《基督是我们生命的诀要》第二十六日 葡萄樹和枝子

  

    “我是葡萄樹，你們是枝子，常在我裏面的，我也常在他裏面，這人就多結果子。”（約十五：5） 

    在這個比喻中，我們看到主應許祂的門徒藉著聖靈的运行可得到的新生命，把有信心的生命如镜子般反映出來。 

    一、“沒有果子”，“結果子更多”，“多結果子”，“果子長存”（2，8，16三節）：有信心的生活只有一個目的，那就多結果子來榮耀神。

    二、修理乾淨（2節）：藉著比兩刃利劍更快的道修理乾淨是絕對必要的。

    三、“在我裏面”：親密的，不斷的與主交通。

    四、“我在你裏面”：藉著聖靈神聖的內住。

    五、“離了我你們就不能做什麼”：完全的無能力，深深的謙卑，恒久的依靠。

    六、“我的話常在你們裏面”，“你們若遵守我的命令就常在我的愛裏”“你們若遵守我所吩咐的就是我的朋友”：順服絕對必要的。

    七、“我的話常在你們裏面，凡你們所願意的就可以求”：無止境的信靠。

    八、“祈求就給你們成就”：滿有能力的祷告产生功效。

    九、“我愛你們正如父愛我一樣，你們要常常在我的愛裏”：有信心的生活在祂裏面，祂也愛我。

    十、“這些事我已經對你們說了，是要叫我的喜樂存在你們心裏，並且叫你們喜樂可以滿足”：喜樂的滿足和它的內住。

    十一、“你們要彼此相愛，像我愛你們一樣，這就是我的命令”：藉著基督愛的大能在我心中运行，使我们遵守这个新命令。

    十二、“我分派你們去結果子，叫你們的果子常存，使你們奉我的名無論向父求什麼，祂就賜給你們”：全勝的基督之名。

     這是藉聖靈运行賜給我們基督生命必能發生的事，這種生命是輭弱的教會絕對需要的，但要有小孩般的確信和順服才可得著。

“He that abideth in Me, and I in him, the same beareth much fruit.” –JOHN xv. 5.

 In this parable we see what the new life is, which the Lord promised His disciples for the work of the Holy Spirit. It clearly mirrors the life of faith.

 1. “Not fruit,” “more fruit,” “much fruit,” “fruit that abides” (vs.2, 8, 16): The one object of the life of faith is to bear much fruit to the glory of God the Father.

2. Cleansing: v. 2. The indispensable cleansing through the Word that is sharper than a two-edged sword.

3. “Abide in Me”: Intimate, continuous fellowship.

4. “I in you”: Divine indwelling through the Spirit.

5. “Apart from Me ye can do nothing”: Complete impotence, deep humility, constant dependence.

6. “My words abide in you,” “If ye keep My commandments ye shall abide in My love,” “Ye are My friends, if ye do the things I command you”: Indispensable obedience.

7. “If My words abide in you, ye shall ask whatsoever ye will”: Limitless confidence of faith.

8. “It shall be done unto you”: Powerful answer to prayer.

9. “Even as the Father hath loved Me, I also have loved you; abide ye in My love”: Life through faith in Him that loved Me.

10. “These things have I spoken unto you that My joy may be in you and that your joy may be fulfilled”: Joy full and abiding.

11. “This is My commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you”: The new commandment kept through the power of Christ’s love in our hearts.

12. “I appointed you that your fruit should abide, that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in My name, He will give it you”: The all-prevailing Name of Christ.

    This is the life Christ makes possible for us and works in us through the Holy Spirit. This is the life so sadly wanting in the Church and yet so indispensable. This is the life assured to childlike faith and obedience.