Dedicated To The Men of God Who Preach the Word of God As It
Is To Men As They Are
"Preach The Word"
PRACTICING THE PRESENCE
OF CHRIST
JOHN 15
The Pruning Of Abiding
Purge- to cleanse, prune
I. The Caretaker That Prunes
A. The Brooding Caretaker (vs. 1)
husbandman
- brooding (a mother hen that broods over chicks) to guard, bind, see aboutB. The Beloved Caretaker (vs. 1)
"...my Father...
" - term of intimacy, union, oneness (Papa, Dada)II. The Chastisement Of Pruning
A. The Increase From Chastisement (vs. 2)
"..
it may bring forth more fruit."Hebrews 12:5 "...despise not thou the chastening of the Lord,..."
Vs. 6
- "For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth..."Vs. 11
- "... it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness..."III. The Influence Of Chastisement
Vs. 2- "..that beareth not fruit he taketh away:..."
Vs. 6- withered
- shrivel, dry up because of a lack of water. (No word)I Corinthians 3:12-15
- "Now if any man build upon this foundation... wood, hay, stubble;"Vs. 13
- "... it shall be revealed by fire;..."Vs. 15
- "...he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire."IV. The Comfort In Pruning
A. The Pre-eminent Comfort (vs. 13)
"Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for hisfriends."
B. The Progressional Comfort (vs. 9)
I. Continuance (vs. 9)
"..so I loved you: continue ye in my love."
2. Obedience (vs. 1O)
"If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love;..."
Illustration: A preacher friend told of the apple growers taking a crab apple tree that has died, cutting it off at the ground and grafting in a red delicious branch. In several years that particular tree will bear red delicious apples. It must be pruned of the water spouts or they will bear crab apples. I once was a crab apple which God grafted into a red delicious tree. Without the pruning of the Husbandman I also will bear crab apples.
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