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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
I am the true vine,.... The fruit of which he had been just speaking of at supper with his disciples; and then informs them, that he himself is the vine from whence that fruit must be expected, which should be partook of by them in his Father's kingdom; for though Christ may be compared to a vine for its tenderness, weakness, and being subject to...
Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary - Matthew Henry
It is generally agreed that Christ's discourse in this and the next chapter was at the close of the last supper, the night in which he was betrayed, and it is a continued discourse, not interrupted as that in the foregoing chapter was; and what he chooses to discourse of is very pertinent to the present sad occasion of a farewell sermon. Now that...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I am the true vine, Now we know where to find the true Church. It is to be found only in Christ and in those who are joined to him in mystical but real union: “I am the true vine,” Joh_15:1. And my Father is the husbandman. Now we know who is the true Guardian of the Church. Not the so-called “holy father” at Rome, but that Father above, who is...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I am the true vine,- All other vines are but shadows of Christ. They represent Christ, but he is himself the substance. the essence, the one great reality. He is the truth of all things that exist: “I am the true Vine.” Does anybody ask which is the true Church? All who are vitally joined to Christ are in the true Church, for he says, “I am the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. All other vines were but types and shadows; Christ is the substance; God’s ideal vine; “the true vine.” Israel was a vine; — the figure is a common one throughout the Old Testament; — but it was a false vine, and it bore bitter grapes.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. If you want to know where the true Church is, Christ here tells you: “I am the true vine.” All who are in Christ are in the true Church. If you want to know who is the Father of the Church, its Keeper and Guardian, Christ here tells you: “My Father is the husbandman.” Hence, I feel persuaded...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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, really united, to the ever-living Saviour are members of the true Church. Find ye them where ye may, if they are one with Christ, they are his — they are parts of the divine vine; they are...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Not only the Mosaic law, but the whole creation is full of types of Christ. All the vines that we see in this world are only as it were typical; but Christ is the substance,-the substance of nature as well as of grace: “I am the true vine,” and the real Husbandman, who watches over everything,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. We thank thee, O Saviour, for this blessed answer to the oft-repeated question, “Which is the true Church?”Are you one with Christ? Then are you a part of the true vine. If we have but real, vital personal, having connection with Christ, to whatever section of the visible Church we may belong,...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Every branch in me that beareth not fruit,.... There are two sorts of branches in Christ the vine; the one sort are such who have only an historical faith in him, believe but for a time, and are removed; they are such who only profess to believe in him, as Simon Magus did; are in him by profession only; they submit to outward ordinances, become...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: There are many such branches, in Christ’s visible Church, which are not fruit-bearing branches, and consequently are not partakers of the sap of life and grace which flows into the branches that are vitally joined to the central stem. These fruitless branches are to be taken away. Joh_15:2....
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: If there be any, who are only nominally in Christ, and who therefore bear no fruit, their doom is to be taken away; for, in order to final perseverance and eternal safety, there must be fruit-bearing. Joh_15:2. And every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: The true description of a real saint is that he is in Christ, that he abides in Christ, and that he bears fruit unto Christ. Where there are not these three things, there is no real saintship, and so the man is taken away. Whatever he seemeth to be, and seemeth to have, he is taken away....
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: In some sense, men and women may be in Christ by a mete outward profession; but if they have no evidence of a real union to Christ, if they produce no fruit, they will be taken away, some by death, and others by apostasy; but they will be taken away. Joh_15:2. And every branch that beareth...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: It is a necessary part of vine-dressing to remove the superfluous shoots. Too much wood-making, which does not lead to fruit-bearing, is but a waste of strength. And so in the Church there are those that bear no fruit, and for a while they appear to be fresh and green, and they who are the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: It has no right to be there, for it is not there by a vital union; it will only harbor mischief if it is allowed to remain, therefore let it be taken away; and taken away it certainly will be by the Husbandman who makes no mistakes. Joh_15:2. And every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: This operation is always going on. God is continually taking away from the Church, in some way or other, non-fruit-bearers. We know that these do not truly belong to Christ, for fruit must come from vital union to him but it is a trial to the Church to have non-fruit-bearing branches. These...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.. These words being inserted in the discourse concerning the vine and branches, and the pruning and purging them to make them fruitful, are thought, by the learned Dr. Lightfoot, to be an allusion to the law in Leviticus 19:23; by which the fruit of trees, for the first three years,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Now ye are clean [purged] through the word which I have spoken unto you. The Word is often the knife with which the great Husbandman prunes the vine; and, brothers and sisters, if we were more willing to feel the edge of the Word, and to let it cut away even something that may be very dear to us, we should not need so much pruning by affliction....
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. Abide in me, and I in you. Give good heed to that sweet word, beloved brethren, “Abide in me.” Do not seem to get into Christ, and then depart from him. Add constancy to all your other graces.