I AM THE TRUE VINE, AND MY FATHER IS THE HUSBANDMAN.
Husbandman - one whose business it is to cultivate the ground. It was one of the first occupations, and was esteemed most honourable (Gen. 9:20; 26:12, 14; 37:7, etc.). All the Hebrews, except those engaged in religious services, were husbandmen.
2 Every branch IN me that beareth NOT fruit he TAKETH AWAY: and every branch that beareth fruit, he PURGETH it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
Purging is tough...for you grow and are full so you think God says its time to remove this out of your life so you will grow this way...and far more fruitful...BUT in order for such to grow you MUST BE PURGED...
3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.
Washing of the word...such as Sanctifying and Cleansing His BRIDE...THE BRIDE of CHRIST...The deeps of this blows my mind....Hence...
Ephesians 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, EVEN AS Christ also loved the church, and GAVE HIMSELF FOR IT;
26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
27 That he might present it to HIMSELF a glorious church, NOT HAVING SPOT, or wrinkle, or ANY SUCH THING; but that it should BE HOLY AND WITHOUT BLEMISH.
HENCE THE CUP had to be drank to bring us Salvation for ALL that TAKE THE Name JESUS CHRIST bring Salvation and WE are BORN into the KINGDOM...JOHN 3 which Acts 2 is the manifestation just like He said...any other way is the way is not What Peter or Paul, or Timothy, or Mark, Matthew, John taught they ALL taught the same thing...Preach the SAME Jesus for you don't want to know another one except the one from 0-77 A. D. ...I WONDER WHY IT IS AS IT IS NOW...CAN YOU PERCEIVE HISTORY AND THE FORETELLS OF THE WORD...
4 ABIDE IN ME, AND I IN YOU. AS THE BRANCH CANNOT BEAR FRUIT OF ITSELF, EXCEPT IT ABIDE IN THE VINE; NO MORE CAN YE, EXCEPT YE. ABIDE. IN. ME.
5 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.
6 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.
7 IF YE ABIDE IN ME, AND MY WORDS ABIDE IN YOU, YE SHALL ASK WHAT YE WILL, AND IT SHALL BE DONE UNTO YOU.
---So Here in v8 He is telling us if we do this we can bear much ETERNAL fruit for everything we do here is and eternal thing...as much as a glass of water to someone, for all we do is in His Name if ye Keep His Commandments...
8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.
9 AS THE FATHER HATH LOVED ME, SO HAVE I LOVED YOU: CONTINUE YE IN MY LOVE.
10 ((( IF ))) ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
11 THESE THINGS have I spoken unto you, that ((( MY JOY MIGHT REMAIN IN YOU, ))) and ((( THAT YOUR JOY MIGHT BE FULL. )))
12 THIS IS MY COMMANDMENT, THAT YE LOVE ONE ANOTHER, AS I HAVE LOVED YOU.
13 GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, tTHAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS.
14 YE ARE MY FRIENDS, IF YE DO WHATSOEVER I COMMAND YOU.
15 HENCEFORTH I CALL YOU NOT SERVANTS; FOR THE SERVANT KNOWETH NOT WHAT HIS LORD DOETH: BUT I HAVE CALLED YOU FRIENDS; (((( FOR ALL THINGS THAT I HAVE HEARD OF MY FATHER I HAVE MADE KNOWN UNTO YOU. ))))
16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
17 These things I command you, that ye love one another.
18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because YE ARE NOT of the world, but I have chosen you OUT of the world, THEREFORE THE WORLD HATETH YOU.
20 REMEMBER THE WORD THAT I SAID UNTO YOU, The servant is not greater than his lord. IF THEY HAVE PERSECUTED ME, THEY WILL ALSO PERSECUTE YOU; if they have kept MY SAYINGS, they WILL KEEP YOURS also.
21 But ALL THESE THINGS WILL THEY DO UNTO YOU FOR MY NAME'S SAKE, BECAUSE. THEY. KNOW. NOT. HIM. THAT. SENT. ME.
22 If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloak for their sin.
23 He that hateth me hateth my Father also.
24 If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but NOW have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
See Here God OPENED their EYES and they hated him for it...He showed him how to be; how to exceed their righteousness, the first and the second commandment...is the KEY to all realms of reality and overcome the world, and the things such complacency and more which they fell in...the beauty of this in example is the seeking of a cure for a disease such as healthcare does...not using life of humans but the ones which seek and pray to Jesus Christ for the answer in the talent of their field...the answer is always there to every question...Otherwise, Had Jesus Not shown them how to exceed their righteousness...in fact the entire world...the world would still be behind times...no where near the accomplishments it is today...for He is the KEY...HENCE THE COMFORTER IN V26...JUST LIKE and is so John 14:26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you
25 But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:
27 And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.
Ye also shall bear witness...this mean many things though they be asleep throughout time will be awaked and witness great events of the WORKS of GOD...a benefit of the LORD's Kingdom...from the beginning and so much more...He will let you witness matters even in the presence of your very life as NOW once you reach a Level in GROWTH In HIS KINGDOM...You began to expand in the way GOD works...not as Humans...Furthermore, a do think about it...everyone that exceeded the norm such as Elijah and then Elisha which prayed for a double portion...were considered a prophet...yet...After that the Holy Ghost is come upon you and you Believe it is all Given to you for you become His and the more you obey and meditate the more bountiful the blessings will pour...which only GROW your faith and relationship with Him...and the more you dedicate yourself the more different you become from the world...hence you get to be some would say weird or peculiar...I Peter 2:9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light; ....so get used to it you will be different and nonclickish...for you will talk to all divers of peoples...and see them differently and then began to pray for them and you just do...sometimes you don't even know why...but there is always a reason...
