by Andrew Murray | May 1, 2024 | The Mystery of the True Vine
29th Day Election Ye did not choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you that ye should go and bear fruit.—Ver. 16. The branch does not choose the vine, or decide on which vine it will grow. The vine brings forth the branch, as and where it will. Even so Christ...
by Andrew Murray | May 1, 2024 | The Mystery of the True Vine
28th Day Christ’s Friendship: its Intimacy No longer do I call you servants; for the servant knoweth not what his Lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I heard from my Father, I have made known unto you.—Ver. 15. The highest proof of true...
by Andrew Murray | May 1, 2024 | The Mystery of the True Vine
27th Day Christ’s Friendship: its Evidence Ye are my friends, if ye do the things which I command you.—Ver. 14. Our Lord has said what He gave as proof of His friendship: He gave His life for us. He now tells us what our part is to be—to do the things which He...
by Andrew Murray | May 1, 2024 | The Mystery of the True Vine
26th Day Christ’s Friendship: its Origin Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.—Ver. 13. In the three following verses our Lord speaks of his relation to His disciples under a new aspect—that of friendship. He points us to...
