“ Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. ”
John 15. The Vine. The relation of the following Chapter s to 14 has been discussed. The Parœ mia, or parable-like discourse, reminds us of the parable or metaphor of the Good Shepherd in ch. 10. T...
whatsoever . The texts read "the things which".
14. You are my friends. He does not mean that we obtain so great an honor by our own merit, but only reminds them of the condition on which he receives us into favor, and deigns to reckon us...
Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
Greater love hath no man than this,— "My love to you is stronger than death; for I will lay down my life for you: a greater degree of love than this never existed in the world; this is the love...
Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you - `if ye hold yourselves in absolute subjection to Me.'
The True Yine. The Witness of the Comforter and of the Apostles 1-17. The allegory of the True Vine and its interpretation. The metaphor of 'the vine' was suggested by 'the fruit of the vine' whic...
Ye are my friends... — Stress is to be laid upon the pronoun, “ Ye are My friends...” “Ye are those of whom I have just spoken, and for whom I am about to give the greatest proof of love.” If ye...
XIII. NOT SERVANTS, BUT FRIENDS. "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Ye are My friends, if ye do the things which I command you. No longer do I ca...
“I Have Called You Friends” John 15:10-16 We must estimate the Father's love to Jesus before we can measure His love to us. We are told to love one another with the same love, but enabling powe...
Our Lord now uttered the great allegory of the vine. Certain words in it arrest our attention, "the vine," "the branches," "the fruit." The close interrelationship between these is emphasized, and ou...
As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. (10) If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his lo...
Ye are my friends ,.... This is an application of the foregoing passage, and more, clearly explains it. The character of "friends", is applied to the disciples of Christ; and belongs, not only to hi...
Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. Ver. 14. If ye do whatsoever, &c. ] In desire and endeavour lifting at the latch, though ye cannot open the door, and looking to both the...
Greater love To his friends, (of whom here he only speaks,) hath no man than this That is, a greater degree of love than this never existed in the world; that a man lay down his life for his fri...
THE MINISTRY OF EXHORTATION CHRIST THE TRUE VINE (vs.1-8) The Lord's ministry of comfort, or of binding up, has been seen in chapter 14. Now in chapter 15 it is that of stirring up, or of exhorta...
Christ's Love to His Disciples. 9 As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. 10 If ye keep my comm...
Our Lord presseth obedience to his commandments as a means, and indeed the only means, by which we can declare our love to Christ; and also useth a new argument to press their obedience, from his ass...
“This is what I command you (my commandment) that you love one another, just as I have loved you. Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends i...
EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES John 15:1 . True vine .—Christ and the disciples were now on the way to Gethsemane. Their passing through the vineyards, etc., surrounding the city may have sugges...
John 15:13-14 Friendship with Christ Observe: I. That the overtures of this friendship came first from Christ Himself, had their spring in considerations which could have originated with the Div...
Thus speaks the Lord Jesus: John 15:1 . I am the true vine, Many questions have been raised about which is the true Church; the Saviour answers them, «I am the true vine.» All who are united, re...
John 15:1 . I am the true vine. The vine through every age had designated the Hebrew church; here the Lord employs it to designate the Christian church, of which he is the head, and the source of...
This is My commandment, that ye love one another The great commandment of Christ I. THE LOVE OF CHRIST. Remember 1. How free it was. We did not merit it, ask for it, nor even desire it. And...
EXPOSITION John 15:1-43 (7) The parable of the vine and its branches . Incorporation of the disciples into one personality with himself . The image of the vine may have been suggeste...
The New Status of Christ's Disciples. The joy of the Christians:
1 John 5:3 ; 2 Chronicles 20:7 ; Isaiah 41:8 ; James 2:23 ; John 13:17 ; John 14:15 ; John 14:21 ; John 14:28 ; John 2:5 ; Luke 12:4 ; Matthew 12:50 ; Song of Solomon 5:1
The Holy Ghost John 15:1-15 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We are confronted with one of the great themes of Scripture. The word "Ghost" is an old English word meaning "guest." The Holy Spirit is the Holy...
Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you — On this condition, not otherwise. A thunderbolt for Antinomianism! Who then dares assert that God's love does not at all depend on man's works...