John 15:7-8 If you abide in Me and My words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it shall be done for you. In this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be My disciples. The translators didn’t do us much of a favor here. In English we…
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John 15:4-6 Abide in Me, and I will abide in you. The branch cannot itself produce fruit, unless it abides on the vine. Likewise, you cannot produce fruit unless you abide in Me. I am the vine; you are the branches. The one who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for…
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John 15:3 You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. Verse 3 kind of stands alone in speaking about being clean. All the verses before it and after it too deal with being grafted in and bearing fruit. The concept of being “clean” is understood (from the Greek context) to…
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John 15:1 I am the true vine, and My Father is the gardener. 2 Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit, He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit, He trims so that it may bear more fruit. All of a sudden, Yeshua gives us a word-picture of a vine. It seems…
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There is never pain without purpose. God never wastes pain. He always causes it to work together for our ultimate good, the good of conforming us more to the likeness of His Son (Romans 8:28-29). God never allows anyone to undergo suffering without a purpose. There is always a reason for the season, whether we …
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Matthew 5:16 In the same way, let your light shine before men so they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven. In the same way? Yes, like the description given in the previous 2 verses. You are the light of the world … cannot be hidden … (give) light to all…
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