Study 5A. You did not choose me, but I have chosen you and appointed you to go and bear fruit –- fruit that will last””, and it would seem most appropriate to set the key-verse of this study against this one great declaration of our Lord....Little foxes
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Study 5A THE LITTLE FOXES THAT SPOIL THE VINES
THE SONG OF SOLOMON
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Key-verse: “”Catch for us the foxes, the little foxes that ruin the vineyards, our vineyards that are in bloom”” (Song of Songs 2:15)
There is one verse in the Gospel of John which tells us of the Lord’’s purpose for every one of His children. That verse is John 15:16, which contains the word of Jesus Himself – – “You did not choose me, but I have chosen you and appointed you to go and bear fruit –- fruit that will last””, and it would seem most appropriate to set the key-verse of this study against this one great declaration of our Lord. To do this will enable us to learn some lessons about fruitfulness in Christian living and in Christian service. Consider the following sequence of teaching:-
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1 . TO BEGIN WITH , WE SEE THAT JESUS HIMSELF IS ““ THE TRUE VINE” ”
We are sure of this because we are told in John 15:1 that He said of Himself, ““I am the true vine””. He said this in connection with the institution of the Lord’’s Supper, when the bread and wine were employed by Him as symbols of His sacrifice and offering upon Calvary. He was therefore saying to His disciples, ““I am the real, genuine vine””, and of course the vine is the source of the fruit. Any fruit which appears on the vine does not derive its life from the branches or from the leaves, but from the vine itself; nor is any fruit that appears on the vine the result of any ‘effort’ on the part of the branches or the leaves! This leads us to the second truth, which is clearly emphasised in John 15.
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2 . BELIEVERS, CHRISTIANS , ARE BRANCHES IN THE VINE
We are also told in John 15:1 that our Lord said, ““My Father is the gardener”” –- that is, He is the One who tends the vine and busies Himself with the branches, as verses 2-6 indicate. But who are the branches? We have the answer in verse 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.” The branches, then, are believers, Christians, and incidentally this verse shows us exactly what a Christian is. A Christian is a branch in the vine, one who is joined to Christ, united to Him and deriving life from Him, and he is a participant of His very nature (2 Peter 1:4). A branch is not a dead stick, it is a living thing. This leads us to the third truth.
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3 . AS BRANCHES IN THE VINE, WE ARE TO BEAR FRUIT
It is the function of the branch to bear fruit. Thus we read in John 15 verse 2, ““Every branch in me that bears not fruit…”…”; in verse 4, “”No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must…”…”; in verse 5, ““He will bear much fruit…”…”; and in verse 16 we read that we are ““chosen……appointed……”” –- for what? To ““go and bear fruit””! The Lord is looking for fruit in our lives, and as He looks He says –- look up Hosea 14:8. The source of this fruit is the Lord Himself; the manifestation of this fruit is seen in the branches of the vine. What kind of fruit are we, as Christians, to bear? What is the fruit that appears on the branches which are united to the true vine?
The part B from number4,we shall be focussing on what little foxes symbolized in Christian life and way to overcome them.but before it comes think on these first...
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Study 5A THE LITTLE FOXES THAT SPOIL THE VINES
THE SONG OF SOLOMON
Wishing you a prosperous year.......
Key-verse: “”Catch for us the foxes, the little foxes that ruin the vineyards, our vineyards that are in bloom”” (Song of Songs 2:15)
There is one verse in the Gospel of John which tells us of the Lord’’s purpose for every one of His children. That verse is John 15:16, which contains the word of Jesus Himself – – “You did not choose me, but I have chosen you and appointed you to go and bear fruit –- fruit that will last””, and it would seem most appropriate to set the key-verse of this study against this one great declaration of our Lord. To do this will enable us to learn some lessons about fruitfulness in Christian living and in Christian service. Consider the following sequence of teaching:-
”
1 . TO BEGIN WITH , WE SEE THAT JESUS HIMSELF IS ““ THE TRUE VINE” ”
We are sure of this because we are told in John 15:1 that He said of Himself, ““I am the true vine””. He said this in connection with the institution of the Lord’’s Supper, when the bread and wine were employed by Him as symbols of His sacrifice and offering upon Calvary. He was therefore saying to His disciples, ““I am the real, genuine vine””, and of course the vine is the source of the fruit. Any fruit which appears on the vine does not derive its life from the branches or from the leaves, but from the vine itself; nor is any fruit that appears on the vine the result of any ‘effort’ on the part of the branches or the leaves! This leads us to the second truth, which is clearly emphasised in John 15.
”
2 . BELIEVERS, CHRISTIANS , ARE BRANCHES IN THE VINE
We are also told in John 15:1 that our Lord said, ““My Father is the gardener”” –- that is, He is the One who tends the vine and busies Himself with the branches, as verses 2-6 indicate. But who are the branches? We have the answer in verse 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.” The branches, then, are believers, Christians, and incidentally this verse shows us exactly what a Christian is. A Christian is a branch in the vine, one who is joined to Christ, united to Him and deriving life from Him, and he is a participant of His very nature (2 Peter 1:4). A branch is not a dead stick, it is a living thing. This leads us to the third truth.
”
3 . AS BRANCHES IN THE VINE, WE ARE TO BEAR FRUIT
It is the function of the branch to bear fruit. Thus we read in John 15 verse 2, ““Every branch in me that bears not fruit…”…”; in verse 4, “”No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must…”…”; in verse 5, ““He will bear much fruit…”…”; and in verse 16 we read that we are ““chosen……appointed……”” –- for what? To ““go and bear fruit””! The Lord is looking for fruit in our lives, and as He looks He says –- look up Hosea 14:8. The source of this fruit is the Lord Himself; the manifestation of this fruit is seen in the branches of the vine. What kind of fruit are we, as Christians, to bear? What is the fruit that appears on the branches which are united to the true vine?
The part B from number4,we shall be focussing on what little foxes symbolized in Christian life and way to overcome them.but before it comes think on these first...
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