(i) The world suspects people who are different. 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. The first ground is, that the only righteousness now is in Christ gone to be with the Father. But the disciples were to have the hatred of the world, of the Jew as much or more than of the Gentile. And there came a voice from above the expanse that was over their heads; whenever they stood still, they dropped their wings. His own personal glory on high is in full view, and so He speaks and acts, while the connection with the Father is always kept up. Because if you were of the world, then the world would love you. Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular. Because I have no intention of ever doing anything but abiding in Jesus Christ, and as long as I abide in Him, I am eternally secure. 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. When he had done this, he received a certificate to say that he done it. The great mark of the world is that the Father is unknown. Now, my mind immediately begins to take this truth and race with it and say, "Wait a minute! Until Jesus came men never had the opportunity really to know God; they had never fully heard his voice, and they had never seen perfectly demonstrated the kind of life he wished them to live. And I just need to hang in there, just to abide in Christ, and the natural result of abiding in Christ is my life is going to bring forth fruit. A grape branch is only good for one thing, and that's to produce grapes. (See Zechariah 12:1-14) It is not association with Christ, and He not ashamed to call us brethren, according to the position He has taken as man before His and our God and Father, but the recognition forced on Him by the marks of the cross, which drew out the confession of Christ's divine glory and Lordship. Web2 Thessalonians 2:11King James Version. 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. Not "He shall." Twice the Psalmist had said: "They hated me without a cause" ( Psalms 35:19; Psalms 69:4). In any event the world has certain characteristics, which are always part of the human situation. Persecution came to the Christians because they put Christ first. And I think, "Oh, God doesn't listen to me when I pray. Nor is it here His grace delivering souls, but, what is true along with that, the full maintenance of individual responsibility, according to the manifestation of His nature and relationship in Christ here below. 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. But He would take no independent place, any more than the Son had. I have no doubts or qualms at all about my eternal security and my salvation. but: "Is this for the good of all men?" (Ver. Why should men limit their thoughts, so as to ignore that incomparable blessing to which even in this gospel Christ was ever pointing, as the fruit of His death and of the presence of the Comforter who would bring in "that day"? "These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.". Then I looked, and behold, four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside each cherub; and the appearance of the wheels was like the gleam of a Tarshish stone. They had become objects of the hatred of the world. Exhortation follows in verses 4, 5; the results distinctively for "a man," for any one ( ) who does not abide, and for the disciples who do, are found respectively in verse 6, and in verses 7, 8. Of those that were disciples He named twelve of them apostles, but there were many others that were following Him. Christianity did bring not peace but a sword ( Matthew 10:34). And so, "Come forward if you want to see your child in heaven." The prayer of Christians is often far from this. Hence, like Jews, or even heathen, they can pray to Almighty God to bless their leagues, or their arms, their crops, their herds, or what not. He opened the way to forgiveness for past sin, and he provided the power which would enable a man to overcome sin and do the right. And so he allowed the vineyard to just go back to nature, allowed the brambles to come in and just discarded, actually, the vineyard as far as ever endeavoring or hoping to receive the fruit from it.Now, in the twenty-first chapter of Matthew's gospel, Jesus gives a parable that the Pharisees understood correctly to be addressed against them. 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. Now therefore, behold, the Lord is about to bring on them the strong and abundant waters of the Euphrates. There are three elements in Christian witness. For most of us, it will mean a constant contact with him. In verse 4 it is not, "Except I abide in you," but, "Except ye abide in me.". (i) Christian witness comes from long fellowship and intimacy with Christ. What it does mean is this--no man when he prays should think entirely of his own needs. the pelican, the carrion vulture, the cormorant. They must expect special and increasing, and, worst of all, religious hatred. (Verse 24) There was a full testimony, as we have seen already, in John 8:1-59; John 9:1-41. In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Master sitting on a thronehigh, exalted!and the train of his robes filled the Temple. A human being. But my desire is that I not only bring forth fruit, but that the fruit remains, lasting fruit. It is an instance of the humility of Christ that he is pleased to speak of himself under low and humble comparisons. And I say, "Of course I love you. 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. If they do, I'd better go in my closet and repent and ask God to forgive me! He has taken away their authority and He is taking upon Himself that position of the husbandman overseeing the vineyard. The pax Romana, the Roman peace, stretched over all the world. We read so much about keeping His commandments. Still less do branches of the vine mean the same thing as members of Christ's body, but His followers, who might even abandon Him, as some in the earliest days walked no more with Him. The true explanation is, that the gospels are written with divine design, and that here, as everywhere, John records a fact which falls in with the Spirit's object in his gospel. [2.] You could not have faith without a new nature, nor this again without the exercise practically of that which was according to God's will. And there came a voice from above the expanse that was over their heads; whenever they stood still, they dropped their wings. And as soon as I did, He said to me, "You didn't choose Me, I chose you,". I know not a more sweet and wonderful proof of how completely He was divinely superior to all circumstances. Jesus gave us this intimacy with God, so that he is no longer a distant stranger, but our close friend. Further, the wood of the vine has the curious characteristic that it is good for nothing. Ezekiel 15:1-8 likens Israel to the vine, as does Ezekiel 19:10. "Apart from me, you can do nothing." Do you suppose Matthew let it slip? 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. Their wings were spread out above; each had two touching another being, and two covering their bodies. How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God! Not so. You have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and I have appointed you to go out and to bear fruit, of such a kind that it will remain. When the cherubim departed, they lifted their wings and rose up from the earth in my sight with the wheels beside them; and they stood still at the entrance of the east gate of the Lords house, and the glory of the God of Israel hovered over them. If I take the wings of the dawn,If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea. (3.) "Thou didst bring a vine out of Egypt," sang the Psalmist, thinking of God's deliverance of his people from bondage ( Psalms 80:8). I mean, there's no value to you. Many sellers on Etsy offer personalized, made-to-order items. I kept looking until its wings were plucked, and it was lifted up from the ground and made to stand on two feet like a man; a human mind also was given to it. We talk about the Lord's prayer. This is the proof of righteousness. And so, I think that it's important that when we pray, we come to the heart of the issue. It is here that Jesus makes another of his great claims. And I did. "I am the true vine," He says. The wings of these cherubim extended twenty cubits, and they stood on their feet facing the main room. How can any man fail to be happy when he walks the ways of life with Jesus? Web24 Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images. Their wings were spread out above; each had two touching another being, and two covering their bodies. In the fourteenth chapter He said, "If you ask the Father anything in My name, I will do it, that the Father may be glorified in the Son." for without me you can do nothing ( John 15:5 ). 11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: Read full chapter. 6 If a man abide 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. Send me exclusive offers, unique gift ideas, and personalized tips for shopping and selling on Etsy. The first blessing was, Be fruitful; and it is still a great blessing. The branches of the vine are many, some on one side of the house or wall, others on the other side; yet, meeting in the root, are all but one vine; thus all good Christians, though in place and opinion distant from each other, yet meet in Christ, the centre of their unity. It is here intimated that there are many who pass for branches in Christ who yet do not bear fruit. And in the shadow of Your wings I sing for joy. John 15:9-10). That is what the Jews had done. In every way possible Christ gives us now His own portion, from the world as well as from the Father. A voice came to him, Get up, Peter, kill and eat!, But Peter said, By no means, Lord, for I have never eaten anything unholy and unclean., Again a voice came to him a second time, What God has cleansed, no longer consider unholy., Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the. And this is the fruit that God is seeking from His garden, from the church. And those people and thousands of people came forward in the Finney services and in the Finney revivals. 1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. But I wasn't persecuting her for righteousness sake, or for the Lord's sake, but because she was just a plain obnoxious person. That apple hanging on the tree is not out there struggling and striving and pushing and doing its best to get ripe. But I beseech them to consider whether they are not allowing habits and prejudices to blind them to what seems to me the mind of Christ in this grave question. See under John 14:20. Over and over again in the Old Testament, Israel is pictured as the vine or the vineyard of God. 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? By so doing, he showed that he was a loyal citizen of Rome. Verse John 15:4. 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. (3.) Jesus chose us, first to come in to him, and then to go out to the world. Many a man tells men to love each other, when his whole life is a demonstration that that is the last thing he does himself. The Spirit of God does produce this. Whenever they moved, they moved in any of their four directions without turning as they moved. There can be no effective Christian witness without this inner conviction which comes from personal intimacy with Christ. The Father, looking upon the Son as man walking here below, never found the slightest deflection; but, on the contrary, the perfect image of His own will in Him who, being the Son, made known and glorified the Father as He never was nor could be by any other. Then I lifted up my eyes and looked, and there two women were coming out with the wind in their wings; and they had wings like the wings of a stork, and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heavens. 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. They are cast forth as dry and withered branches, which are plucked off because they cumber the tree. You can't bear fruit of yourself.". Note, We have as necessary and constant a dependence upon the grace of the Mediator for all the actions of the spiritual and divine life as we have upon the providence of the Creator for all the actions of the natural life; for, as to both, it is in the divine power that we live, move, and have our being. for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh! To take the simplest example, the holiday-maker might be praying for sunshine while the farmer is praying for rain. A Mikhtam of David, when he fled from Saul in the cave. 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. This is a description of the fearful state of hypocrites that are not in Christ, and of apostates that abide not in Christ. It is interesting, though Jesus declared this new relationship no longer bondslaves, but friends, that each of the writers of the New Testament took the phrase bondslave to describe their relationship to Him. He had made known to them the Father's name, and would yet more, "that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them;" this last verse bringing into them, as it were, the Father's love, as the Son knew it, which was the secret source of all the blessing and glory, and Christ Himself in them, whose life by the Spirit was the sole nature capable of enjoying all. Abide in me, and I in you. Now He's beginning to talk about the fruit. And every right thing I have ever prayed for, God had determined to give it to me before I ever asked. Surely, if I could think that way, I would make different decisions than I often make. But where there is not a life exercised in self-judgment and in enjoyment of Christ. For You have been my help,And in the shadow of Your wings I sing for joy. But as it is there cannot be a more painful proof of their own state. "And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee; for my strength is made perfect in weakness. 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. Still, the trial was made under the most adverse circumstances; and He who, though God Himself, was at the same time man, walked as man perfectly, as truly as He was perfect man; and thus the Father's love rested governmentally upon Him fully, unwaveringly, absolutely in all His ways. They have authority from God to retain or to remit sins not at all as a question of eternal forgiveness, but administratively or in discipline. Finally, we must note that here there are two things laid down about the good disciple. Gathered round Christ, the disciples were called on by Christ to love one another. Here it is the Jews insist He ought by their law to die, because He made Himself the Son of God. . From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. It appears to me that the Lord Jesus Himself clearly sets forth the new thing at the highest value, which no general reasonings of men ought to weaken in the least. But, "In His presence," the Bible says, "is fullness of joy, and at His right hand there are pleasures forevermore" ( Psalms 16:11 ). Like an eagle that flies toward the heavens. I've got that underlined with a bold underline in my Bible. It is I who am the true vine. 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 And I have no intention of doing anything else.Jesus said. At first they confined it to the excitable Asiatics of Asia Minor, but soon it spread everywhere. He did not present abiding and not abiding as white and black categories, as being either completely in or completely out of fellowship. Ye are the branches." their wings touched one another; their faces did not turn when they moved, each went straight forward. And if it doesn't do that, it really isn't good for anything else; it's not good firewood. And He appeared on the wings of the wind. Second, he provided the remedy for sin; and he did that in a double sense. So, at that point, they left the upper room. By giving heed to the Word of God" ( Psalms 119:9 ). If you're bearing fruit, you're purged, that you might bring forth more fruit. You know, there are ten speed bikes, there are cruisers, and there are all kinds of bikes." The reason why they cannot bear this farther truth is because it condemns them. As He says here: "If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. It was because the mob believed certain slanderous things about the Christians. Let us take a human analogy. He hath planted, and watered, and gives the increase; for we are God's husbandry,1 Corinthians 3:9. Do you go after some other thing or person in order to bear fruit? The Holy Ghost, sent thus from above, would bear witness of the Son in heaven; but the disciples also would bear witness of what they knew when He was upon the earth, because they had been with Him from the beginning ( i.e. He dwells with the children of God. 40 Let us examine our ways and test them, and let us return to the LORD. But it has all happened that the word which stands written in their law might be fulfilled--'They have hated me without a cause.'". And yet, you ask them, "Why do hate Jesus so much?" It is easy to see how men could think of that spirit of Rome symbolized in the Emperor. WebClarke's Commentary. Therefore also said the wisedome of God, I wil send them Prophets and Apostles, and some of them they shal slay and persecute:- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan"For this reason also the wisdom of God said, 'I will send to them prophets and apostles, and {some} of them they will kill and {some} they will persecute,- New American Standard Version (1995)Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send unto them prophets and apostles; and `some' of them they shall kill and persecute;- American Standard Version (1901)For this reason the wisdom of God has said, I will send them prophets and teachers, and to some of them they will give death and cruel pains;- Basic English BibleFor this reason also the wisdom of God has said, I will send to them prophets and apostles, and of these shall they kill and drive out by persecution,- Darby BibleTherefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will slay and persecute: - Webster's BibleFor this reason also the Wisdom of God has said, `I will send Prophets and Apostles to them, of whom they will kill some and persecute others,'- Weymouth BibleTherefore also the wisdom of God said, 'I will send to them prophets and apostles; and some of them they will kill and persecute,- World English BibleTherfor the wisdom of God seide, Y schal sende to hem profetis and apostlis, and of hem thei schulen sle and pursue,- Wycliffe Biblebecause of this also the wisdom of God said: I will send to them prophets, and apostles, and some of them they shall kill and persecute,- Youngs Literal Bible. "I have chosen you," he said, "to send you out." Alas! It is true that there is a mystical sense in which the Christian is in Christ and Christ is in the Christian. All this was found in its fulness and apparent perfection in Israel; but it was now discovering its utter hopeless hollowness and antagonism to the mind of God; and this was manifested, as we shall find later on in this chapter, in their causeless hatred of the Father and the Son. It cleanses as fire cleanses the gold from its dross, and as physic cleanses the body from its disease. If God has chosen some, then that isn't fair to the others. But there are many--maybe they are in the majority--who never have this mystical experience. Jesus is a prophet without honor in his own country. 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. (Verse 11) In John we have the truth, without waiting for what will be manifest. If you're not bearing fruit, cut off. I believe that I am eternally secure, as long as I abide in Jesus Christ. 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. (d) Prayer must never be selfish. Apply it to all believers. I'm blessed that God chose me! Matthew 20:1-16; Matthew 21:23-41; Mark 12:1-9; Luke 13:6-9; Luke 20:9-16). A Mikhtam of David, when he fled from Saul in the cave.Be gracious to me, O God, be gracious to me,For my soul takes refuge in You;And in the shadow of Your wings I will take refugeUntil destruction passes by. If I had not come and spoken unto them, they would not have had sin; but now they have no cloak for their sin ( John 15:22 ). In John 21:1-25, the appended scene is the fishing. What makes it the more remarkable is the contrast with Mary Magdalene in the previous verses, who is the type of the Christian taken out of Judaism, and no longer admitted to Jewish contact with the Messiah, but witnesses of Him in ascension. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org, Then he shall tear it by its wings, but shall not sever it. But this dreadful hopeless hatred, evil as it was, ought not to surprise one who believes the word of God; it was, "that the word might be fulfilled which was written in their law, They hated me without a cause." And the importance of the branch abiding in the vine, and this relationship, is going to be stressed here by Jesus Christ in the next few verses. It occurs 11 times in this chapter and 27 times in Johns epistles, where John expounded Jesus teaching on this subject further. The appearance of the wheels and their workmanship was like sparkling beryl, and all four of them had the same form, their appearance and workmanship being as if one wheel were within another. Abide in me even as I abide in you. "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. Christians were indeed persecuted because of the name of Christ. And knowledge brings responsibility, always. Scandal; probably from a derivative of kampto; a trap-stick, i.e. As for the likeness of their faces, they were the same faces whose appearance I had seen by the river Chebar. It was an enemy of the Father and of them, but an enemy overcome of Him. Second, he brings glory to God; the sight of his life turns men's thoughts to the God who made him like that. 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. Acts 4:8-12; Acts 5:32). The Master thereon warns them of that hour, even then come in spirit, when His rejection should prove their dispersion deserted, yet not alone, "because the Father is with me." It is always John's way to see things in terms of black and white. King James Version (KJV). The gospel which most of all shows Him to be God is careful to prove Him man. And Jesus says: "I have something greater for you yet, you are no longer slaves; you are friends." "That your Father may," not shall, "your Father may give it to you." On the basis of these words, it was not difficult to disseminate amongst ignorant people, prepared to believe the worst, the story that the Christians' private meal was based on cannibalism. How often I wanted to gather your children together, the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were unwilling. 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