They fly like an eagle swooping down to devour. From a vine we look for grapes (Isaiah 5:2), and from a Christian we look for Christianity; this is the fruit, a Christian temper and disposition, a Christian life and conversation, Christian devotions and Christian designs. Now when the cherubim moved, the wheels would go beside them; also when the cherubim lifted up their wings to rise from the ground, the wheels would not turn from beside them. (iii) Christian witness issues in outward testimony. And my hand reached to the riches of the peoples like a nest. Now over the heads of the living beings there was something like an expanse, like the awesome gleam of crystal, spread out over their heads. It was a word in Psalms 69:1-36. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in Me. . This was not simply as God, but rather as the Man Christ Jesus here below. But when he kicked over the traces and went off on his own, he fell. The cherubim shall have their wings spread upward, covering the mercy seat with their wings and facing one another; the faces of the cherubim are to be turned toward the mercy seat. It is in fact dangerous to be good. Even the king of Assyria and all his glory; And it will rise up over all its channels and go over all its banks. "This is my commandment." And everybody would turn to see who she was talking to, including myself. But it wasn't very deep. Though attached to it, they receive no life from it. Good news! At certain times of the year, it was laid down by the law, the people must bring offerings of wood to the Temple for the altar fires. (Verses 15-17), And truly they would need the love of one another, as Christ loved them. But he was often very forceful, and as a result, very obnoxious. Prayer is consenting for God to do what He is wanting to do, that God may give to me those things that He desires.Now again, Jesus emphasizes the importance of love. Such were the causes of hatred in the early days. From verse 15 to the end is the deep personal dealing of our Lord with Peter; also John's place. The friends of the king were those who had the closest and the most intimate connection with him. Let them be comforted, then, as surely they would if they rightly thought of His Father's presence. I do not mean that we have no allusion to His ascent or presence there; for we have seen that there is here some such allusion, especially when the Holy Ghost replaces Him here, and we shall have it repeatedly in what follows. And you wonder, "Well, what happened?" Matthew depicts Him as the suffering Messiah, according to psalms and prophets; Mark, as the rejected Servant and Prophet of God; Luke, as the perfect and obedient Son of man, who shrank from no trial either for soul or body, but even on the cross prayed for His enemies, filling a poor sinner's heart with the good news of salvation, and committing His spirit with unwavering confidence to His Father. Thomas, then, represents the slow mind of unbelieving Israel, seeing the Lord after the present cycle of time is completely over. Of course it is right and of God to hold fast all He gave at any time; but if there be real faith, it will be found out ere long that the Holy Ghost has before Him the present need for the Lord's glory in the Church; and those that have real confidence in His power will not merely hold fast the old but accept the new, in order so much the more to walk in communion with Him who ever watches and works for the name of Christ and the blessing of His saints. I don't worry about, "Oh, is God going to save me or not, or will I make it in the last day?" He came to His own and His own received Him not." It has been called the Lord's Prayer. Now, if you were of the world, the world would love you; but because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hates you ( John 15:19 ). Of those that were disciples He named twelve of them apostles, but there were many others that were following Him. It's just a natural function. 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. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole. Those who bear no fruit are like the dead branches of a vine. The wheels were called in my hearing, the whirling wheels. Moreover the verb "abide" (Gr. The promise made to the fruitful: He purgeth them, that they may bring forth more fruit. Suetonius gad spoken of "a race of men who belong to a new and evil superstition." So every branch that doesn't bear fruit, He takes away. It is a picture of the assembly that was about to be formed at Pentecost and this is the assembly's function. And so, He is the one that is overseeing the vineyard directly. The disciples accordingly, having received this grace in Christ, were called into a like path with Him, the epistle here below of Christ who is above. In this case Jesus meant that if His clean (i.e., saved) disciples abode in Him He would abide in them. Were there faith, the Holy Ghost would be in their midst; but the world does not believe. In the close ofJohn 16:25-33; John 16:25-33, the Lord puts, with perfect plainness, both their coming position in His name, and as immediate objects of the Father's affection, and His own place as coming from and going to the Father, above all promise and dispensation. Matthew and Mark both give our Lord saying, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Masculine Plural. Psalm 147:9 tells us that God is concerned for all His creation, including the animals He created: He provides food for the cattle and for the young ravens when they call.. That's why the Lord doesn't promise happiness; it might not last. Youll see ad results based on factors like relevancy, and the amount sellers pay per click. You say, "Well, then it would be better if I had never heard." Christ offers an intimacy with God which not even the greatest men knew before he came into the world. They'll be laughing and just screaming with gales of laughter, and then suddenly, they'll look real sober, their little lip will go out, and they'll begin to puddle-up and cry. And each went straight forward; wherever the spirit was about to go, they would go, without turning as they went. (4.) Fire is the fittest place for withered branches, for they are good for nothing else, Ezekiel 15:2-4. Not because you're just an obnoxious person. (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. Christianity is apolitical. It is a peculiarly American thing nowadays that Christianity has been curated by politics and has become part of the po 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. Seraphim stood above Him, each having six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. The Lord applies this truth particularly: "Already ye are clean through the word that I have spoken to you. In John 15:1-27 our Lord substitutes Himself for Israel, as the plant of God, responsible to bear fruit for Him on earth (not merely for man, as such, openly sinful and lost). As they allow the Father to remove the hindrances of sin from their lives, they will bear even more fruit (John 15:1-5). But the two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman, so that she could fly into the wilderness to her place, where she *was nourished for a time and times and half a time, from the presence of the serpent. As John saw it, they had only done what it was foretold they would do. The Jews did and do look for Him; but when He came, they would not have Him. And if it doesn't do that, it really isn't good for anything else; it's not good firewood. A man hardly starts to speak before we know whether or not he really believes what he is saying. "Now you are clean, through the Word which I have spoken unto you.". From aggello; a messenger; especially an 'angel'; by implication, a pastor. I believe this is the best interpretation. and for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the model of the chariot, even the cherubim that spread out their wings and covered the ark of the covenant of the. Now, many times I get frustrated with God because He doesn't follow my directions. We can witness for Christ only when we have been with him. And the priest shall offer it up in smoke on the altar on the wood which is on the fire; it is a burnt offering, an offering by fire of a soothing aroma to the. He will cherish every expression of God's mind; he will find guidance in the law, the prophets, the psalms everywhere; and so much the more where there is the fullest revelation of Christ Himself. In the midst of the living beings there was something that looked like burning coals of fire, like torches darting back and forth among the living beings. May we spend more time in the Word; less time with television and other fleshly distractions, and more time with Him, learning of Him, receiving from Him, growing in Him. 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. I've got that underlined with a bold underline in my Bible. But He has given to you that capacity of choice and He will not violate your choice, and He will not work against your will. Don't I bring the food home for dinner? So often real prayer must be, not that God would send us the things we wish, but that he would make us able to accept the things he wills. Who can honestly, or at least intelligently, deny it? 7 Fear God, he shouted. They would call no man "Lord" except Jesus Christ. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; so neither can ye, except ye abide in me. (2.) Such a demand was right and seasonable for a man in the flesh for a Jew especially; but it could not suffice for the heart of a Christian, and, in fact, he who denies this, quarrels with the Lord's own words. Why? He rode upon a cherub and flew;And He sped upon the wings of the wind. 3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. So, at that point, they left the upper room. Why? It is true that there is a mystical sense in which the Christian is in Christ and Christ is in the Christian. Now again, He comes back to the subject of prayer and prayer to the Father in His name. He said, "It's a good thing that God chose me before I was born, because He never would have chosen me afterwards." We must keep contact with the fine thing in order to defeat the evil thing. Here was the unifying principle which was needed. It occurs 11 times in this chapter and 27 times in Johns epistles, where John expounded Jesus teaching on this subject further. The Father, the Son and the Spirit. "Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. And what is that which God uses to cleanse the church? If they do, I'd better go in my closet and repent and ask God to forgive me! 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"? They do not like to hear, save of eternal love of the elect; and certainly, if this were weakened or denied, they might have reason to resent it. Further fruitfulness is the blessed reward of forward fruitfulness. There is a distinct line of truth in the two cases. "I have chosen you," he said, "to send you out." He takes the place of that which most put itself forward as being according to God here below. (Verse 25) There is nothing that so demonstrates man's total alienation and enmity. Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you." WebLuke 11:49 Because of this, the wisdom of God said, 'I will send them prophets and apostles; some of them they will kill and others they will persecute.'. A comparison would usually contain "as" rather than "and." I wonder, "When will that truth really sink into my heart?" (1.) It is religious persecution. John shows us, in Mary Magdalene contrasted with the woman of Galilee, the difference between the Christian and the Jew. Here the Lord presents Himself as the only source, not of life, as elsewhere, but of fruit-bearing for disciples, or His professed followers. Do you suppose Matthew let it slip? And, in fact, the Lord has done the contrary; for He gave the disciples a prayer on principles of everlasting truth, but not anticipating that which His death and resurrection brought to view. You can't bear fruit of yourself.". The wheels were called in my hearing, the whirling wheels. This is my commandment, that you love one another, as I have loved you. Here Christ discourses concerning the fruit, the fruits of the Spirit, which his disciples were to bring forth, under the similitude of a vine. What is meant by that? 325.] Finally, we must note that here there are two things laid down about the good disciple. That God would erase all of the bitterness or animosities or hard feelings or whatever we might feel towards our brethren in the Lord, and that we would be obedient tonight to the commandment of Jesus Christ, and truly love one another even as He loved us. Be assured this is no secondary matter, and that traditional views slight unwittingly the infinite efficacy and value of what Christ has wrought, the results of which the Holy Ghost was sent down to apply to our souls. As I abide in Him, His Word abides in me. And then, I'm going to present to Him my solutions that I want Him to work out for me. It gives us confidence in prayer. . Luke gives us, "Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit," because there the perfect man never abandons His perfect reliance on God. [2.] When Christ returns, He will gather His own to Himself, as inJohn 14:1-31; John 14:1-31. And those gates had upon them the carved clusters of grapes, by which God declared His purpose for the nation Israel, that it be a fruitful vine and bear fruit for God. Evidently god sent them without wings so we wouldnt know they are angels. And there came a voice from above the expanse that was over their heads; whenever they stood still, they dropped their wings. for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers. Whenever they moved, they moved in any of their four directions without turning as they moved. And the priest shall offer it up in smoke on the altar on the wood which is on the fire; it is a burnt offering, an offering by fire of a soothing aroma to the Lord. At the same time there is also the conviction of which the Lord speaks: the Holy Ghost, when He is come, will convince the world of sin. 4.Abide in me. You are pruned. Men gather them. (Compare 2 Thessalonians 1:10). As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me." There a great deal of the world's religion ends. To him there are two great entities--the Church and the world. And He declares. He did not choose us to live a life retired from the world, but to represent him in the world. How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God!And the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings. Some there are a little sensitive on these subjects. Each one had four faces and each one four wings, and beneath their wings was the form of human hands. These were the charges which were spread about the Christians with the help of the Jews. Who could say, "It is finished," except Jesus in John? Tacitus spoke of the people "hated for their crimes, whom the mob call Christians." And I might sit down and write you out a check for ten thousand dollars and hand it you and say, "Here!" And you go away just so happy, saying, "Oh, oh, oh, great," laughing all the way to the bank, until you try to cash the check. Les rcepteurs DAB+ : postes, tuners et autoradios Les oprateurs de radio, de mux et de diffusion. When He returns, it is to judge man; but as far as concerns the offer of blessing to man in a living Christ, it is gone for ever. 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. THE WORLD'S HATRED ( John 15:18-21 continued). Such were their faces. As for the form of their faces, each had the face of a man; all four had the face of a lion on the right and the face of a bull on the left, and all four had the face of an eagle. Some of them are lovely fruit-bearing branches of himself; others are useless because they bear no fruit. 12) Loving one's neighbour was not the point now; nor is it so here. In the Greek it reads, "I am the vine, the true." Anyone who is different, who wears different clothes, who has different ideas, is automatically suspect. But the disciples were to have the hatred of the world, of the Jew as much or more than of the Gentile. Typically, orders of $35 USD or more (within the same shop) qualify for free standard shipping from participating Etsy sellers. As already remarked, the application of this to life everlasting only induces contradiction. The Lord, then, has in view those who then surrounded Him, already branches in the vine, and, of course, in principle, all that should follow, including those that would nominally, and at first to all appearance really, abandon Israel and all things for Him. Christianity did bring not peace but a sword ( Matthew 10:34). The guy was very forceful.There was an interesting study made after Moody's campaigns. and the ostrich and the owl and the sea gull and the hawk in its kind. And finally, he said, "I will send my only son; surely they will honor him." And they'll cleanse them in order that the fruit might ripen to perfection. Unfruitful professors are unfaithful professors; professors, and no more. He stood for Rome; he embodied Rome; the spirit of Rome found its home in him. It was because the mob believed certain slanderous things about the Christians. And so, they're just lying across the ground, only propped up by a rock on the one end. I admit that, being such an One, there could be no failure. Thus everywhere there is absolute opposition between the world and the Father, expressed morally when the Son was here, and proved now that the Spirit is come. their wings touched one another; their faces did not turn when they moved, each went straight forward. But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth ( John 15:26 ), Again, notice that how often Jesus in these last words with His disciples is tying together the relationship with the Father, the Son and the Spirit, and is making reference to the three. All things that offend.--Literally, all stumbling-blocks; the word being explained by the clause that follows as including all that work iniquity. 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. The doctrine of this similitude; what notion we ought to have of it. When one of the citizens was asked why he had voted for his banishment, he answered: "Because I am tired of hearing him always called the Just." Whenever he was tempted to carry out a bit of sharp practice, he would rush into the back room and look at the photograph and the temptation was defeated. Within it there were figures resembling four living beings. Then the cherubim lifted up their wings with the wheels beside them, and the glory of the God of Israel hovered over them. Surely if you've been chosen, it doesn't. And so, we are told not to love the world, but we are also being told here that the world isn't going to love us. Send me exclusive offers, unique gift ideas, and personalized tips for shopping and selling on Etsy. . Doulos ( G1401) , the slave, the servant of God was no title of shame; it was a title of the highest honour. I said, Oh, that I had wings like a dove!I would fly away and be at rest. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. So shall we be Christ's disciples indeed, approving ourselves so, and making it to appear that we are really what we call ourselves. [Note: Morris, p. And they become irrational. When you set your eyes on it, it is gone.For wealth certainly makes itself wingsLike an eagle that flies toward the heavens. It was no light matter, but one of much seriousness; and surely, therefore, if a man did thus come out from all that claimed his affections and conscience, from his religion; in short, if a man came out at the cost of every thing, finding most of all foes in those of his own household, there was that which presumed sincerity of conduct, but had still to be proved. Let us take a human analogy. Afterwards there is another characteristic scene, the blending of the most perfect human affection with His divine glory He confides His mother to the disciple whom He loved. And each went straight forward; wherever the spirit was about to go, they would go, without turning as they went. 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