John 15:1-5, “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. Abide in [...]
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The Meaning and Applications of “Abide with Christ”
Posted: May 11, 2011 by Michael Dewalt in Christ0
John 15:4-5 reads, “Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, [...]
(Sermon by Octavious Winslow) ‘And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit, who lives in you.” Romans 8:11 Having affirmed of the redeemed body that it was dead because of [...]
Sermon by J. Gresham Machen (1881-1937) Some nineteen hundred years ago, in an obscure corner of the Roman Empire, there lived one who, to a casual observer might have seemed to be a remarkable man. Up to the age of about thirty years. He lived an obscure life in the midst of an humble family. Then [...]
Prophecies Fulfilled by the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ
Posted: April 22, 2011 by Michael Dewalt in Christ, Christ in the Old TestamentBible Prophecy: Isaiah 53:3 says, “He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering. Like one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not.” Fulfillment: John 1:10-11 says, “He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world [...]
In Luke 17 Christ Described the Condition of the damned soul, from which we may learn some of what it means to be forsaken by God. It is to suffer torment and thirst with nothing to diminish either verse 24; “For as the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one side to the other, [...]
Was Jesus the Object of Old Testament Faith?
Posted: January 28, 2011 by Michael Dewalt in Christ, Christ in the Old Testament, Christ in the OTIn yesterday’s post, “Was Salvation Through Jesus Christ?” a friend commented asking me… “Salvation is always through Jesus Christ, but does this have to mean that he was the object of Old Testament faith?” I would argue yes, the object of the Old Testament Faith was Jesus Christ and this is how I would argue [...]
Was Salvation Through Jesus Christ in the Old Testament?
Posted: January 27, 2011 by Michael Dewalt in Christ, Christ in the Old Testament, Christ in the OT1 Corinthians 10:1 For I want you to know, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea, 2 and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, 3 and all ate the same spiritual food, 4 and all drank the same spiritual drink. For [...]
Jesus the “I AM” (Part 2)
Posted: October 16, 2009 by Michael Dewalt in Bible Study, Christ, God, Theology[Posted by Benjamin Thocher] So what is the point? What is our take away, as contemporary Christians, from Jesus calling himself the “true vine”? Jesus tells the disciples that they are branches of the “true vine” and that they are to “abide in him.” In verse 4 Jesus says “Abide in me, and I in [...]
Jesus the “I AM” (Part 1)
Posted: October 15, 2009 by Michael Dewalt in Bible Study, Christ, Eschatology, God, Theology[Posted by Benjamin Thocher] At the beginning of John 15 Jesus says to disciples “I AM the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser.” The rest of the chapter revolves around this illustration and what it means first of all for who Jesus is and secondly for who we are, as believers, in relationship [...]
