by Andrew Murray | May 1, 2024 | The Mystery of the True Vine
14th Day Withered Branches If a man abide not in Me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.—Ver. 6. The lessons these words teach are very simple and very solemn. A man can come to such a...
by Andrew Murray | May 1, 2024 | The Mystery of the True Vine
13th Day You can do Nothing Apart from Me ye can do nothing.—Ver. 5. In everything the life of the Branch is to be the exact counterpart of that of the Vine. Of Himself Jesus had said: “The Son can do nothing of Himself.” As the outcome of that entire dependence, He...
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...
