John Ch 15. Part 2. Jesus teaches HIS disciples how to treat each other.

Truth In Scripture Pastor Rick Kabrick Thursday June 19, 2025 John Ch 15. Part 2. Jesus teaches HIS disciples how to treat each other and represent themselves to the world. John 15:17-27.
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Also, after the Passover meal, Yeshua and the Disciples went to the Garden of Gethsemane. That route would have taken them past the main gates that led into the temple.
On those gates carved into those gates were two large six-foot long clusters of grapes hanging from a vine. They were made of pure gold. Yeshua and the Disciples would have walked right past those gates:Imagine the grapes glistening in the moonlight. Remember it is a full moon.
They looked at this wonderful golden carving of the vine and branches and grapes.That was a symbol of Israel (PSA 80:8,14; 128:3; ISA 5:1-7: JER 2:21; EZE 15; 17:8; 19:10; HOS 10:1; JOEL 2:22; ZECH 8:12; MAL 3:11).That symbol goes back to the OT, to the early part of their history where the children of Israel under Moses were outside the Promised Land.
That symbol goes back to the OT, to the early part of their history where the children of Israel under Moses were outside the Promised Land. Moses sent spies into the Promised land and in NUM 13, they came back with these large grapes and vines! BUT there are giants in there. When they finally came in, they found it was a land of vineyards, juicy grapes, and so it became the symbol.
If GOD is to obtain from us what HE desires, HE is going to use the knife on us constantly. This is a disturbing thought, but it is a surgeon’s knife: It is to make us healthy, able to produce good fruit. Think of what this means: If we abide in HIM, look at the things that follow: Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness, and Self-control! That is the fruit of the Spirit.
There are others that say that one can drift so far away from Yeshua that HE says, no more, I am now making you no longer saved. Again I don’t believe that. Let me clearly and emphatically state that in no way condones sin.