By John Foll, 12/3/2016
Jesus spoke the word to His disciples in John chapters 14 to 17, but they still apply to us today, if we are His disciple! The words that Jesus has spoken to us, not only are they life to our soul, but they will bring us much joy! He loves us so much and longs for our joy to be full! We can only have this fullness of joy if we are His disciple and listen to His words of love to us. Our joy is made full when we are His disciple! This is where not only true peace is, but true joy! It is found only in the love for Jesus and following all of His words. But since He came to magnify His Father and His Father’s commandments (John 15:10), it is found in the pages of the entire Bible, not just the gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John!
What were the words
that Jesus spoke to His disciples before our passage, John 15:11?
“You are already clean because of the word
which I have spoken to you. Abide in Me,
and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit
of itself, unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you, unless you
abide in Me. I am the vine, you are the
branches; he who abides in Me, and I in him, he bears
much fruit; for apart from Me you can do nothing. If anyone does not abide
in Me, he is thrown away as a branch, and
dries up; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are
burned. If
you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it shall be done for
you. By this is My Father glorified,
that you bear much fruit, and so prove to be My disciples. Just
as the Father has loved Me, I have also loved
you; abide in My love. If you keep My
commandments, you will abide in My love; just as I have kept My Father's commandments, and abide in His love.” John 15:3-10 NASB.
If you want to have
that full joy that Jesus wants all of His people to have, then ask God to help
you become Jesus’ disciple. What does it mean to be Jesus’ disciple?
It means to listen to and keep all of
His words, and to bear much fruit for God and thus prove to be His disciple!
If you abide in Him, as He was in His Father and His Father was in Him, you
will bear much fruit, and become His disciple. Then when you are Jesus’
disciple, you will be able to pray to God
and ask whatever you wish, and it will be done unto you. This promise of
Jesus was not given to the crowds that were following Him around, but to His
disciples only. It was not given for
selfish gratification or for anything outside of God’s will. But if you are
Jesus’ disciple, you will only want God’s will, and selfishness and sin will be
banished from your heart. If you want to
be Jesus’ disciple, and abide in Him, you will become His disciple and
then these words of Jesus will be for you, but only as you abide in Him,
as He was in His Father and His Father in Him.
Final thought on the
love of God and the joy He wants to give us:
“But let all who take refuge in You be glad, Let them ever sing for joy; And may You shelter them, That those who love Your name may exult in You. For it is You who blesses the righteous man, O LORD, You surround him with favor as with a shield.” Psalm 5:11-12 NASB.
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