John Chap 15 Spiritual Union, Oneness and Identity is in God’s True Vine With Brenda Gray

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John 15 continues Jesus’ Upper Room Discourse. The setting is intimate and covenantal. Jesus is preparing the disciples for life after His departure, explaining how divine life will continue to flow through Him.

John’s “vine imagery” emphasizes the believers union with Christ, explaining the process that produces “fruit,” while in Galatians 5 Paul emphasizes and describes the “content of the fruit—the divine nature,” which is love, joy, peace, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.

Paul also provides us with knowledge as to “WHY” we are able to live from the “fruit,”—the flesh was crucified with its passions and desire, (Galatians 5:24) and now those who are Spiritually birthed are able to live and walk from their divine nature and new Spiritual identity.

Jesus speaks of agape love, a type of love that the disciples had “received” from Jesus and the Father, but they themselves had not yet been able to give due to the fact that they themselves had not yet been filled with the Holy Spirit. (John 14:17—the Spirit of truth. The world cannot receive Him, because they neither see Him nor knows Him. But you do know Him, for He abides with you and will be “IN” you.)  

I trust the Father that as we continue our discussion in John chapter, our knowledge and understanding of Agape love will be deepened as we continue to live as the Spiritual Son in the process of Sonship.