John 15:9-17
Holy Bible. New Living Translation copyright © 1996, 2004 by Tyndale Charitable Trust.
Jesus, the True Vine
9 “I have loved you even as the Father has loved me. Remain in my love. 10 When you obey my commandments, you remain in my love, just as I obey my Father’s commandments and remain in his love. 11 I have told you these things so that you will be filled with my joy. Yes, your joy will overflow! 12 This is my commandment: Love each other in the same way I have loved you. 13 There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. 14 You are my friends if you do what I command. 15 I no longer call you slaves, because a master doesn’t confide in his slaves. Now you are my friends, since I have told you everything the Father told me. 16 You didn’t choose me. I chose you. I appointed you to go and produce lasting fruit, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask for, using my name. 17 This is my command: Love each other.
We often hear that we can ask God anything, in Jesus name, and He will give it to us. Carefully reading this promise, in the context of the passage, reveals that the requisition … the asking … is related to our appointment. “I appointed you to go…”
Followers of Christ are loved … are obedient … are filled with joy … love each other … are friends of Jesus … are free (no longer slaves) … are chosen.
They are appointed for the mission … to produce fruit … and are promised anything they need to complete that mission.
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