There was a little fellow that used to be here in the Costa Mesa area who used to do a tremendous amounthe spent his whole life witnessing. Who ever heard even of an earthly father, worthy of the name, so sternly repelling his children? And a person can go from great happiness to tears in just a hurry. To pray with power a man must have an invincible belief in the all-sufficient love of God. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; so neither can ye, except ye abide in me. the little owl, the great owl, the white owl. The fact we have noticed, the administrative position of the Spirit, is thus owing to the work He has voluntarily undertaken for the Father and the Son, though, of course, as a question of His own glory, He is equally to be adored with the Father and the Son, and is always comprehended in God as such. And, indeed, Christ has no other object in view than to keep us, as a hen keepeth her chickens under her wings, (Matthew 23:37), lest our indifference should carry us away, and make us fly to our destruction. These are my orders to you, that you love one another.". They might be disliked of the Gentiles. [5.] And in that, He is saying, "You are the ones to whom this vineyard is given," or, "You are now the vineyard, the true vineyard of God. (2.) Because I have no intention of ever doing anything but abiding in Jesus Christ, and as long as I abide in Him, I am eternally secure. Isn't that neat? 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.. Well, very little of the fruit was lasting fruit. When the story of Jesus is told us and his picture is set before us, what makes us feel that this is none other than the picture of the Son of God? If they persecuted me, they will persecute you. As already remarked, the application of this to life everlasting only induces contradiction. #Mt 23:34|. God help us. Soon there would be multitudes who would come out from Israel and be baptized unto Christ; but still they must be fully tested. "And when he is come, he will reprove [or convince] the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment." In this chapter it is never simply a question of divine grace saving sinners, blotting out iniquities, remembering sins and transgressions no more; but the power of the word is morally applied to judge whatever is contrary to God's character displayed in Christ, or, rather, to the Father's will revealed in Him. Be it observed, that from verse 6 He develops the relationship of the disciples with His Father, having manifested the Father's name to those who were the Father's, and given them the words which the Father gave Him, and spoken as He did now that they might have His joy fulfilled in them. 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. The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; Matthew 24:31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. We cannot do that unless we deliberately take steps to do it. "He came into the world and the world was made by Him, and the world knew Him not. It will mean arranging life, arranging prayer, arranging silence in such a way that there is never a day when we give ourselves a chance to forget him. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. He hath planted, and watered, and gives the increase; for we are God's husbandry,1 Corinthians 3:9. The moment He said, "I am he," without lifting a finger, or even audibly expressing a desire, they fell to the ground. And so, every daddy's heart is touched, you know. That would actually be pretty Deb of her. He had told his people beforehand what they might expect. "As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue [abide] ye in my love." He chose us so that whatever we ask in his name the Father will give to us. Just know that they hated Him before they ever hated you. That reaction of the human mind, that answer of the human heart is the work of the Holy Spirit. This appears again in the sixth verse, and remarkably too: "If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch." One can hardly escape the inference that Jesus viewed Himself as the fulfillment of Israel. and there were in it all kinds of four-footed animals and crawling creatures of the earth and birds of the air. There was an abandonment, not only for Himself, but for them, of all connection with nature, or the world, even in their religion. Here He was the one spring of whatever fruit was borne, and He is gone on high, but is the same there; and so not merely asks the Father to send, but Himself sends them from the Father the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from with the Father, if so literal a turn may be allowed. So, Jesus said, "What will the lord of the vineyard do when he comes? 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. "I have chosen you," he said, "to send you out." We can listen to him, and then render him a lip service unsupported by any deeds. (iv) They were said to be incendiaries. He washes them.Now, in Israel many of the grapes that are grown are grown actually on the ground. Take the early part of the gospel, where the gift of Jesus in divine love, the sending Him into the world not to judge, but to save, makes known what God is to a lost world. Jacob fled from Canaan when his twin brother, Esau, threatened to kill him. Twenty years later, Jacob was returning. The night before he crossed th By the Christian state I mean that in which a man is conscious of his nearness to his God and Father, and able to draw near in virtue of the Holy Ghost even. 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. He was a lawyer before he became a minister, and he was able to set forth the scriptures in a very logical order and sequence. And God's love begins to pour forth through my life to touch the lives of those around me. (Ver. He did not choose us to live a life retired from the world, but to represent him in the world. My asking only opened the door that God might do what He was wanting to do the whole time. 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. 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. "I thirst." By these words he declares that all who have a living root in him are fruit-bearing branches. See under John 14:20. Second, he brings glory to God; the sight of his life turns men's thoughts to the God who made him like that. (vi) Jesus chose us to be advertisements. 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. 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.'. It had been used of God when there was nothing more. A man is not held responsible for that which he does not know. And I watched him one morning when I was sitting in a restaurant. Rather than trying to direct God on just how to work things out, just lay the whole things before Him and say, "Lord, I know that You're much wiser than I am. $1.50, $3.00 Old truth, even though equally of God as the new, ceases to be a test when new truth is given and refused, or slighted; and the same thing is true not merely of God's word as a whole, but of a particular truth, when God reawakens it at any given time for the actual exigency of the Church or of His work. HalliesCollectibles. He was defined in Greek law as a living tool. The grace of God.So, Jesus said to His disciples, "You have not chosen Me. 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. For He is come here to glorify the Son, just as the Son, when here, was glorifying the Father. There we have grace without a single thought of any thing on man's part, save the depth of need. Then he shall tear it by its wings, but shall not sever it. The consequence is, that wherever there is this ignorance of the Father and the Son, there is inveterate hostility against such as are joyful in the communion of the Father and the Son. And so, they're just lying across the ground, only propped up by a rock on the one end. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." It is a picture of the assembly that was about to be formed at Pentecost and this is the assembly's function. 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. And they'll cleanse them in order that the fruit might ripen to perfection. Why? Now He brings up here the subject of prayer. I mean, there's no value to you. The way to bring others into the Christian faith is to show them the fruit of the Christian life. Throughout the Old Testament God had used the vine as a symbol of the nation of Israel. I entreat any who have misread this chapter to examine thoroughly what I am now urging on my hearers. He that had no more than a naturally reverent attachment to the law and the prophets, without faith, would prove his real condition by inattention to Christ's words. As we have already said, by the world John meant human society organizing itself without God. You are already clean through the word which I have spoken to you. Then the cherubim lifted up their wings with the wheels beside them, and the glory of the God of Israel hovered over them. And so it is written, "Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit, and ye shall become my disciples." The consequence is, that it will see Christ no more till He comes in judgment, and this will be to put down its pride for ever. and in thy name done many wonderful works? (4.) Certainly this is not our Father as we know Him through Christ Jesus. What joy, what full joy it brings to us to see God's answers to prayer! (d) Prayer must never be selfish. And just to get rid of him, they'd say, "Yes," you know, and they'd go through it. WebAnd probably cussing up a storm! And the wheels rose close beside them; for the spirit of the living beings was in the wheels. and whoever picks up any of their carcasses shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening. But when One who is more than man comes into the world, the dignity of the person sinned against, the love and light revealed in His person, all bear on the estimate of sin; and the consequence is, there could be no such character of sin till Christ was manifested, though, of course, heart and nature are the same. It is by the fact that you bear such fruit, and that you show yourselves to be my disciples, that my Father is glorified. That the Father is the husbandman, georgos--the land-worker. No matter how really a man may be a child of God, he is miserable; the more real, the more miserable. ., p. The New Testament lays down certain definite laws about prayer. (1.) In Matthew the other women even retain Him by the feet. He set the true way before men. But this phrase is lit up by a custom which obtained both at the courts of the Roman Emperors and of the eastern kings. 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. All the winged insects that walk on all fours are detestable to you. 8) This is a sentence much to be pondered. The central words of this passage are those in which Jesus says that his disciples have not chosen him, but he has chosen them. A man hardly starts to speak before we know whether or not he really believes what he is saying. Prayer follows: "Ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you." Now, many times I get frustrated with God because He doesn't follow my directions. Each of them had four faces and four wings. No standard less than this could be entertained, now that Christ was revealed. "Thy Word have I hid in my heart, O Lord, that I might not sin against thee" ( Psalms 119:11 ). 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. He seeks from the Father for His disciples a place of blessing in association with Himself suitable both to His person and work. He called us to be his partners. So long as he continued in that fine home and that fine presence he was safe. Jeremiah complains that the nation has turned into "degenerate and become a wild vine." Thus Christ is not only everlasting life to the soul that believes in Him, but He is the only source of fruit-bearing, all the course through, for those that have received Him. We know he besought the Lord thrice to take away that which was an immense trial to him, making him despicable in the eyes of the less spiritual. Selah. In John 15:1-27 our Lord substitutes Himself for Israel, as the plant of God, responsible to bear fruit for Him on earth (not merely for man, as such, openly sinful and lost). (ii) The world acutely dislikes people whose lives are a condemnation of it. Here was the unifying principle which was needed. But the Christian is to live in such a way that he shows what is meant by loving his fellow men. It appears to me that the Lord Jesus Himself clearly sets forth the new thing at the highest value, which no general reasonings of men ought to weaken in the least. And Jesus says: "I have something greater for you yet, you are no longer slaves; you are friends." The fruitless branch is on the way to destruction. This hatred every true witness, without compromise, and separate from the world, must more or less experience. And so, I think that it's important that when we pray, we come to the heart of the issue. He promises joy. Or if even men (not to speak of the Spirit's power) would forget such a thing, did the rest think it too slight for their mention? It may even be a slip back into the world, into the open enemy of the Father; for this is no uncommon result, where there is for a time an abandonment of the old fleshly vine, the religion of ordinances, of human effort, and of assumed privilege. Speaking of His commandment to love one another, may God enable us this week to show that love, one to another. But the Holy Ghost has another work. Absolutely! 4.5 out of 5 stars And God Said I Will Send Them Without Wings So No One Suspects They Are Angels Mug - Large 11oz/15oz inspirational coffee mug. Hence, it would be putting them, not merely into prisons, but out of the synagogues; and this under the notion of doing God service. Jesus teaching and work showed clearly that he came from God. 1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. And the gift of that divine person to dwell in us is this, too, a secondary matter? But the fact that He brings up the prospect means that there is that possibility. You are now responsible, having heard. "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 chose us, first to come in to him, and then to go out to the world. of His manifestation here). Each one went straight ahead. Abide in my love. And he said, "Wouldn't you like to go through the sinners prayer?" And knowledge brings responsibility, always. 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). The first ground is, that the only righteousness now is in Christ gone to be with the Father. 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