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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 15:7

Verse 7 7.If you abide in me. Believers often feel that they are starved, and are very far from that rich fatness which is necessary for yielding abundant fruit. For this reason it is expressly added, whatever those who are in Christ may need, there is a remedy provided for their poverty, as soon as they ask it from God. This is a very useful admonition; for the Lord often suffers us to hunger, in order to train us to earnestness in prayer. But if we fly to him, we shall never want what we ask,... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 15:8

Verse 8 8.In this my Father is glorified This is a confirmation of the former statement; for he shows that we ought not to doubt that God will listen to the prayers of his people, when they desire to be rendered fruitful; for this contributes very greatly to his glory. But by this end or effect he likewise kindles in them the desire of doing good; for there is nothing which we ought to value more highly than that the name of God may be glorified by us. To the same effect is the latter clause,... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 15:9

Verse 9 9.As the Father hath loved me. He intended to express something far greater than is commonly supposed; for they who think that he now speaks of the sacred love of God the Father, which he always had towards the Son, philosophize away from the subject; for it was rather the design of Christ to lay, as it were, in our bosom a sure pledge of God’s love towards us. That abstruse inquiry, as to the manner in which the Father always loved himself in the Son, has nothing to do with the present... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 15:10

Verse 10 10.If you keep my commandments. He points out to us the method of perseverance. his, to follow where he calls, for, as Paul says, They who are in Christ walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit, (Romans 8:1.) For these two things are continually united, that faith which perceives the undeserved love of Christ toward us, and a good conscience and newness of life. And, indeed, Christ does not reconcile believers to the Father, that they may indulge in wickedness... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 15:1

The vine of the Lord of hosts ( Psalms 80:1-19 .) brought forth wild grapes ( Isaiah 5:1-30 ., Ezekiel 19:10 ); Israel became " an empty vine" ( Hosea 10:1 ). The failure of Israel to realize the ideal leads our Lord, as the true Israel of God, to say, I am the veritable (or, ideal ) vine , including (as the context shows) in the idea of his complete Personality all the branches that derive their life from him. I with the branches, I involving my relation to the branches, and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 15:1

The vine and the Husbandman. I. CHRIST AS THE TRUE VINE . We have here: 1. The idea of an importation . It is a foreign vine, and not indigenous to this soil; for it is the "true vine," and whatever is absolutely true must come from the other side, from the sphere where all is absolutely true and real. This world lost its truth when it severed itself by sin from heaven. Then this plant withered, and would not grow; but God left not the earth, but opened a new... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 15:1-2

The Divine vinedresser. This is one of several passages in our Lord's discourses in which he designates his Father a Husbandman, a Householder, a vine-dresser. Such similitudes are helpful to us in arriving at an understanding of the relations of the Father both to our Savior and to ourselves. I. THE DIVINE HUSBANDMAN 'S CARE OF THE VINE AND THE VINEYARD . 1. He plants the vine. That is to say, he appoints that his own beloved Son shall assume our human nature,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 15:1-6

The vine and the branches. I. THE STATEMENT OF CONNECTION BETWEEN JESUS AND HIS PEOPLE . The connection is neither nominal nor artificial; it is a living union. The life of our Lord goes out to us every day. He is full of the noblest life—that which is nourished and developed by Divine love; and because he lives, we are to live also. There is to be the most entire community of life between Jesus and us; his affairs are our affairs, and our affairs are his affairs. He is... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 15:1-8

The vine and the branches. This discourse of our Lord had relation to the new position of the disciples that would be created by his departure. I. THE NATURE OF THE NEW SITUATION CREATED BY PENTECOST . "I am the true vine, and my Father is the Husbandman." 1. Christ is the true and essential Life of his people . He lives in his people by his Spirit. He is at once the Root and the Stock from which the branches derive their sap and nourishment. 2. The... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 15:1-8

The vine and the branches. If these words were spoken in the house, they may have been suggested by a creeping, Clinging vine trained against the wall; if upon the footpath, by the vineyards on the slope of Olivet; if in the temple, by the golden vine wrought upon the gates. I. THE VINE IN ITSELF IS A SUITABLE EMBLEM OF CHRIST . Its beauty, as planted, trained, or trellised; its grateful shade; its fruit, whether fresh and luscious or dried; its wine," that maketh... read more

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 15:7

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 15:8

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 15:9

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 15:10

The Pulpit Commentary - John 15:1

The Pulpit Commentary - John 15:1

The Pulpit Commentary - John 15:1-2

The Pulpit Commentary - John 15:1-6

The Pulpit Commentary - John 15:1-8

The Pulpit Commentary - John 15:1-8

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