john 15, lord’s farewell address john 14:30 john 15:1-8, personal faithfulness 15:1, vine could...
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John 15, Lord’s farewell address
John 14:30 John 15:1-8, personal faithfulness
15:1, Vine could be connected with...
Fruit of vine,Mt.26:29
Templedecoration
Mt. Olivet vineyard
OT: true vine is not apostate Israel.Ps.80:7-8…14-17
Provision, 1
True vine . . . Father is vinedresser
Not a hireling (hired hand, doesn’t care)
Not a Pharaoh (unreasonable
demands)
Provision, 1; Peril, 2
Purity, 3-4
Clean because of the word Abide in Me . . . I in you (6, 7, 9, 10)
Provision, 1; Peril, 2; Purity, 3-4; Production, 5
Position/practice, 6-7
Abide in Him, 6 Let word abide in us, 7
Their prayer is His teachingtransformed into supplication
Provision, 1; Peril, 2; Purity, 3-4; Production, 5Position/practice, 6-7
Purpose, 8
Glorify our Father
By good works, Mt.5:16
By much fruit, Jn.15:8
1. God is lavish (Jn.10:10)
We respond w. fruit Is.5:1-7 Mt.21:33-44 Lk.13:6-9
God spared no expense They were takers, not givers
2. Power of Word, 3, 7
My words (7) make up the word (3)
Prunes fruitless & fruitful branches
TheWord
(pruning shears)
Means (v.3)
Means (v.7)
To clean fruitless / fruitful
To bearMt.13:8, 23
3. In Christ, the true vine, 4-5
OT references: Israel failed as vine
John’s light Jn.1:9 True lightManna Jn.6:32 True mannaVine Jn.15:1 True vine
In Me (15:4, 5, 6, 7)
By baptism believers are removed from the sphere of the first Adam…that of sin and death, into the sphere of the second Adam…that of righteousness and life (TDNT)
Past: in sin (Ro.6:1; 7:17)Now: walk in light (1 Jn.1:6-7)
In Me, cont’d
Business deal: “I’m in”
“He’s into magic / weird music…”
Close pers. relation in which the referent of the ‘in’-term is viewed as the controlling influence: under the control of, under the influence of… (BDAG)
Supports w. money, time, influence, etc.
He will not stay in filth
The Word prunes bad habits
Mind Pr.4:23
Gaze Mt.5:28
Touch2 Sm.13
SpeechEp.4:29
4. Bear much fruit, 5
Fruit: what something naturally produces
Appletree
GrassSeed
Youngmother
BranchIn Him?
►Behavior, Ga.5:22-23
Seen in our attitudes & actions
Gal.5:19-21, flesh Gal.5:22-23, spirit13, flesh opportunity 14, love neighbor15, consumed by hate 16, walk by Spirit
17, fleshly desires 18, led by Spirit
►Praise & practice, Hb.13:15-16
Ho.14:2, fruit of lips
Hb.7:27Jesus
Offered upLife
Hb.13:15-16ChristianOffer up
Praise/practice
Hb.13:5-6, we offer . . .
1. Through Him (our altar, 10) 2. Continually. Ep.5:203. Sacrificially. Costly, inconvenient… Dn.64. Thankfully. Confess, acknowledge5. Doing good, sharing
Work Teach Seek lost
5. Possibility of apostasy, 6.“If anyone…”
1. Not abide in Me: can leave Him (4-7).2. Cast out of Christ. Still saved? Ga.5:4.3. Withered. No longer receiving living sap.4. Gathered, thrown into fire, burned
(Mt.13:41-42). Saved?
6. How to glorify God, 8
Is God’s craving for worship like a vain woman who wants compliments? Enjoyment naturally overflows into
praise and imitation
7. How to be a disciple, 8
Lit., become A Christian never arrives in this life;
always ‘becoming’ (Ph.3) Fruitfulness proves discipleship