Because if you were of the world, then the world would love you. Note, Those that abide in Christ as their heart's delight shall have, through Christ, their heart's desire. 47Woe unto you! Not that He was not King of the Jews, but His kingdom is not of this world, not from hence, and He Himself is born and come into the world to bear witness to the truth. All that they have comes from Jesus Christ. We know right well that a disciple only renders testimony by the power of the Holy Ghost. Oh, the joy of being able to spend time in prayer with the Father! The fruit of the Spirit is love. "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,". The fact is, that the Authorised Version gives rather obsolete English. Hence we have no notice of His agony in the garden, nor of God's forsaking Him on the tree. Here it is not a question of love everlasting, but of present communion. Verse John 15:4. Then the cherubim lifted up their wings with the wheels beside them, and the glory of the God of Israel hovered over them. I say "professed," because it is to me evident that He does not contemplate in His view those exclusively who really had life everlasting. Now this is the first time the gospels mention anything about the joy of Jesus Christ. It is more of an extended metaphor similar to the shepherd and sheepfold metaphors in chapter 10. The meaning is, that He shall not speak of His own authority, as if He had nothing to do with the Father and the Son. From aggello; a messenger; especially an 'angel'; by implication, a pastor. You are pruned. Now, many times I get frustrated with God because He doesn't follow my directions. Now Caesar worship was not imposed on the world; it actually arose from the people themselves. Then there is another privilege. Had they gone a step farther, and asked whither He was going, it would have been all right, they would have felt glad for Him; for though it were their loss, it was most surely His gain and joy the joy that was set before Him, the joy of being with His Father, with the comfort for His own of an accomplished redemption (attested by His thus going on high). 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. 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. 2:11 Therefore God shall send them - That is, judicially permit to come upon them, strong delusion. "Israel is a luxuriant vine," said Hosea ( Hosea 10:1). That, to me, is such an exciting thing, that God chose me. he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gathered them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned ( John 15:6 ). On Eagles' Wings. Somehow they want it verbalized. Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and, "Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute:" Luke 11:49 KJV. They became heated, they become violent. They have, both of them, a divine place and power for the children of God. If none could take His life unless He laid it down, so none could take Him prisoner unless He gave Himself up. . The vine was grown all over Palestine as it still is. As I have kept my Father's commandments, so I abide in his love.". They still continued at a comparative distance from their Father; but this is not the Christian state. 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. Put the trumpet to your lips!Like an eagle the enemy comes against the house of the Lord,Because they have transgressed My covenantAnd rebelled against My law. That you love one another, as [He said,] I have loved you ( John 15:12 ). The apostle John does not quote many scriptures; but when he does, the person of the Son is the great point. We must keep contact with Jesus. (vi) Jesus chose us to be advertisements. And may we allow the Word of God to do its work in our heart of cleansing us, that we might bring forth much fruit that the Father might be glorified through our lives. It is of children on earth now the Lord speaks, not of the Father's house by-and-by. But as the fruit is developing, as it is getting ripe, the vinedressers will go through the vineyard and they will pick up these great bunches of grapes and they will wash them and clean off the dirt and all. Salvation is of the Lord. The first ground is, that the only righteousness now is in Christ gone to be with the Father. As you go through the Eshcol valley and the areas around the Eshcol valley where the finest grapes are grown, you will see these huge trunks of the grapevines. The fruitfulness of all Christians, in a lower or narrower sphere, is to the glory of God. In Jesus' name. 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. The, the definite article. WebVERSE Luke 11:49 Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute: King James Version (KJV) < Now therefore, behold, the Lord is about to bring on them the strong and abundant waters of the Euphrates,Even the king of Assyria and all his glory;And it will rise up over all its channels and go over all its banks. But when the husbandmen saw the son coming, they said, "Look, this is the son and the heir. And I might sit down and write you out a check for ten thousand dollars and hand it you and say, "Here!" 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." 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. So shall we both evidence our discipleship and adorn it, and be to our Master for a name and a praise, and a glory, that is, disciples indeed, Jeremiah 13:11. 'We are in "that day" now. 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's futile for me to even try. We can witness for Christ only when we have been with him. 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. He will take the vineyard and He will give it unto others. That we love one another. Without Christ we can do nothing aright, nothing that will be fruit pleasing to God or profitable to ourselves, 2 Corinthians 3:5. And, I'll tell you, the grapes that are grown there are truly delicious grapes, table grapes, that are grown through that valley.Now, Jesus is taking a picture that is very familiar with the people, as they had seen the people out there washing the branches and washing these bunches of grapes that they might produce more fruit. Parlez-en ! (15% off), Sale Price $14.40 I believe that I am eternally secure, as long as I abide in Jesus Christ. Luke gives us, "Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit," because there the perfect man never abandons His perfect reliance on God. Christian faith is essentially believing on Him that we have not seen: believing, "we walk by faith, not by sight." The verbal assurance doesn't mean much unless there are deeds, and the deeds don't mean much unless there are words. How can God be fair when He has chosen those that are to be saved?" Apostates are twice dead (Jude 1:12), and when it is said, They are cast into the fire and are burned, it speaks as if they were twice damned. 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 that must be the daily pattern and rhythm of our lives. They fly like an eagle swooping down to devour. And they gather such branches and throw them into the fire and they are burned. So I'm thankful that God chose me. We cannot pray in the name of him who is love for vengeance on our enemies. 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. So had He been known. Therefore, as long as Christ is not the One in and through whose light the Scriptures, whether old or new, are read, a man is but groping his way in the dark. See Ezekiel 15:2. Jesus, as so often, is working in this passage with pictures and ideas which were part of the religious heritage of the Jewish nation. The very contrary. Abiding in Christ is necessary in order to our doing much good. Good news! And the more fruit we bring forth, the more we abound in that which is good, the more he is glorified. If anyone does not abide in me he will be cast out like a withered branch. Why? We then evidence that we are cleansed by the word when we bring forth fruit unto holiness. 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. He wants verbal expressions, but He also desires deeds that express. The fact that God chose him! - Reusable Coffee Cup can be used for 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. To him there are two great entities--the Church and the world. What does he mean by this? 23) It is not merely God as such, but "my Father" that was hated. Union with Jesus, however, will bring some suffering, because disciples, like their master, will be hated by the world. Their parts and gifts wither; their zeal and devotion wither; their credit and reputation wither; their hopes and comforts wither, Job 8:11-13. . The weekly meal of the Christians was called the Agape ( G26) , the Love Feast. to send out literally or figuratively. In the midst of the living beings there was something that looked like burning coals of fire, like torches darting back and forth among the living beings. (18% off), Sale Price $127.50 The religious leaders at that time were the husbandmen who were overseeing the vineyard, and when Jesus came, they said, "Look, He is a threat to us and to our positions. But you're not of the world. 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. "He shall testify of me, and ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning." You may eat any clean bird. 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. For greater love has no man than this, than a man will lay down his life for his friends ( John 15:13 ). It is a curious fact that the symbol of the vine is never used in the Old Testament apart from the idea of degeneration. (Verse 8) "Disciples," be it noted; for we must carefully bear in mind that we have not the Church as such here, and, indeed, we have never the Church, strictly speaking, in John. 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