Daily Devotions
My Song In The Night (Gospel of John)
我夜间的歌曲 (约翰福音）
A Necessary Word Of Warning
Text: John 15: 6
A NECESSARY WORD OF WARNING
Nothing must ever be taken for granted when it comes to faith in the Lord. Jesus had to give this solemn but necessary word of warning to His disciples.
“If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned.”
John 15:6
1. “If anyone does not abide in Me”
a. There is no reason nor excuse for not abiding in Jesus.
b. If a person does not abide in Jesus:
i. It is a choice made.
ii. It is a reflection of a lack of wisdom.
iii. Or worse, it is a reflection of not having a real faith in Jesus.
2. “He is cast out as a branch and is withered”
a. This is done by a good and wise vinedresser.
b. He knows that it must be done.
c. The branch that is cast out will wither because it cannot sustain itself.
3. “And they gather them and throw them into the fire”
a. This is a reference to the helpers of the vinedresser.
b. They assist him in his work of vine-dressing.
c. This imagery is applied in the spiritual realm.
d. If a branch does not abide in the Lord he too will be taken away.
e. This is the fate of those who are actually not true believers in the first place.
4. “And they are burned”
a. This is a description of the finality of it all.
b. The stages are well-described:
i. Not abiding
ii. Cast out
iii. Withered
iv. Thrown into the fire and burned
But this need not happen at all. The true believer and wise would always want to abide in the Lord Jesus Christ.
经文：约翰福音 15: 6
一个必要的警告
对于在主里的信心，任何事都不应该被视为理所当然。耶稣必须向祂的门徒发出这个严肃但必要的警告。
“人若不常在我里面，就像枝子丢在外面枯干，人拾起来扔在火里烧了。”
《约翰福音 15：6》