| › 1. The Vine - I am the True Vine--John 15.1
All earthly things are the shadows of heavenly realities--the expression, in created, visible forms, of the invisible ...read |
| › 2. The Husbandman - And My Father is the Husbandman--John 15.1
A vine must have a husbandman to plant and watch over it, to receive and rejoice in its fruit. Jesus say ...read |
| › 3. The Branch - Every Branch in me that Beareth Not Fruit, He taketh It away--John 15.2
Here we have one of the chief words of the parable--branch. A vine needs br ...read |
| › 4. The Fruit - Every Branch in me That Beareth Not Fruit, He Taketh It Away--John 15.2
Fruit.--This is the next great word we have: the Vine, the Husbandman, the ...read |
| › 5. More Fruit - And Every Branch That Beareth Fruit, He Cleanseth, That it May Bear More Fruit--John 15.2
The thought of fruit is so prominent in the eye of Him wh ...read |
| › 6. The Cleansing - Every Branch That Beareth Fruit, He Cleanseth It, That It May Bear More Fruit--John 15.2
There are two remarkable things about the vine. There is n ...read |
| › 7. The Pruning Knife - Already Ye Are Clean Because of the Word I Have Spoken Unto You--John 15.3
What is the pruning knife of this heavenly Husbandman? It is often said ...read |
| › 8. Abide - Abide in Me, and I in You--John 15.4
When a new graft is placed in a vine and it abides there, there is a twofold process that takes place. The fir ...read |
| › 9. Except Ye Abide - As the Branch Cannot Bear Fruit of Itself, Except It Abide In the Vine; No More Can Ye, Except Ye Abide in Me--John 15.4
We know the meaning of the ...read |
| › 10. The Vine - I am The Vine, Ye Are The Branches--John 15.5
In the previous verse Christ had just said: "Abide in me." He had then announced the great unalterabl ...read |
| › 11. Ye The Branches - I Am The Vine, Ye Are the Branches--John 15.5
Christ had already said much of the branch; here He comes to the personal application: "Ye are the br ...read |
| › 12. Much Fruit - He That Abideth in Me, and I in Him, the Same Bringeth Forth Much Fruit--John 15.5
Our Lord had spoken of fruit, more fruit. He now adds the though ...read |
| › 13. You Can Do Nothing - Apart From Me Ye Can Do Nothing--John 15.5
In everything the life of the branch is to be the exact counterpart of that of the Vine. Of Himself Jesu ...read |
| › 14. Withered Branches - 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--John ...read |
| › 15. Whatsoever Ye Will - If Ye Abide in Me, and My Words Abide in You, Ask Whatsoever Ye Will, and it Shall be Done Unto You--John 15.7
The Whole place of the branch in the ...read |
| › 16. If Ye Abide - If Ye Abide in Me, and My Words, Abide in You, Ask Whatsoever Ye Will, and it Shall be Done Unto You--John 15.7
The reason the Vine and its branche ...read |
| › 17. The Father Glorified - Herein is My Father Glorified, that Ye Bear Much Fruit--John 15.8
How can we glorify God? Not by adding to His glory or bringing Him any new glory ...read |
| › 18. True Disciples - Herein is My Father Glorified, that Ye Bear Much Fruit: So Shall Ye Be My Disciples--John 15.8
And are those who do not bear much fruit not discipl ...read |
| › 19. The Wonderful Love - Even as the Father Hath Loved Me, I Also Have Loved you--John 15.9
Here Christ leaves the language of parable, and speaks plainly out of the Father ...read |
| › 20. Abide In My Love - Even as the Father Hath Loved Me, I Also Have Loved You: Abide Ye in My Love--John 15.9
Abide in My love--We speak of a man's home as his abode. Ou ...read |
| › 21. Obey And Abide - If Ye Keep My Commandments, Ye Shall Abide In My Love--John 15.10
In our former meditation reference was made to the entrance into a life of rest a ...read |
| › 22. Ye, Even As I - If Ye Keep My Commandments, Ye Shall Abide in My Love, Even as I have Kept My Father's Commandments, and Abide in His Love--John 15.10
We have had ...read |
| › 23. Joy - These Things Have I Spoken Unto You, That My Joy May Be in You, and That Your Joy May Be Fulfilled--John 15.11
If any one asks the question, "How c ...read |
| › 24. Love One Another - This is My Commandment, That Ye Love One Another--John 15.12
God is love. His whole nature and perfection is love, living not for Himself, but to d ...read |
| › 25. Even As I Have Loved You - This is My Commandment, That Ye Love One Another, Even as I Have Loved You--John 15.12
This is the second time our Lord uses the expression--Even a ...read |
| › 26. Christ's Friendship: Its Origin - Greater Love Hath No Man Than This, That a Man Lay Down His Life for His Friends--John 15.13
In the three following verses our Lord speaks of His r ...read |
| › 27. Christ's Friendship: Its Evidence - Ye Are My Friends, if Ye Do the Things Which I Command You--John 15.14
Our Lord has said what He gave as proof of His friendship: He gave His life ...read |
| › 28. Christ's Friendship: Its Intimacy - No Longer Do I Call You Servants; for the Servant Knoweth Not What His Lord Doeth: But I Have Called You Friends; for All Things That I Heard From My ...read |
| › 29. Election - Ye Did Not Choose Me, But I Chose You, and Appointed You That Ye Should Go and Bear Fruit--John 15.16
The branch does not choose the vine, or decid ...read |
| › 30. Abiding Fruit - I Chose You, and Appointed You, That Ye Should Go and Bear Fruit, and That Your Fruit Should Abide--John 15.16
There are some fruits that will not ...read |
| › 31. Prevailing Prayer - I Appointed You That Ye Should Go and Bear Fruit, and That Your Fruit Should Abide: That Whatsoever Ye Shall Ask of the Father in My Name, He May Give ...read |
