We are about to look at John 15 which has within it a lot to say of our union with GOD the Father and His Son. There are some really good gold nuggets within however I have already shared them in other posts earlier in this very blog.
John 15:1-11, 12-17, 18-25, 26-16:4, "'I am the true vine, and My Father is the husbandman. (The word ampelos, grapevine; From amphi, around and halon, from the base of heilisso, to roll up or together; Thus a vine coiling about a support. "On the Maccabean coinage Israel was represented by a vine." Jesus is the genuine Messianic vine. Not the empty vine of Hosea 10:1 mentions. Look also at Mathew 21:33) Every branch in Me that bears not fruit Father takes away: and every branch that bears fruit, He purgers (prunes) it, that it may bring forth more fruit. Now you are clean through the word which I have spoken to you. Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; No more can you, except you abide in Me. If a man abides not in Me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; And men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you shall ask what you will, and it shall be done to you. Herein is My Father glorified, that youhave chosen you, and (this is not memorization, as the word already resides within our very being as water and blood [DNA] contains the image and likeness of Gen. 1:26-28.) bear much fruit; So shall you be My (student) disciples. As Father has loved Me, so have I loved you: continue in My Love. If you keep My commandments, you shall abide in My love; Even as I have kept Father's commandments, and abide in His Agape Love. These things have I spoken to you, that My joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.'"
John 15:12-17, "'This is My commandment, That you love one another, as I have loved you. Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. You are My friends, if you do whatsoever I command of you. Henceforth I call you not servants; For the servant knows not what his Lord does: but I have called you friends; For all things that I have heard of Father I have made known to you (The preposition para is used here, pointing to close companionship; The word gnoritso means to have thorough knowledge of.) You have not chosen Me, I have chosen you, and ordained you, that you should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever you ask of Father being in My name, He shall give it you. These things I command you, that you love one another.'"
John 15:18-25, '"If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would loves it's own: but because you are not of the world, for I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. Remember the word that I given you, 'The servant is not greater than his Lord.' If they have persecuted Me, they will also persecute you; If they have kept My words, they will keep yours also. For all these things will they do to you for My name's sake, because they know not Him that sent Me. If I had not come and spoken to them, they had not had sin: but now they have no clock for their sin. He that hates Me hates My Father also.If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now they have both seen and hated Me and Father. For this came to pass, that the word might be fulfilled (completed) that is written in their law, 'They hated Me without a cause.'"
John 15:26-16:4, '"For when the Comforter comes, Whom I will send to you from Father, even the Spirit of Truth, which proceeds from Father, He shall testify of Me: and you also shall bear witness, because you have been with Me from the beginning. These things have I spoken to you, that you should not be offended. They shall put you out of the synagogues: yes, the time comes, that whosoever kills you will think that he does God service. And these things will they do to you, because they have not known Father, not Me. For these things have I told you, that when the time comes, you may remember that I told you of them. And these things I said not to you at the beginning, because I was with you'"
As stated in the intro, there are a lot of things that could be added to bring more insight but for time and length I have not added them, as they are already within this blog posted some time ago. So with out next visit The LORD willing we shall look into John 16.
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