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Gospel of John 15:16-25 Persecution Warning

And Jesus said.....

 

 

 

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.

17These things I command you, that ye love one another.

18If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.

19If 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.

20Remember 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 saying, they will keep yours also.

21But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me.

22If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin.

23He that hateth me hateth my Father also.

24If 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.

25But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.

Gospel of John 15:14-15 A Friend in Jesus Christ

What does it mean to be a friend of God? 

 

 

 

Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.

15Henceforth 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.

John 15: 11-13 Partakers in the Fullness of Joy

Galatians 5:22-23
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,

 

 

 

These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.

12This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.

13Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

Gospel of John 15;9-10 How do I serve God?

Want to know what God has purposed for you in service?  Let's look at that together. 

 

 

 

As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.

10If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.

Bible Bites James 5 16-18 Power of Believers (Use It!)

 We see that we have access to great power, we just need to use it. If you pray that the Lord do something in the life of another person, preferably someone you have witnessed to, the Lord will do it. We are a witness of God and He will support and testify to the validity of our witness!

 

 

16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

17 Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.

18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.

Gospel of John 15 3-8 Cleansing Power of the Word

Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.

4Abide 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.

5I 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.

6If 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.

7If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.

8Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.

Bible Bites James 5 13-15 Matters of Faith and Conscience

James 5: 13-15  Final Matters of Faith and Testimony

James is going to conclude this letter with some final words of encouragement to the believers dispersed across the world. This letter would be the only communication they would get from the Church in Jerusalem. As they met together in the house churches or gatherings this letter would be read by the pastor/teacher and instruction was given. You can imagine that each member hung on every word and rejoiced in receiving the direction and confirmation of the letter's instruction. May we do the same. 

 

¹³ Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.

¹⁴ Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:

¹⁵ And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.

 

Bible Bites James 5:12 Integrity

James 5:12  A Matter of Taking Oaths and Integrity  

 

In our modern society we are at a loss to find such things as responsibility, accountability and integrity. The principles of goodness and dependability are almost ghost tales. It is interesting because we all value these things but not many people seem to exemplify them. As Christians this gives us a great opportunity to be seen as different. I am not referring to those who go around and parade their so-called “Christian Values,” like a vote for me button. I am speaking of the everyday person who is guided by the Spirit of God and exhibits true Spiritual fruit. James is speaking into that need and to those people. 

 

12 But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.

 

 

Bible Bites James 5 7-11 Longsuffering in Christ

 

James 5: 7-11 The Patience of the Saints

Longsuffering is such a valuable fruit of the Spirit and it can only be nurtured through trials. It isn't gained in any other way other than walking by faith in the face of difficulty. If life is the gym, faith is the workout routine then longsuffering is the results! 

 

 

 

 

⁷ Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.

⁸ Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.

⁹ Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.

¹⁰ Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.

¹¹ Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.

Bible Bites James Chapter 5 1-6 Warning to the Rich

 

James Chapter 5 1-6:The Truth about the Wealthy 

“The rich man glories in his riches, because he feels that they naturally draw upon him the attention of the world…At the thought of this, his heart seems to swell and dilate itself within him, and he is fonder of his wealth, upon this account, than for all the other advantages it procures him.”

Adam Smith, Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759)

 

 

Although this was written in 1759 the same is true several hundred years later and it was true several hundred years before in James time. The glorification of wealth and the rich are constants in every time and all cultures. The value we place upon material things are a snare and a trap that lead us into suffering and bitterness. 

Matthew 19:23
23 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven.

Why? Is it wrong to be wealthy? Is it a sin to have been fortunate to be born into wealth or to have worked to achieve it? The answer to both of these questions is no, so what shall we say of the rich? James presents to us how we should view the riches of this world in relationship to the grace we have received in salvation. 

 

 

 

5 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.

2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.

3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.

4 Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.

5 Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.

6 Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.