I BELIEVE IT IT IS JUST AS TRUE AS JOHN 3 16 OR ANY OTHER OF THE INSPIRED SCRIPTURES JESUS MEANT WHAT HE SAID THAT S THE WAY TO BE HIS FRIEND AND BE SAVED HE GAVE THE HOLY GHOST TO THEM THAT OBEY HIM HE IS THE AUTHOR OF EVERLASTING SALVATION TO THEM THAT OBEY HIM AMEN
Idowu Olanike Oluwabukola on John 15 - 10 years ago
John15 15 make us to understand what we are in God. Jesus said we're not servant but friend. Does give us insight of His plans and His love for us which we should embrace with totality of heart
Valerie Gee it simply means that we should love each other as we love ourself Shayesteh He is simply refering to the Holy spirit which he sent after he departed from earth as the comforter
Valerie Gee s John Chapter 15 comment on 2 18 2014 9 52am What does it mean that a man should lay down his life for his friends Valerie Gee s It mean you have a friend in Jesus But the real question is does Jesus have a friend in you
What of a man s love of God Would not a man s love of God be greater than everything else Why would God suggest laying down one s life for friends is the greatest love
We are not worthy for chosen by God, why because by birth we are all sinners, there is no goodness in us....for example, if we want to buy anything for us we will select, elect and chose good thing and buy..... there is no any good thing in us but god has chosen us, this is Gods Love towards us.
God is good all the time for he is the only friends you need when all others fall short .for he we place them there when he thinks you need them ...when he sends them on your bad days .that is him sending you a blessing in his eye letting you know who is in control. ..him every day all the time.
friend [ frend ]
noun 1. a person attached to another by feelings of affection or personal regard.
We are all God's children, so we are attached to him, we are affectionately made in His image and for personal regard he gave His only begotten Son.
Allowed Jesus to be a friend to you today confess with your mouth believe in your heart that Jesus died on the cross for us. And that you are never alone Jesus is always with us!
Here in John chp. 15 God is telling followers of Christ that we r going to b tempted in our daily walk. Because they hated Jesus therefore they r going to hate us.but we must smile and continue to show love to fellow brothers and sister.for this is right in the eye sights of our lord and savior Jesus Christ.
Is there an Official ON LINE SITE I can get involved with in the KING JAMES BIBLE (Not the perverted changed versions, but the 1611 KJV?
I am Self Learned with only THE HOLY SPIRIT teaching me. I have had a life long fear of Adding or Taking Away from God's HOLY BREATHED WORD, and for that conviction I am without any church, as all add and take away. I was CATHOLIC but GOD Reached down for me in love ( 2 Peter 3:9)and I heard and was saved on or about 10 January,1997 here at my home in Rota, Spain. At that time I was attending church at a fundamental Independent Baptist Church (BETHEL) at Rota, Spain, but I heard the Pastor changing and adding to God's Word, and now I am not in church, and that is not good for any soul. But when the pastor says GRAPE JUICE where God Breathed the word WINE into the mind of the recorder to record, WHAT authority does any man have to change God's Word? (The Wine thing is in most Baptist Churches seemingly of greater concern that the saving of souls, and that is so sad).I'll be 70 years old come 24 February, and soon I'll meet my time spoken of in Hebrews 9:27, but I am saved, and that not because I deserve salvation, because I am by far the very least of all of God's Children. GRACE plus NOTHING that is how I was saved, PRAISE GOD.
Your Brother Because Of Christ Jesus and Calvary
Chauncey M Freeman, SCPO,USN,RETIRED
God's Most Unworthy Servant
Praise the Lord..God is good in revealing The deepness of His word to us. In verse 1,Jesus says Iam the true vine, so that means there is a false vine also..As believers in Christ we must know that the world is the other vine that leads to destruction.In this life, When we found ouselves not connecting to God 's word we dont realise that we are connecting to the world. Bearing fruit is all about remaining in Christ and God can only purge us if we remain in the true vine.
You knw we ask so many thngs as christians,not realise that the word of God is practical(i.e we ask Gd to help us to bear fruits in our faith) wherelse only God wants us to remain in Hm continuasley.This verse awakens me into being practical to the word of Gd,nd stop asking what is already there,the only thng left is to find a way of getting it.Jesus did not say if u attend church services yull bear fruit,or if you pray much u wil bear much fruit instead He said abide in me first,thats the secret.
It gives us the formular we need to apply so as bear fruits in our christian lives.As we remain in Him,His life flows in us and through us thus causing fruitfulness.
I would like to comment on the question about the verse JOHN 15:13/14. You asked where the guidance to this is. He IS the guidance, he gave us the holy spirit to guide us. He never said it would be easy, you will be tested. Many will be called, but few will be chosen,. Many people will fall. Where I am from there are/were many brave souls who have laid there life down for their friends. It is a hard road, but keep your eye on the promise, God does NOT lie. In the beginning there was the Word and the Word was God, and the word became flesh. Think of that, he came to give us the truth and the way, he came to to sacrifice himself to save us and give us eternal life. Is that not worth sacrifising your old ways for? The more you read his word and try to live up to his commands, you will see and FEEL it is the way. He is the definition of LOVE.
What comfort to know it is not "God's will that any should perish, but all should come to repentance"; yet what a challenge it is to know He has given the responsibility to us to take the WORD and good new to them; --- now pray about it and God will give us His harvest, which brings joy!
What happens after the second birth is that the Holy Spirit fills our spirit (ie. our spirit is merged inside the Holy Spirit).In other words we are baptisised by Holy Spirit and this is what is refered in John 15:4 as Christ abiding in us. After this, our spirits are expected to start absorbing the Holy Spirit in them by doing Godly things ie. studying the word, endless prayers etc and this is reffered as Christ abiding in us.
I think this verse is talking about evangelism. Goin out 2 win souls for the kingdom and causing them to remain. By doing so,whatsoever we ask of the father shall be given us.
We are his branches only if we bare fruit. This is fruit of the spirit saved for the vintage of the wrath of God. If you have fruit of the flesh it is cast away and your branch is cut off. If you have a religious spirit then you bare fruit of the flesh. Not suitable for the last vintage. God saves the best for last.
Blessed are those that lay down their lives for others. You have a circumcised heart because of the authority that has been given to you. So you know what it is like to have such authority. I have the authority to restore the peace of your heart and help restore your life to innocence. To be absent from the body is to be present with The Lord.
Having seen a couple of my friends lay down their lives at my command I have to say that john 15:13/14 fails to consider me having to face these brave souls families. where is the guidance for THIS?
We all feel loved when we receive gifts from those we love; could be our Mom, Dad, Boy/Girlfriend, Spouses, Aunties/Uncles etc but you see my friend the Greatest Love is expressed by giving what you value ....
we all know John3:16.
This is the greatest expression of love that Jesus showed. To die for your friends is one thing, but to die for those who are your enemies or who are not your friends is just awe-inspiring. Jesus willingly sacrificing his life was one of the most moving and loving expressions the world has known.
friend [ frend ]
noun 1. a person attached to another by feelings of affection or personal regard.
We are all God's children, so we are attached to him, we are affectionately made in His image and for personal regard he gave His only begotten Son.
Allowed Jesus to be a friend to you today confess with your mouth believe in your heart that Jesus died on the cross for us. And that you are never alone Jesus is always with us!
I am Self Learned with only THE HOLY SPIRIT teaching me. I have had a life long fear of Adding or Taking Away from God's HOLY BREATHED WORD, and for that conviction I am without any church, as all add and take away. I was CATHOLIC but GOD Reached down for me in love ( 2 Peter 3:9)and I heard and was saved on or about 10 January,1997 here at my home in Rota, Spain. At that time I was attending church at a fundamental Independent Baptist Church (BETHEL) at Rota, Spain, but I heard the Pastor changing and adding to God's Word, and now I am not in church, and that is not good for any soul. But when the pastor says GRAPE JUICE where God Breathed the word WINE into the mind of the recorder to record, WHAT authority does any man have to change God's Word? (The Wine thing is in most Baptist Churches seemingly of greater concern that the saving of souls, and that is so sad).I'll be 70 years old come 24 February, and soon I'll meet my time spoken of in Hebrews 9:27, but I am saved, and that not because I deserve salvation, because I am by far the very least of all of God's Children. GRACE plus NOTHING that is how I was saved, PRAISE GOD.
Your Brother Because Of Christ Jesus and Calvary
Chauncey M Freeman, SCPO,USN,RETIRED
God's Most Unworthy Servant
we all know John3:16.