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Jesus’ time had come to suffer and die
Jesus knew that his disciples could no longer follow him because he was departing from the world to the Father (vv.1&3)
Jesus knew his departure will throw his disciples into turmoil: fear, frustration, sorrow
because he deeply loved them he spent a great deal of time with them at his last Passover reassuring them, encouraging them, exhorting them
Bible Truth: Jesus loves his disciples completely: with all of his love, for all of their lives, for all eternity.
(John 13:1)
demonstrated that love in his washing their feet
as we come to chapter 15 Jesus and his disciples have left the upper room and are walking together to the Garden of Gethsemane
as they are walking Jesus exhorts them over and over again not to leave him but to abide in him
he told them at the Supper that their faith would be severely tested
so great was the testing that Peter denied Jesus not once but 3x
abide occurs 10x in 15:1-11
abide = remain
Judas left the Supper to betray Jesus to his enemies
though he was a disciple, I believe Judas’ true love was money
for 3 years he had served both Jesus and this secret idol
in the end he was confronted with an irresistible opportunity to make a quick buck
in that moment he chose money over his Saviour (Mt 6)
Judas betrayed Jesus and Peter would deny him
Jesus knew full well that the rest of his disciples would also be tempted to abandon him and his teaching
Life Lesson: we easily over estimate how devoted we are to Christ.
Parable of the soils indicates that persecution and the love of money and the cares of life cause some to turn away (1 Tim 6:10)
1 Jn 2:15 - if anyone loves the world the love of the Father is not in him
Mt 6:24 - cannot serve 2 masters
call to self-examination in 2 Cor 13:5 & 2 Pet 1:10-11
along the way Jesus sees a grapevine and uses to illustrate his teaching
Jesus is the vine, the Father is the Vinedresser and the branches are those joined to Christ
the Father is very concerned about all who are with Christ
there are 2 kinds of people connected to Christ, those who bear fruit and those who do not
the Father prunes the fruit bearing branches so that they bear more fruit
his word and troubles, trials, discipline are his pruning tools
the Father cuts off non-fruit bearing branches and casts them into the fire
he removes followers of Christ who do not bear fruit
he does it in this life through the same troubles, trials that true believers face
Life Lesson: Troubles, trials and afflictions which drive true believers to Christ drive false ones away.
he will do it at the last day when all who do not believe are cast into the Lake of Fire
Judas was a non-fruit bearing branch
though he was with Christ he was not vitally attached to him and was cut off
Life Lesson: there are many in the church today who have joined themselves to Christ but have no vital attachment to him.
compare 15:2 with 15:4,5: “every branch in me” vs. “abide in me and I in you”
it’s not enough to abide in Christ, he must abide in us
his words abide in us (v.7)
we keep his commandments (v.10)
the blessings of fruit bearing believers (they are also marks of true believers)
1.
They are truly saved (15:3)
you are clean (see 13:10)
their sins have all been forgiven
“because of the word that I have spoken to you”
note the emphasis is on Christ’s work
example of Creation being spoken into existence by the Word of God
out of nothing God created everything by the word of his power
when a sinner repents and believes something happened before
Bible Truth: A person repents and believes after Christ speaks life into that person.
(Eph 2:1-2)
this is a blessing because my salvation does not depend on my but on Christ
2. They are fruitful (15:5)
they are focused on glorifying God rather than self
they are growing in righteousness rather than satisfying the passions of their flesh
the fruits of the Spirit are becoming more and more prominent in their lives (Eph 5:22-23 - love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control)
3. Answered Prayer
“ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you”
on the surface an amazing promise - “anything”
name it and claim it prosperity false teachers
if you don’t have it your faith is weak
we know this isn’t a blank cheque for whatever we want
we’ve all asked for things, some of them very good, that have not been done for us
Jesus himself asked that the suffering of the cross be taken away from him
Jesus’ prayer that was answered: “not my will by yours be done”
the question then is, what kind of promise is this?
must see that there is a condition attached to the promise
a conditional statement: “if you shovel the driveway I will give you $20”
you know that you don’t get the $20 unless you do the shovelling
in this passage,
There are 2 conditions to Christ’s promise: first, abide in me and second, my words abide in you.
abide = remain
we are to remain in Christ and his words are to remain in us
"abide in me”
note the “abide in me” phrases and compare to vv. 9-10
Life Lesson: To abide in Christ is to abide in his love and we abide in his love by keeping his commands.
keeping Christ’s commands results in abiding in Christ’s love
cannot keep Christ’s commands unless you know what they are
cannot know what they are unless you know what he has said
what Jesus said is recorded in the Word
Jesus is our example of abiding
abiding in Christ restated in another way:
context the feeding of the 5000 and Jesus’ teaching “I am the bread of life”
Life Lesson: We are to constantly feed on Christ, who is the living Word.
(John 1)
other examples of what it means to abide in Christ:
requires us to study the life of Christ
doesn’t live in habitual sin
daily battling with our sinful desires
active vs passive in regard to sin
by actively loving one another we know we abide
a demonstration of the indwelling HS
“my words abide in you”
“if you abide (remain) in my word”
holding on, not letting go, not forgetting, not ignoring, staying away from false teachers
remember the attitude of a slave: if he was to do the will of his master he had to know what said and let none of his words fall away
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