JOHN
CHAPTER 15
ABIDING IN
CHRIST
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
I)
[Jn 15:1-8]:
A)
[Jn 15:1]:
1)
JESUS IS THE ONE TRUE VINE THROUGH WHOM ALL FRUIT IS BORNE
a)
[Ps 80:8-9]:
b)
[Isa 5:1, 7]:
c)
[Jer 2:21]:
d)
[Hos 10:1]:
2)
AND THE FATHER IS THE GARDENER, WHO IS INTIMATELY INVOLVED WITH HIS
CREATION
a)
[Isa 11:1]:
B)
[Jn 15:1-2]:
1)
THE SUBJECT OF THIS PASSAGE IS FRUIT BEARING NOT SALVATION
a)
THE SCENARIO OF A VINEYARD DEPICTS FRUIT BEARING
b)
SALVATION IS NOT IN VIEW IN THIS PASSAGE BUT LOSS OF FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD
IS.
i)
[Jn 15:10]:
ii)
This is detailed for example in 1 John 1:3-10.
c)
SALVATION IS NOT IN VIEW IN THIS PASSAGE BECAUSE IT WOULD THEN TEACH THE
FALSE DOCTRINE OF LOSS OF SALVATION, CONTRADICTING THE REST OF SCRIPTURE
i)
[Jn 6:47]:
ii)
[Jn 5:24]:
iii)
[Eph 1:13-14]:
[Compare
Eph 4:30]:
[Compare
Eph 2:4-6]:
[2
Pet 3:9]:
[1
Cor 15:42, 48-49]:
d)
SALVATION IS NOT IN VIEW BECAUSE FAITH IS NOT MENTIONED
2)
BELIEVERS NOT UNBELIEVERS ARE IN VIEW IN THIS VERSE BECAUSE THE SUBJECT
IS FRUIT BEARING AND UNBELIEVERS CANNOT BEAR FRUIT
a)
[Ro 8:8]:
3)
LACK OF FRUIT IS NOT A CLEAR INDICATOR OF LACK OF SALVATION
a)
[1 Cor 3:11-13]:
4)
EVERY BRANCH IN ME REFERS TO THE TEMPORAL FELLOWSHIP AND NOT THE ETERNAL
RELATIONSHIP OF THE BELIEVER WITH CHRIST
a)
[Jn 15:8]:
5)
CUTTING OFF BRANCHES CANNOT REFER TO LOSS OF SALVATION OF FRUITLESS
BELIEVERS OTHERWISE PRUNNING BACK OF FAITHFUL, FRUITFUL BELIEVERS WOULD
HAVE TO MEAN THE SAME
a)
[Jas 1:12]:
b)
[Rev 2:10 (to the church in Smyrna)]:
c)
[Heb 12:4-11]:
d)
[Jas 1:2-4]:
C)
[Jn 15:3]:
1)
JESUS DECLARES BELIEVERS ALREADY CLEAN FROM SIN, I.E., SAVED AND
ETERNALLY SECURE
2)
DAILY SINS OF THE BELIEVER MUST BE CLEANSED AND BEHAVIOR CORRECTED ON A
MOMENT TO MOMENT BASIS - NOT FOR SALVATION BUT TO ABIDE IN CHRIST - TO
REMAIN IN FELLOWSHIP WITH HIM
a)
[Jn 13:8b-11]:
3)
THE DISCIPLES AND ALL INDIVIDUALS BECOME CLEAN, (I.E., SINS FORGIVEN),
RELATIVE TO ETERNAL LIFE BY HEARING THE GOSPEL OF THEIR SALVATION AND
BELIEVING IN IT
a)
[Eph 1:13-14]:
b)
[Compare Ro 10:13-14]:
4)
FURTHERMORE, THE DISCIPLES AND ALL INDIVIDUALS BECOME CLEAN RELATIVE TO
DAILY SINS BY EARNEST STUDY, ACCEPTANCE AND OBEDIENCE TO GOD'S WORD, AND
FIRST MUST COME CONFESSION
a)
[Eph 5:25-27]:
b)
[Ps 119:9-16]:
c)
[1 Jn 1:1-10]:
D)
[Jn 15:3-5]:
1)
TO ABIDE IN CHRIST IS TO OBEY THE WORD OF GOD:
IF
YOU ABIDE IN, (I.E., OBEY) THE WORD THEN YOU ARE A DISCIPLE OF, (I.E.,
ABIDE IN) CHRIST
a)
[Jn 8:31]:
b)
[Jn 14:6-15, 21-24]:
2)
TRUE BELIEVERS MAY NOT ABIDE IN CHRIST AND THEN THEY WILL SUFFER THE
CONSEQUENCE OF LOSS OF ETERNAL REWARDS BUT NOT LOSS OF SALVATION
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GALATIANS
CHAPTER 5
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
I)
Gal 5:13-21
A)
TRUE BELIEVERS CAN & DO COMMIT SINS
1)
INTRODUCTION
a)
Eph 4:22-24
b)
Ro 6:6-7
c)
Ro 6:12-14
2)
CLEAR EXAMPLES IN SCRIPTURE OF GENUINE BELIEVERS WHO DID NOT PERSEVERE
IN GOOD WORKS
a)
INTRODUCTION
b)
SOLOMON
c)
MANY BELIEVERS IN CORINTH
d)
ONE BELIEVER AT CORINTH
e)
A NUMBER OF BELIEVERS IN CORINTH WERE SICK, SOME DEAD
f)
DEMAS
g)
JAMES REFERS TO TURNING BACK FELLOW BELIEVERS WHO HAVE WANDERED FROM THE
TRUTH
h)
CONCLUSION
i)
RO 8:7-8
II)
Gal 5:21b
A)
THOSE [BELIEVERS] WHO LIVE LIKE THIS WILL NOT INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD
=
1)
BELIEVERS ARE BEING WARNED NOT UNBELIEVERS
2)
THIS IS A WARNING TO BELIEVERS WITH CONSEQUENCES IF THEY DO NOT HEED IT,
NOT AN EXHORTATION TO BE FAITHFUL BECAUSE BELIEVERS WILL AUTOMATICALLY
INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD THUS FALSELY EQUATING INHERITING THE KINGDOM
WITH INHERITING ETERNAL LIFE
a)
INTRODUCTION
b)
"THOSE WHO DO SUCH THINGS" = REFERS TO GENUINE BELIEVERS NOT
UNBELIEVERS
c)
GALATIANS 5:21B IS A WARNING WITH A CONSEQUENCE NOT A SIMPLE EXHORTATION
i)
Gal 6:8
ii)
Ro 3:22b-24
3)
SINCE CLEAR PASSAGES ELSEWHERE IN SCRIPTURE TEACH THAT ETERNAL LIFE IS
SECURE IN THE BELIEVER, LOSS OF SALVATION CANNOT BE IN VIEW
a)
THE BIBLE TEACHES ETERNAL SECURITY
i)
REF: ETERNAL SECURITY, DETAILED STUDY
b)
BUT INHERITANCE AND CO-RULERSHIP IS NOT A GUARANTEE
4)
INHERITING THE KINGDOM OF GOD CANNOT BE REFERRING TO INHERITING ETERNAL
LIFE BECAUSE FLESH AND BLOOD CANNOT INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD:
a)
1 Cor 15:50
5)
SO THERE ARE TWO KINDS OF INHERITANCES FOR THE INDIVIDUAL
a)
INTRODUCTION
b)
THE INHERITANCE OF BEING LET INTO THE KINGDOM OF GOD, OF INHERITING
ETERNAL LIFE AS A FREE GIFT FROM GOD
i)
Heb 1:14
ii)
Lk 18:18
iii)
Mk 10:17
iv)
Lk 10:25
v)
Eph 2:8-9
vi)
Ro 3:22b-24
vii)
Titus 3:5-7
c)
THE INHERITANCE OF CO-OWNERSHIP AND CO-RULERSHIP OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD
WITH THE LORD JESUS CHRIST AS A RESULT OF A FAITHFUL LIFE
i)
Eph 5:1-14: NO ONE WHO IS IMMORAL HAS AN INHERITANCE IN THE KINGDOM OF
CHRIST
ii)
1 Cor 6:9-11: BELIEVERS WHO LIVE UNFAITHFUL LIVES WILL NOT INHERIT THE
KINGDOM OF GOD
iii)
Col 1:10-12: LIVE A WORTHY LIFE AND THE BELIEVER WILL SHARE IN THE
INHERITANCE OF THE KINGDOM OF LIGHT
iv)
Col 3:23-24: WORK FOR THE LORD SO THAT YOU WILL RECEIVE AN INHERITANCE
IN HEAVEN FROM HIM AS A REWARD
v)
2 Timothy 2:11-13: IF BELIEVERS ENDURE, EVEN SUFFER, THEY WILL THEN
SHARE IN THE LORD'S GLORY AND REIGN WITH HIM
COL
3:1-3
RO
8:16-17
vi)
TAKE UP YOUR CROSS AND BE WORTHY: CONFESS AND BE CONFESSED BEFORE THE
FATHER OR DENY AND BE DENIED YOUR INHERITANCE
MT
10:32-33, 37-39
MT
16:27
EPH
2:8-9
MK
8:38
vii)
Mt 5:1-3, 5, 10-12: THE BEATITUDES
B)
CONCLUSION:
1)
INTRODUCTION
a)
ETERNAL SECURITY, DETAILED STUDY
2)
THE REFORMED PERSEVERANCE VIEW
a)
EXPLANATION
b)
EVALUATION
i)
ETERNAL SALVATION IS NOT
CONDITIONED ELSEWHERE IN SCRIPTURE UPON PERSEVERING IN GOOD WORKS
ii)
SCRIPTURE PROVIDES CLEAR EXAMPLES OF GENUINE BELIEVERS WHO WERE NOT
FAITHFUL
iii)
GALATIANS CHAPTER 5 IS ADDRESSED TO GENUINE BELIEVERS NOT UNBELIEVERS
iv)
PAUL SAYS THAT GENUINE BELIEVERS CAN WALK IN THE FLESH
v)
FUTURE JUDGMENT OF THE BELIEVER'S WORKS FOR REWARDS IN HEAVEN IS IN
VIEW, NOT SALVATION
Jn
3:18
vi)
THE BIBLICAL
DOCTRINE OF ASSURANCE OF SALVATION IS IGNORED
1
JN 5:12-13
vii)
THE FALSE
DOCTRINE OF WORKS SALVATION IS PROMOTED
3)
THE WORTHY WALK VIEW
a)
EXPLANATION
b)
EVALUATION
i)
BELIEVERS ARE IN VIEW, NOT UNBELIEVERS
ii)
THE CONTEXT OF A WARNING WITH CONSEQUENCES IS NOT ADDRESSED
4)
THE PRESENT REWARDS VIEW
a)
EXPLANATION
b)
EVALUATION
i)
ONE MUST BE RESURRECTED FROM THE DEAD IN ORDER TO INHERIT THE KINGDOM
ii)
PRESENT BLESSINGS
IN THIS AGE CANNOT BE EQUATED WITH FUTURE INHERITANCE OF THE KINGDOM OF
GOD
5) THE
FUTURE REWARDS VIEW
a)
EXPLANATION
b)
EVALUATION:
THE FUTURE
REWARDS VIEW ANSWERS ALL OF THE SHORTCOMINGS OF THE PRECEDING VIEWS
i)
It does not suggest that persevering in good works is a condition of
eternal salvation in addition to believing in Christ.
ii)
It has no difficulty with the many examples in Scripture of genuine
believers who walked in the flesh.
iii)
It sees those being addressed as genuine believers, as the context
clearly shows.
iv)
It has no argument with the fact that the context acknowledges the
possibility that genuine believers might walk in the flesh.
v)
It is completely compatible with the ethical nature of the passage and
the fact that judgment according to one's works is in view.
vi)
It does not eliminate assurance of salvation.
vii)
It does not produce a works - salvation mentality.
viii)
It is in harmony with the eschatological aspect of the expression found
in 1 Cor 15:50.
ix)
And, it does find in the passage a clear warning to believers
6)
FINAL NOTE ON GAL 5:19-21
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JOHN
CHAPTER 15, (cont.)
ABIDING
IN CHRIST
TABLE
OF CONTENTS (cont.)
E)
[Jn 15:5]:
1)
BELIEVERS MUST ABIDE IN CHRIST IN ORDER TO BEAR FRUIT
a)
[2 Cor 3:5]:
F)
[Jn 15:6]:
1)
UNLESS BELIEVERS ABIDE IN (ARE FAITHFUL) TO OUR LORD THEY ARE CAST OUT
OF FELLOWSHIP WITH HIM MUCH LIKE THE FRUITLESS BRANCHES WHICH ARE CUT
OFF FROM THE VINE AND BURNED
2)
THE BRANCHES (PLURAL) ARE PICTURED AS CAST AND BURNED, NOT THE UNABIDING
BELIEVER, (SINGULAR)
3)THE
VALUE OF EVERY BELIEVER'S LIFE IS TESTED BY FIRE: WHATEVER IS FRUITLESS
WILL INDEED BE BURNED UP BUT NOT THE BELIEVER HIMSELF
a)
MATTHEW CHAPTER 22
b)
[1 Cor 3:11-15]:
c)
[Jas 2:1-26]:
G)
[Jn 15:7-11]:
H)
[Jn 15:11]:
1)
[1 Jn 1:3-4]:
