Commentary on John 15 (2)

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Commentary on John 15 (2)

Chapter 15 of John is about relationships.

The first thing we must answer about our faith is what kind of relationship we have with God the Father.

Here, worship, prayer, and fellowship are established, and from them we receive righteousness, holiness, and glory, and are supplied with light, life, and love, becoming children of God.

Chapter 13 of John is about choice and acceptance.

In chapter 13, Jesus washes the feet of his disciples, meaning that they should come into Jesus Christ. 

When God said to Moses (Exodus 3:5) and Joshua (Joshua 5:15), “Take off your shoes, for the place where you stand is holy ground,” it means that He receives them with His holiness.

Just as He received Moses and Joshua, the Lord’s washing of their feet is a receiving into Him.

After entering into Jesus Christ, chapter 14 of John is the process of raising them from the flesh level to the spiritual level.

That is why chapter 14 is very important.

If you don't know this, you'll be in trouble.

And in chapter 15, it talks about the relationship between the Father, the Lord, and us when we are raised to the spiritual level.

It is a parable of the relationship between the husbandman, the vine, and the branches, the mysterious mechanism of nature's give and take.

Chapter 13 is about washing feet.

Chapter 14 is about the dwelling place.

That is, Christ lifts us up to that dwelling place.

It is love to the end.

We have entered that dwelling place, and in John 15, we continue to receive supplies and grow in that dwelling place.

That is the parable of the vine and the branches.

Here, there is definitely a Father who is the husbandman.

Do you understand the development of John 13, 14, and 15?

Anyone with this perspective can see this secret.

You see John 13, you see John 14, and you see John 15.

Then, if you pray to apply it to yourself, it gradually becomes yours.

The Bible is objective knowledge, but the Spirit of truth makes it our subjective experience.

The sap rises from the roots of the vine.

For the human body, food becomes flesh and blood.

That is why Jesus says, Eat my flesh and drink my blood.

He said so and clearly explained the principle and method in chapters 13, 14, and 15.

Chapters 13 to 17 of John are Jesus' Parcel in the Upper Room and are the Lord's farewell sermon.

Jesus first spoke in Matthew 5, 6, and 7, and he fulfills them through this farewell sermon.

The Sermon on the Mount is realized only by the Spirit of truth.

For those who do not have the Spirit of truth, the 8 Beatitudes cannot be fulfilled and become the salt and light of the world, and the righteousness, that is, the law, that is, better than the scribes and Pharisees cannot be fulfilled and taught.

Therefore, chapters 14, 15, 16, and 17 of John are very important.

Matthew 5-7 and John 14-16 are like the two wheels of a cart, and if only these parts are interpreted and applied to oneself, the Bible will be fully explained.

The roots are the foundation of a tree.

Jesus also came from the root of David in the flesh.

And the branches are attached to the tree.

In fact, farmers take better care of the roots than the branches.

When a tree is withered, the farmer does not pour water or fertilizer on the leaves, but takes good care of the roots.

The branches are just trimmed.

If you give a lot of fertilizer to the roots, the crops will be good.

Just like that, the farmer, the Father, blesses the source called Jesus Christ.

That is why it says that Joseph received the blessing of the source. 

He received the blessing of the source of heaven.

And it is said that he received the blessing of the earth.

That is why it says that people like Jabez received the blessing of blessings.

Here, be fruitful, multiplyn, fill the earth, subdue it, and rule (Gen. 1:27-28) are mentioned, and if the branch is in the tree and the tree is in the branch, this blessing is fulfilled.

For example, if you say that the fingers are in the hand and the hand is in the fingers, it is understandable that the fingers are in the hand, but why is the hand in the fingers?

It is a principle that is hard to understand just by looking at the appearance, but it is quickly understood when you think about it.

It is obvious that the fingers are attached to the hand.

However, because the fluid inside the hand flows into the fingers, we can say that the hand is inside the fingers.

That is why Jesus says, ‘You are in me, and I am in you.’

We are in Jesus Christ, and Jesus Christ is in us.

If we are in Jesus Christ, the attributes of Jesus Christ are transmitted to us.

The sap of the root is supplied to the branches through the tree.

Therefore, since it is fruit by the sap coming up from the root, it is clearly not mine, but it becomes fruit that is borne by me.

This is the fruit that is born by being attached to Jesus Christ.

I am a person with flesh, and I am only attached to Christ by faith, but the actual sap originates from God and is transmitted to me through Jesus Christ, and fruit is born.

That is why the branch must be attached to the tree.

The sap does not go from the tree to the roots, but from the roots to the branches.

That is why the Lord’s words, “I am in you,” are so important.

Those who love the Lord keep this commandment in their hearts and experience the Lord’s appearance.

Let me explain again.

All trees have sap rising from their roots to their branches.

And when they are full, they will definitely bear fruit.

They must eat and have some leftover to bear fruit.

If a tree does not have enough to eat and live by absorbing moisture and nutrients from the ground, it will not bear fruit.

That is why a tree that is weak cannot bear fruit.

It is the principle of nature that all trees must be full to bear fruit.

And the sap that comes from the roots does not return from the branches or the tree to the roots, but bears fruit and benefits others.

Therefore, it becomes love for one another.

The result of being full is love for one another.

That is why it is said that a tree does not bear fruit for itself.

Therefore, loving others is never easy.

The important thing is that we must first understand this principle of receiving supply from the root and being filled.

That is why the Lord does not start by telling us to love our neighbors, but first tells us to abide in my love.

So the important thing we must study is not to rush to love, but to understand the principle of abiding in the Lord’s love.

That is precisely why the Gospel of John is important.

The principle of abiding in the love of Christ is in the Gospel of John.

Believe it or not, the Lord within me tells me to speak, so I am speaking.

A fig tree that has only leaves fills its own stomach.

It fills its own stomach and has leaves, but has no fruit.

This is not the righteous.

In order to do that, it is very important for our own insides to be cleansed.

It is said that the blood of our flesh is clean if there is no cholesterol in the blood vessels.

If there is cholesterol, the blood is said to be unclean.

Blood pressure rises and oxygen and nutrients do not circulate well in the body, so recovery from fatigue is slow.

Likewise, if we have cholesterol of ego or greed attached to us, it costs a lot of tuition.

Because of ego and greed, we are attached to the Lord with faith, but we do not receive enough supply from the Lord.

So we have no wisdom or intelligence, and we become dim, and even when we hear the word, it is always the same story.

This is because there is too much impure cholesterol in our hearts.

This means that the flesh of our hearts is too fat.

It is because there are too many foreign substances in our hearts.

Jesus clearly says, “Apart from me you can do nothing” (John 15:5).

In short, if you are not connected to the Lord, you are in vain.

Written by Ptr. Yohan Kim.

Translated by  Nancy Chung

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