Christ the true Vine. (1-8)His love to his disciples. (9-17)Hatred and persecutions foretold. (18-25) The Comforter promised. (26,27) John 15:1 Vs. 1-8: Jesus Christ is the Vine, the true Vine. …
Westminster Shorter Catechism 21-25
Q. 21. Who is the Redeemer of God’s elect?A. The only Redeemer of God’s elect is the Lord Jesus Christ, who, being the eternal Son of God, became man, and so was, and continueth to be, God and man in …
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“My Joy…Your Joy”
These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full. John 15:11 What was the joy that Jesus had? Joy should not be confused with happiness. In fact, it …
Sacrifice and Friendship
I have called you friends… John 15:15 We will never know the joy of self-sacrifice until we surrender in every detail of our lives. Yet self-surrender is the most difficult thing for us to do. We …
The Compelling Purpose of God
He… said to them, "Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem…" Luke 18:31 Jerusalem, in the life of our Lord, represents the place where He reached the culmination of His Father’s will. Jesus said, “I …
“Will You Lay Down Your Life?”
Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends….I have called you friends… John 15:13, 15 Jesus does not ask me to die for Him, but to lay down my life for Him. …
Get Moving! (1)
Abide in Me… John 15:4 In the matter of determination. The Spirit of Jesus is put into me by way of the atonement by the Cross of Christ. I then have to build my thinking patiently to bring it into …
The Greatest Source of Power
Whatever you ask in My name, that I will do… John 14:13 Am I fulfilling this ministry of intercession deep within the hidden recesses of my life? There is no trap nor any danger at all of being …
“Love One Another”
…add to your…brotherly kindness love. 2 Peter 1:5, 7 Love is an indefinite thing to most of us; we don’t know what we mean when we talk about love. Love is the loftiest preference of one person for …
Obedience to the “Heavenly Vision”
I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision. Acts 26:19 If we lose “the heavenly vision” God has given us, we alone are responsible— not God. We lose the vision because of our own lack of …
The Delight of Sacrifice
I will very gladly spend and be spent for your souls… 2 Corinthians 12:15 Once “the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit,” we deliberately begin to identify ourselves …
The Devotion of Hearing
Samuel answered, "Speak, for Your servant hears." 1 Samuel 3:10 Just because I have listened carefully and intently to one thing from God does not mean that I will listen to everything He says. I …