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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered: and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. The vine is of use for nothing but fruit-bearing; and if it...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
If a man abide not in me,.... Christ does not say, "if ye abide not in me"; he would not suppose this of his true disciples; Judas now being removed, to whom he may have some respect in this verse; though it may be applied to anyone who has made a profession of Christ, and denies the truths of the Gospel, neglects the ordinances of it, or walks...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
If a man, abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. There is a sad future in store for tares, according to another parable; but, somehow, there is a much sadder lot reserved for those that were, in some sense, branches of the vine,— those who made a...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. That is all that can be done with fruitless vine-branches. You cannot make anything of them. Other trees yield timber, and are useful for various purposes; but, with the vine, it is as the prophet Ezekiel...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; As I have already reminded you, it is only an abiding faith that is a real faith, the faith that remains fixed in Christ the vital union with Christ maintained day by day.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciple. As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. If ye keep my...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered: and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. And oh! how many come to this end! They did seem to be all that the fruit-bearing branches are, but they were never saved souls, for saved souls always bring forth fruits of righteousness. Their salvation...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you,.... Abiding in Christ is here explained by his words or doctrines abiding in his disciples; by which are meant his Gospel, and the truths of it. This abides when it comes in power, and becomes the engrafted word; and may be said to do so, when such, in whose hearts it has a place, and has taken deep...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. Do not think that all men can pray alike effectually, for it is not so. There are some whom God will hear, and some whom God will not hear. And there are some even of his own children, whom he will hear in things absolutely vital and essential,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. Here is the secret of prevailing prayer. It is not every man who chooses to pray, who shall have whatever he asks of God; but the successful pleader is the man who abides in Christ, and in whom Christ’s words abide. God will not hear our words...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will and it shall be done unto you. Do not take that verse as a promise of unlimited answers to prayer, for it is nothing of the kind. Remember the “if” that qualifies it: “If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you,” for a man who is truly in Christ, as the branch is in the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, My very words. You must treasure up Christ’s teaching; you must obey his precepts. If ye do this, “Ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.” In this chapter we are taught once or twice that the power of prayer depends very much upon the closeness of our communion with Christ, and the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. Power in prayer is dependent upon full enjoyment of union and communion with Christ. It is not every man who can ask of God what he wills, and get it; but it is such a man, and such a man only, as shall be found abiding in Christ, and having...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, — You see that doctrinal vitality is necessary to true union to Christ. Some, in these days, talk about a spiritual attachment to the person of Christ, while they shoot their envenomed darts against the dogmas of Christ; but that will not do. “If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you,” — my words of...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Herein is my Father glorified,.... This does not so much refer to what goes before, concerning the disciples abiding in Christ, and he and his words abiding in them, and doing for them whatever they ask, though by all this God is glorified; as to what follows, the fruitfulness of the disciples: that ye bear much fruit; of doctrine, grace, and good...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples. If we are his true disciples, we also shall bring forth much fruit.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples. “Much fruit” should be produced by the disciples of the much-doing Christ. The true Vine was full of fruit, and it scarcely can be believed that we are branches of that Vine if we exhibit only a little fruit. It is “much fruit” that proves our union to this Vine.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples. “Ye shall be known to be my disciples.” Everybody will perceive that you must be branches of that fruitful vine, Christ Jesus, if ye bear much fruit.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples. As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: What a glorious word! I scarcely know a text more deep, more full than this. After the same manner as God the Father loves the Son — after that same sort does the Son love us. Hear ye the words again, “As the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples. You shall be known to be the disciples of the much fruit-bearing Saviour. He was no moderately good man, he was not one who was only a little useful in the world; but our blessed Master was perfectly consecrated, he abounded in every good word and work; and unless...