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I'm going to have you stop there, Let's pray. Heavenly Father, we pray that you would fill our hearts with wisdom and insight this morning. Help us, Lord, to lay hold of the truth of this word and the insights that it contains.
John 15:3 “You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in Me.
25 Ιαν 2015 · Christ’s true followers abide in Him as branches in the true vine and so bear much fruit. John 15 falls into three sections that reflect our priorities as a church and as individual believers. Our first priority is God-ward, and verses 1-11 focus on our relationship with Christ.
INTRODUCTION. The text of John 15 has been one of the historical battlegrounds of doctrinal interpretation. Perhaps only the passage in Hebrews 6 has been the scene of more battles between the Calvinistic and Arminian schools of interpretation concerning the matter of eternal security.
What does John 15:3 mean? This comment comes in the middle of Jesus' analogy of the vine and branches (John 15:1–2). In prior verses, He mentioned that "branches" which do not produce fruit will be cut off and burned.
6 Απρ 2018 · God cleanses our soul once for all when we become believers, but He develops us into maturity progressively (1 Jn 3:3). One is our standing and the other is our state. We know that we have salvation by Jesus’ word or promise.
Part two is devoted to an investigation of the canonical backdrop of the fruit of the vine with particular focus on the fruit of YHWH’s vineyard in Isaiah. Part three is focused on analyzing the metaphorical value of viticultural symbols in the history and culture of ancient Israel.
