What is His commandment? (iii) They were said to practise the most flagrant immorality. The vine as a symbol of Israel appears on coins of the Maccabees. My asking only opened the door that God might do what He was wanting to do the whole time. Do they pat me on the back and say I'm doing a good job? Now, with that as a background, the vineyard, the nation Israel having failed. In Wis_7:27 Wisdom is said to make men the friends of God. "If I had not done among them" not now His words only, but works "if I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father." You may eat any clean bird. Were there faith, the Holy Ghost would be in their midst; but the world does not believe. WebGod Said I Will Send Them Without Wings So No one Suspects They Are Angels Sign Dog Sign Distressed Wood Wall Hanging Pet Lover Gift Rescue. Do they hail me as a great fellow? Gathered round Christ, the disciples were called on by Christ to love one another. It is incalculable the quantity of scripture that is passed over without distinct exercise of faith. Each of them had four faces and four wings. Are we not to believe that, whatever there was before, the revelation of Christ brought sin to such a head, that what had been before was, comparatively speaking, a little thing when put beside the evil that was done against, and measured by, the glory of Christ the Son, the rejection of the Father's love; in short, the hatred shown to grace and truth yea, the Father and the Son fully revealed in the Lord Jesus? 150. It's not strong enough to make a nail out of it, and you can't use it for any woodworking project, because of its texture and makeup. In Matthew the other women even retain Him by the feet. 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). Evidently this is a capital truth, bearing powerfully on the nature of the Christian's prayers, as well as on his worship. Jeremiah complains that the nation has turned into "degenerate and become a wild vine." We are not to take that with a crude literalism, because it would simply mean that if you can mobilize enough people to pray for anything you will get it. "Apart from me, you can do nothing." Whenever we try to turn prayer into something to enable us to realize our own ambitions and to satisfy our own desires, it must be ineffective, for it is not real prayer at all. "I am the vine, the true." 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. 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. He is the vine, planted in the vineyard, and not a spontaneous product; planted in the earth, for his is the Word made flesh. But if the full heavenly testimony is left for its own due place in Paul's completing the word of God that hidden mystery, John is seen witnessing in principle to the end. (3.) I also heard the sound of their wings like the sound of abundant waters as they went, like the voice of the Almighty, a sound of tumult like the sound of an army camp; whenever they stood still, they dropped their wings. Parallel Commentaries his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom, all things that offend, and them which do iniquity. Witnessing as the disciples did of what they had known of Christ here, witnessing of what the Spirit taught them of Christ on high, the consequence would be, "They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service." If he is likened to a vine, they are likened to the branches, which means that they can bear spiritual fruit only as they are united in him. Who would desire an unreal thing the keeping up an appearance, the parade of words and sentiments beyond the heart's state? 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. Union with Jesus, however, will bring some suffering, because disciples, like their master, will be hated by the world. Violation of law or wickedness. (b) Prayer must be in the name of Christ. Secondly, That if we abide in Christ and his word we shall have such an interest in God's favour and Christ's mediation that we shall have an answer of peace to all our prayers. On the contrary, prayers that suppose a person to be an object of divine displeasure, anxious, and doubtful whether he is to be saved or not such an experience supposes one incapable of speaking to the Father in Christ's name. The love of Christ was on them, and, working in them and by them, would make them the objects of the world's hatred, and after that sort which He had Himself known. I do not deny His power in the testimony of the gospel to souls. Supposing that for a time there is a departure from Christ, what is the effect of it? 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. 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. All the winged insects that walk on all fours are detestable to you. Herein our Father will be glorified. There is always a joy in doing the right thing. Earlier Jesus had presented abiding in (in contrast to departing from) Him as a real possibility for His believing disciples (cf. for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them. And our Lord had the wisest reason for making known to the disciples what they had to expect. As for the faces and wings of the four of them. 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. Original Price $5.01 Who ever heard even of an earthly father, worthy of the name, so sternly repelling his children? Our Lord then clearly shows that He, as man here below, had Himself walked under the government of His Father. The fullest instruction as to the Spirit is in the New Testament; and, pray, who speaks of the Holy Ghost if it be not Himself? He, she, it, they, them, same. "In that day," He says, "ye shall ask me nothing." We shall have occasion to think of this again very soon, but for the moment think of it this way. The Bible says, "It would have been better for them to have never heard than to have heard and turned away." $100.04, $122.00 For the choir director; set to Al-tashheth. 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. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. 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. 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. [1.] It is possible that they went on in through the temple gates, because they were left open all night during the Passover season, so that anyone who wanted to come and pray could come and pray at any time. One of the most obnoxious persons I ever knew was in college at the same time I was. John was speaking of a situation which existed in the most clear-cut and agonizing way. The slave could never be a partner. If God's Spirit is working in a person's life, they will respond. (i) We are chosen for joy. And ye also shall bear witness, because you have been with me from the beginning ( John 15:27 ). When a joke was told and they would all be laughing, she would laugh louder than all the rest. "This is my commandment, that ye love one another." When you set your eyes on it, it is gone. Any service towards God not directed by the Spirit is worthless. Among those fruits are obedience, love, joy and effective prayer (John 15:7-11). And as I abide in Him, then I begin to bring forth much fruit. But when we speak of the persons in the Godhead distinctively, and with knowledge of what God has done and is doing, we do well to remind ourselves and one another, that the Spirit has come down and taken a special place among and in the disciples now; the consequence of which is, that He is pleased administratively (without renouncing His personal rights) to direct our hearts thus towards God the Father and the Lord Jesus. And as soon as I did, He said to me, "You didn't choose Me, I chose you,". Because happiness is in the realm of emotions, it's a variable. The result in God's sight is bad fruit. Conviction of sin is wrought in all who are born of God. 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 I'm thankful that God chose me. 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?" (50% off), Sale Price $2.34 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. They had breastplates like breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots, of many horses rushing to battle. Behold, one will fly swiftly like an eagle. The atonement would not have been what it is unless God had thus forsaken Him. But there are many--maybe they are in the majority--who never have this mystical experience. I repeat, that he who values the Master will not despise the servant; but there are many who do acknowledge their responsibility to the law of Moses without appreciating and obeying the words of Christ. It was not we who chose God, but God who, in his grace, approached us with a call and an offer made out of his love. Abide in me, and I in you. 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. This may be used, but is not the ground nor the standard when Christ is the question. To enable personalized advertising (like interest-based ads), we may share your data with our marketing and advertising partners using cookies and other technologies. I have no doubts or qualms at all about my eternal security and my salvation. To Peter, the Lord, thoroughly restoring his soul after proving him to the core, commits His sheep and lambs (His Jewish flock, as we know from elsewhere). How can God be fair when He has chosen those that are to be saved?" The gospel which most of all shows Him to be God is careful to prove Him man. There is no real difficulty, if men did not pervert Scripture into a means of self-exaltation, or cast away truth, on the other side, revolting from the frightful misuse known in popery. Therefore, as all saints from the beginning had faith, and were regenerate, so also there were spiritual ways in accordance with it. He destroys every branch in me which does not bear fruit; and he cleanses every branch which does bear fruit, so that it may bear more fruit. The wings of these cherubim extended twenty cubits, and they stood on their feet facing the main room. From apo and stello; set apart, i.e. This is my commandment, that you love one another, as I have loved you. 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