I
AM the True Vine and My Father is the Vinedresser.
Any
Branch in Me that does not bear Fruit--That stops bearing--
He
cuts away (trims off, takes away),
And
He cleanses and repeatedly prunes every Branch
That
continues to bear Fruit,
To
make it bear more and richer and more excellent Fruit.
You
are cleansed and pruned already,
Because
of the Word which I have given you--
The
Teachings I have discussed with you.
DWELL
IN ME and I will Dwell in you.--
LIVE
IN ME and I will Live in you.
Just
as no Branch can bear Fruit of itself
Without
Abiding in (vitally united to) the Vine,
Neither
can you bear Fruit unless you Abide IN ME.
I
AM the Vine, you are the Branches.
Whoever
LIVES IN ME and I IN him bears much (abundant) Fruit.
However,
apart from Me—cut off from vital union with Me--
YOU
CAN DO NOTHING.
IF
a person does not Dwell IN ME,
He
is thrown out as a [broken-off] branch and withers.
Such
Branches are gathered up and thrown into the Fire
AND
THEY ARE BURNED.
IF
you LIVE IN ME—Abide vitally united to Me--
And
My words remain IN YOU and continue to LIVE IN your hearts,
Ask
whatever you will and it shall be done for you.
When
you bear (produce) much Fruit,
My
Father is HONORED and GLORIFIED;
And
you show and prove yourselves to be TRUE FOLLOWERS OF MINE.
I
have love you [just] as the Father has loved Me;
ABIDE
IN MY LOVE—Continue in His love with Me.
IF
you keep My Commandments—
IF
you continue to Obey My Instructions--
You
will Abide in My love and Live on IN IT;
Just
as I have Obeyed My Father's Commandments
And
Live on IN His love.
I
have told you these things that My Joy and Delight may be IN YOU,
And
that your Joy and Gladness may be Full Measure
And
Complete and Overflowing.
THIS
IS MY COMMANDMENT, THAT YOU LOVE ONE ANOTHER
[Just
as I have love you.
NO
ONE HAS GREATER LOVE-No one has shown stronger affection--
THAN
TO LAY DOWN (GIVE UP) HIS OWN LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS.
You
are My Friends,
IF
YOU KEEP ON DOING THE THINGS WHICH I COMMAND YOU TO DO.
I
DO NOT CALL YOU SERVANTS (SLAVES) any longer,
For
the Servant does not know what his master is doing (working out).
But
I have called you My Friends,
Because
I have made know to you EVERYTHING
That
I heard from My Father--
I
have revealed to you EVERYTHING that I have Learned from Him.
YOU
HAVE NOT CHOSEN ME, but I have Chosen you--
I
have appointed you, I have planted you--
That
you might go and Bear Fruit and keep on bearing;
That
your Fruit may be LASTING (that it may remain, abide);
So
that whatever you ask the Father in My Name
[As
presenting all that I AM]
He
may give it to you.
THIS
IS WHAT I COMMAND YOU, THAT YOU LOVE ONE ANOTHER.
IF
THE WORLD HATES YOU, know that it Hated Me before it Hated you.
IF
YOU BELONGED TO THE WORLD, the World would love you as its own.
But
because you are NOT OF THE WORLD--
Are
NO LONGER ONE WITH IT--
But
I have Chosen (selected) you OUT OF THE WORLD,
THE
WORLD HATES (DETESTS) YOU.
REMEMBER
that I told you, A Servant is not greater than his master--
Is
not superior to him.
IF
THEY PERSECUTED ME, THEY WILL ALSO PERSECUTE YOU;
IF
they kept My Word and Obeyed My Teaching,
They
will also keep and Obey yours,
BUT
THEY WILL DO ALL THIS TO YOU--
Inflict
all this Suffering on you—because of [your bearing] MY NAME,
And
on MY ACCOUNT,
For
they DO NOT KNOW OR UNDERSTAND the One Who sent Me.
IF
I had not Come and Spoken to them,
they
would not be Guilty of Sin;
BUT
NOW THEY HAVE NO EXCUSE FOR THEIR SIN.
WHOEVER
HATES ME ALSO HATES MY FATHER.
IF
I had not done (accomplished) among them the Works
Which
NO ONE ELSE ever did,
They
would not be Guilty of Sin—would be blameless.
But
[the fact is] NOW they have both seen [these works]
AND
HAVE HATED BOTH ME AND MY FATHER.
But
[this is so] that the Word Written in their Law might be Fulfilled,
THEY
HATED ME WITHOUT A CAUSE. [Ps. 35:19; 69:4.]
But
when the Comforter
(Counselor,
Helper, Advocate, Intercessor, Strengthener) comes
Whom
I will send to you from the Father,
THE
SPIRIT OF TRUTH Who (proceeds) from the Father,
He
[Himself] will TESTIFY REGARDING ME.
But
you also will TESTIFY and be My WITNESSES,
Because
you have been with Me from the beginning.
(John
15, AMP)
This
explains, today, why the godless, Socialist, Secular Humanists
HATE
CHRIST JESUS AND ALL WHO FOLLOW HIM.
He
tells them that what they do is Evil. (John 7:7)
It has
been this way in Every Generation.
Be
always on the Watch,
And pray that you
will be able to Escape All that is about to happen,
And that you may be
able TO STAND before the Son of Man.
(Luke 21:36)
Today,
the World is Raging Against God, Rushing toward Oblivion. (Psalm 2)
This
World in it's present form is passing away. (1 Corinthians 7:31)
America
is being ground to powder because of her SIN against God.
Save
yourself from this Corrupt Generation! (Acts 2:40)
As
God has written, so shall it be! Hallelujah! Maranatha!
Father,
Your Kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as in Heaven!
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