(i) Christian witness comes from long fellowship and intimacy with Christ. That's too bad, because I am eternally secure as long as I abide in Him. Many a time a down-and-out has been taken to live with someone fine. A grape branch is only good for one thing, and that's to produce grapes. The Church again, by restoring a soul put outside, puts its seal, as it were, to the truth of what God has done, acts upon it, and thus remits the sin. It is too soft for any purpose. [1.] (v) There was actually another charge brought and for this fifth charge there were understandable grounds. And though, you say, "Well, what is the difference? He did not choose us to live a life retired from the world, but to represent him in the world. 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. And the four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes around and within; and day and night they do not cease to say. But the nation it is; a degenerate vine, as all your prophets saw. But the wood of the vine must not be brought. Whenever they moved, they moved in any of their four directions without turning as they moved. Verse John 15:4. If we come to it thoughtlessly, it sounds as if the Christian will receive everything for which he prays. He tells his men that he does not call them slaves any more; he calls them friends. It was not only the great manifestation at the end, but the truth from the beginning, grace and truth always in Him. What confidence could there be in a soul professing to have found redemption, even forgiveness of sins, through His blood, unless there were an accompanying sense of sin? That is a model prayer for the believers. The promises abiding in us lie ready to be turned into prayers; and the prayers so regulated cannot but speed. $100.04, $122.00 But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me [without a reason] without a cause ( John 15:25 ). And if she would spy me in the back of the car, with this loud operatic voice, she would say, "Praise the Lord, brother!" With this revelation the hatred of the world is commensurate; and the Lord puts it in the strongest possible way. If people are true disciples, they will prove it by the fruits that their spiritual union with Jesus produces. Loyalty to Jesus will bring persecution (John 15:18-20). The land was cleared of brigands and the sea of pirates. Now you are clean through the word which I have spoken to you ( John 15:3 ). Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the Lord to its place, into the inner sanctuary of the house, to the most holy place, under the wings of the cherubim. Thereby they flatter themselves perhaps that they may do God service; but the Father's love is unknown never in such a condition can He be fully known. It was His commandment specially. 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. However the differences between them make dispensational theologians conclude that the church only superficially fulfills Israel. That I just tell them that if they want to be saved, they can go through that door and talk and pray with a pastor. He did not speak of abiding as the inevitable condition of believers. Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a burning coal in his hand, which he had taken from the altar with tongs. Wondrous fact! Like an eagle that stirs up its nest,That hovers over its young,He spread His wings and caught them,He carried them on His pinions. and there were in it all kinds of four-footed animals and crawling creatures of the earth and birds of the air. 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. God is glorified, when we bear much fruit and show ourselves to be disciples of Jesus. The fruit of the Spirit is love. It is here intimated that there are many who pass for branches in Christ who yet do not bear fruit. And the living beings ran to and fro like bolts of lightning. At certain times of the year, it was laid down by the law, the people must bring offerings of wood to the Temple for the altar fires. 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? (Compare 2 Thessalonians 1:10). This is the proof of righteousness. The word of Christ is a distinguishing word, and separates between the precious and the vile; it will purify the church of the first-born in the great dividing day. Then, in verse 25, the breach between the world and the Father and the Son being complete, He says, "O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee; but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me." Here was a scripture which He remembers as unaccomplished. Spurgeon made an interesting statement on this. It came about when He commanded the man clothed in linen, saying, Take fire from between the whirling wheels, from between the cherubim, he entered and stood beside a wheel. And there is no contact and no fellowship between them. Within it there were figures resembling four living beings. It was in Asia Minor that men began to think of Caesar, the Emperor, as the god who embodied Rome, and they did so in sheer gratitude for the blessings Rome had brought. We shall have occasion to think of this again very soon, but for the moment think of it this way. But the Christian is to live in such a way that he shows what is meant by loving his fellow men. Not only is the heart occupied with Christ, but also His words weigh there. In fact, their clearer knowledge increased their guilt. For as yet they knew not the Scriptures, that He must rise again from the dead." Click Buy it now or Add to cart and proceed to checkout. All analogies are imperfect but we must work with the ideas which we possess. Good news! Herein our Father will be glorified. ), but Christ is a vine that will not deceive. When He returns, it is to judge man; but as far as concerns the offer of blessing to man in a living Christ, it is gone for ever. By these, moreover, you will be made unclean: whoever touches their carcasses becomes unclean until evening, and whoever picks up any of their carcasses shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening. Where no fruit was borne, there was judgment in excision; where fruit appeared, purging followed, that there might be more. 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. If I take the wings of the dawn,If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea. The former of these is an exhortation to continue in the exercise of faith and love upon Christ, holding to him the head, cleaving to him with full purpose of heart, and so deriving life, grace, strength, and nourishment from him; the latter is a promise encouraging to the former; for as Christ is formed in the hearts of his people, he continues there as the living principle of all grace. But there is another though negative, as that was the positive, proof of righteousness that the world has lost Christ, "and ye see me no more." Original Price $18.00 And all the teeming life with wings are unclean to you; they shall not be eaten. To pray with power a man must have an invincible belief in the all-sufficient love of God. Souls must be simple and distinct in it as truly as in believing in Christ Jesus. Your Father is wanting to do some wonderful things for you. Not so. This is not a parable in the Synoptic sense since there is no plot. It was the emblem on the coins of the Maccabees. Web2 Thessalonians 2:11King James Version. This is the case our Lord describes here: "If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned." I'm opening the door that God may do for me the things that He is desiring to do. "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. For when once God had brought out Christ, He neither could nor would go back to anything less. Who ever heard even of an earthly father, worthy of the name, so sternly repelling his children? (Verse 20). may be summarized in these three words: Union, Communion, Disunion [i.e., separation from the world]." Thus, if the central portion gave us the disciples on the earth in relation with the Father on the one hand, and in total separation from the world on the other, with subsequent believers brought into one, both in testimony and in glory by-and-by before the world, the closing verses take up Christians, as it were, with the Father in an unearthly, heavenly glory, and His desire that they should be with Him there. 'These things I command you, that ye love one another." And sometimes I get upset with God because He doesn't follow my directions. Lastly, from verse 24 to the end, we have, if possible, deeper things than even these; and here the Lord expresses His heart's desire, for it is no longer, as before, in the form of a request ( ) but, "Father, I will," or desire ( ). The ostriches wings flap joyouslyWith the pinion and plumage of love. And you will be witness about me because you have been with me from the beginning.". A Christian witness is a man who not only knows Christ but wants others to know him too. Do you suppose Matthew let it slip? But all these things will they do to you for my name's sake, because they do not know him that sent me ( John 15:21 ). And if you don't do that, you're just as worthless as a punk. For the cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark, so that the cherubim made a covering over the ark and its poles. And each went straight forward; wherever the spirit was about to go, they would go, without turning as they went. What a return for these wondrous communications of Christ, just to slip over them perfunctorily, without making the light our own! For greater love has no man than this, than a man will lay down his life for his friends ( John 15:13 ). He stood for Rome; he embodied Rome; the spirit of Rome found its home in him. And herein is my Father glorified; this is what my Father wants, that my life bear much fruit for Him. In this passage there is much about abiding in Christ. (Ver. A life of faith in the Son of God is incomparably the most excellent life a man can live in this world; it is regular and even, pure and heavenly; it is useful and comfortable, and all that answers the end of life. Here was the practice and the custom which made all men feel that they were part of Rome, and which guaranteed their loyalty to her. Because happiness is in the realm of emotions, it's a variable. It is a great mistake to think that the subject peoples resented Roman government; for the most part they were profoundly grateful for it. (15% off), Sale Price $14.40 Isaiah 6:2 - Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. That's the fruit that God is looking for from His vineyard, that love flowing in and through our lives from Him to each other. They shall look on Him whom they pierced, and own Jesus of Nazareth to be their Lord and their God. I have no doubts or qualms at all about my eternal security and my salvation. 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. 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. When the Christians met each other in the early days they greeted each other with the kiss of peace. The fact that you are a Jew will not save you. Because they have broken the law? We must keep contact with the fine thing in order to defeat the evil thing. "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). That Jesus Christ is the vine, the true vine. 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. In this case, however, it is the larger subject the all-importance of Christ's words abiding in us: "If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you." Let me dwell in Your tent forever;Let me take refuge in the shelter of Your wings. You see, don't find fault with God yet. With knowledge comes responsibilities to act upon that knowledge. And I watched him one morning when I was sitting in a restaurant. The best have that in them which is peccant, aliquid amputandum--something which should be taken away; some notions, passions, or humours, that want to be purged away, which Christ has promised to do by his word, and Spirit, and providence; and these shall be taken off by degrees in the proper season. By so doing, he showed that he was a loyal citizen of Rome. And then, I'm going to present to Him my solutions that I want Him to work out for me. Well, she just needs verbal assurance. Genesis 19 KJV.I don`t think it says that anywhere.Here Men of Sodom want to know where the men are that came into Lot`s HOuse.They wanted to know It is only a question of the moment in God's hands, and the world with its prince will be treated according to the judgment already pronounced. 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. We also created 2.6 million jobs in the U.S.enough to employ the entire city of Houston, TX! We can understand this: nothing is more natural; but, for that very reason, it was not all in the power of the Spirit of God, with Christ as the first object. We have already thought about this, but we may well think about it again. He, she, it, they, them, same. God must, in the judgment of our sins, forsake Him, but He would never forsake God. A man is not held responsible for that which he does not know. It is still possible for us to do the same. But then, there is also that cultivating of those branches that are bearing fruit. We know that there had been sin all along, in the dealings of God with His ancient people; but what does the Lord here mean? I have told you everything; I have told you what I am trying to do, and why I am trying to do it. That's pretty heavy, and it should cause each of us to sort of examine the attitude that the world has towards me. And in this case, the fullness of joy is related to your prayer life. So there came the day when once a year every inhabitant of the Empire had to burn his pinch of incense to the godhead of Caesar. It is not the destruction of this place or that. 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. These were the charges which were spread about the Christians with the help of the Jews. You cannot bring forth any worthwhile fruit unto God apart from that indwelling power of Jesus Christ. 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. The Lord applies this truth particularly: "Already ye are clean through the word that I have spoken to you. Then faith saw underneath the veil of flesh this deeper glory. "Abide in me, and I in you." The position of the government was quite simple and understandable. That is, the beginning of His earthly ministry.Well, we got one chapter tonight. 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." Whatever excellency there is in any creature, serviceable to man, it is but a shadow of that grace which is in Christ for his people's good. But Protestants have failed to keep up consciously the possession of so great a privilege, founded on the presence of the Holy Ghost. Jacob fled from Canaan when his twin brother, Esau, threatened to kill him. Twenty years later, Jacob was returning. 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