Feeding From Jesus

Good morning.

This morning I’d like to give you John 15:1-17. As we said in an earlier message, John was very close to Jesus and he understood the value of sitting at Jesus’ feet. Four chapters that really guide us into a close and intimate relationship with Jesus we find in John 14-17. If we want to live a godly life, these chapters give good guidance.

In the days to come we will look into it and see what we can learn from it. When you read the passage below, pray that the Lord will open your heart to see what was on His heart when He spoke these words, and then savour it, let it drench your spirit with its meaning.

The Lord said in Jeremiah 29:13: “You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart,” and in Isaiah 55:6: “Seek the Lord while he may be found; call on him while he is near.”

Enjoy John 15:

“I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. ² He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. ³ You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. ⁴ Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.

⁵ “I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. ⁶ If anyone does not remain in me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. ⁷ If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you. ⁸ This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.

⁹ “As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. ¹⁰ If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father’s commands and remain in his love. ¹¹ I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. ¹² My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. ¹³ Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. ¹⁴ You are my friends if you do what I command. ¹⁵ I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you. ¹⁶ You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit —fruit that will last. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in my name. ¹⁷ This is my command: Love each other.

Lord, please open my eyes to see what you want from me.

Thank you Lord that your Word went out from your mouth, via your servant’s pen, and it will not return to you empty, but will accomplish what you desire and achieve the purpose for which you sent it.

Please pass this on if you think others may benefit by it.