by Andrew Murray | May 1, 2024 | The Mystery of the True Vine
12th Day Much Fruit He that abideth in Me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit.—Ver. 5. Our Lord had spoken of fruit, more fruit. He now adds the thought: Much fruit. There is in the Vine such fulness, the care of the Divine Husbandman is so sure of...
by Andrew Murray | May 1, 2024 | The Mystery of the True Vine
11th Day Ye the Branches I am the Vine, ye are the Branches.—Ver. 5. Christ had already said much of the Branch, here He comes to the personal application: Ye are the Branches of whom I have been speaking. As I am the Vine, engaged to be and do all the Branches need,...
by Andrew Murray | May 1, 2024 | The Mystery of the True Vine
10th Day I the Vine I am the Vine, ye are the Branches.—Ver. 5. In the previous verse Christ had just said: “Abide in Me.” He had then announced the great unalterable law of all branch-life, on earth or in heaven: Not of itself; Except it abide. In the opening words...
by Andrew Murray | May 1, 2024 | The Mystery of the True Vine
9th Day Except Ye Abide As the Branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the Vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in Me.—Ver. 4. We know the meaning of the word except. It expresses some indispensable condition, some inevitable law. “The branch cannot...
by Andrew Murray | May 1, 2024 | The Mystery of the True Vine
8th Day Abide Abide in Me, and I in you.—Ver. 4. When a new graft is placed in a vine, and it abides there, there is a twofold process that takes place. The first is in the wood. The graft shoots its little roots and fibres down into the stem, and the stem grows up...
