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*JOHN 15:5*
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*THE ASSURANCES FOR LIFE & GROWTH *
*1. **The Union *
*a. **The Fact of the Union *
The proclamation with regard to the disciples: “/I am the vine, you are the branches/…” [15:5].
§ ἐγώ εἰμι - “/I am/” [15:5],
§ ἡ ἄμπελος - “/vine/” [15:5], ‘grapevine’;
§ ὑμεῖς - “/you are/” [15:5],
§ τὰ κλήματα - “/branches/” [15:5], ‘shoot,’ ‘young twig, which is broken off to be replanted’;
*i. **The Post-Resurrection Church *
The image is feasible prior to the death and resurrection of Jesus, in terms of fellowship and discipleship, but its full meaning is possible only on the basis of the Easter event and the sending of the Holy Spirit:
§ The life of God: “/as the Father has life in himself, so has he given the Son to have life in himself/” [5:26].
§ The claim: “/I am the resurrection and the life/…” [11:25]; “/I am the way, and the truth, and the life/…” [14:6].
§ The promise: “/I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter/…” [14:16].
§ The indwelling: “/he dwells with you and shall be in you/” [14:17].
*b. **The Indissoluble Union *
The believer’s union with Christ is indissoluble: “/no one can pluck them out of my hand/…” [10:28-29].
§ Secure in Christ: “/him that comes to me I will in no wise cast out/” [6:37].
§ Paul: “/nothing shall separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord/” [Rom.8:39].
*Application*
The act of faith and /believing/ in Jesus Christ leads to /union/ with Him.
*2.
**The Role of the Father *
*a. **The Proclamation *
The proclamation: “/my Father is the husbandman/” [15:1].
§ ὁ πατήρ μου - “/my Father/” [15:1],
§ ὁ γεωργός - “/husbandman/” [15:1], ‘one who tills the soil’; ‘share-cropper’; ‘vine-dresser’; ‘one who cultivates vines’;
*b. **The Development *
The fruit-bearing branches: “/every branch that bears fruit/…” [15:2].
§ πᾶν – “/every/” [15:2], ‘each individual in a class’;
§ φέρον – “/bears/” [15:2], present active participle, ‘to carry, bring forth, lead’;
§ τὸ καρπὸν - “/fruit/” [15:2], ‘produce from crop-bearing plants or trees’;
*i. **The Pruning *
The Father’s action: “/he purges it/…” [15:2].
§ καθαίρει - “/purges/” [15:2], present indicative active, ‘to take down’; ‘to clean’; ‘to prune, clear unproductive wood’; ‘to make clean by removing an undesirable part’;
§ Divine chastisement: “/My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord/…” [Heb.12:4-11].
§ Fatherly care: “/whom the Lord loves he chastens/…” [Heb.12:6].
*ii.
**The Purpose *
The purpose: “/that it may bring forth more fruit/” [15:2].
§ φέρῃ - “/bring/ /forth/” [15:2], present active subjunctive, ‘to carry, bring forth, lead’;
§ πλείονα - “/more/ /fruit/” [15:2], ‘greater degree’; ‘more extensive quantity’;
§ The Father’s discipline is for our good: “/he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness/” [Heb.12:10].
*Application*
The Father ensures that the children will ‘grow up’ in the faith.
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*THE COMMUNION IN THE UNION *
*1. **The Communion *
*a. **The Mutual Indwelling *
The “abiding” is based on a mutual indwelling of the disciples and Jesus
*i. **The Disciples *
The disciples’ relationship: “/abide in me/…” [15:4].
§ ἐν ἐμοί - “/in me/” [15:4],
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**The Lord *
The Lord’s participation: “/and I in you/…” [15:4].
§ κἀγὼ ἐν ὑμῖν - “/in you/” [15:4],
*iii.
**New Covenant Relationship *
These words point to the mutual recognition of the new covenant relationship:
§ The Lord: “/I will say, It is my people/…” [Zec.13:9].
§ The people: “/they shall say, The Lord is my God/” [Zec.13:9].
§ The mutual contemplation: “/Behold, thou art fair…behold, thou art fair/…” [SoS.1:15-16].
*Application*
Mutual indwelling, correspondence and identification: “/I am in the Father and the Father in me/” [14:10]; “/I and the Father are one/” [10:30].
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**The Condition of Communion >>> Christlikeness *
*a. **Faithfulness *
The condition: “/abide in me and I in you/…” [15:4].
§ μείνατε - “/abide/” [15:4], aorist active imperative, decisive action - ‘to remain in a place, sphere or state’; “/They came and saw where he dwelt, and abode with him that day/…” [1:39].
§ ‘it means to remain in one place, at a given time, with someone.
Metaphorically, it can mean to keep an agreement, to remain in a particular sphere of life (with /en/)’.
§ John uses the term meno over fifty times in his writings; eleven times in this chapter.
*i. **Interpretation *
The concept in its Old Testament background includes the following ideas:
§ Endurance: “/The grass withers, the flower fades: but the word of our God shall stand for ever/” [Isa.40:8].
§ Constancy: “/For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me/…” [Isa.66:22].
§ The idea of ‘to make your permanent dwelling place’ is close to summing up the meaning.
*b.
**The Vitality of the Relationship *
*i. **The Metaphor *
The vitality of the relationship depends on abiding: “/as the branch cannot bear fruit of itself/…” [15:4].
§ κλῆμα - “/branch/” [15:4], ‘shoot,’ ‘young twig,’ which is broken off to be replanted’;
§ οὐ δύναται - “/cannot/” [15:4], ‘to be able’; ‘to have power’;
§ καρπὸν φέρειν - “/bear/ /fruit/” [15:4], ‘to carry, bring forth, lead’;
§ ἀφʼ ἑαυτοῦ - “/of/ /itself/” [15:4], ‘motion away from’; ‘to denote a point at which something begins’;
§ ἐὰν μὴ - “/except/” [15:4], ‘future contingency or condition’;
§ μένῃ - “/abide/” [15:4], present active subjunctive, ‘to remain in a place or state’;
§ ἐν τῇ ἀμπέλῳ - “/vine/” [15:4],
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**The Disciples *
The abiding of discipleship: “/no more can you except you abide in me/” [15:4].
§ οὕτως οὐδὲ ὑμεῖς - “/no/ /more/” [15:4],
§ ἐὰν μὴ - “/can/ /you/” [15:4], ‘future contingency or condition’;
§ μένητε - “/abide/” [15:4], present active subjunctive, ‘to remain in a place or state’;
*Application*
The branch has no life in itself; it is utterly dependent for life and fruitfulness on the vine to which it is attached.
§ The living branch is thus truly “/in/” the vine; the life of the vine it truly “/in/” the branch.
§ This is organic growth, internal growth, driven by the pulsating life of the vine in the branch, and only this kind of growth produces fruit.
§ Continuous dependence on the vine; constant reliance upon him; persistent spiritual imbibing of his life – this is the /sine quo non/ of spiritual fruitfulness.
§ New covenant theology – renewed heart, right mind, presence of the Spirit in the new covenant people.
*3.
**How the Disciples Abide in Jesus *
The agricultural metaphor has its limitations; it does not depict the unfathomable love that sets the disciples in this new intimacy.
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