约翰福音［第15章］
[属灵生命的三重关系]
主讲: 丘均发传道
06/05/2025
1. 真葡萄树与栽培者（V1-3）
耶稣自称为‘真葡萄树’，意味着祂是那真正能使人结果的源头。天父是栽培的人，细心照顾我们成长的园丁，修剪枝子，使其结果更多。
2. 常在主里多结果子（V4-8）
耶稣说，枝子若不常在葡萄树上，就不能结果子；离开主，生命会枯干。但若我们常在主里，祂的话也在我们心中，所求的就必成就。常在主里祷告的，必多结果子，荣耀神！
3.常在主爱喜乐满足（V9-11）
当我们遵守主的命令，就常在祂的爱里，正如耶稣遵守父的命令，常在父的爱里。这样，我们的喜乐就可以满足。真正的喜乐，不是来自外在的环境，而是来自与主亲密的关系。
小结：与基督的关系是我们属灵生命的根基。只有常在主里面，我们才能结出属灵的果子，经历真正的喜乐。
1. 要与肢体彼此相爱（V12-13）
在这里，耶稣命令门徒要彼此相爱，并把自己舍命的爱作为相爱的榜样和标准。这提醒我们，彼此相爱不仅是情感上的关怀，更是愿意为对方付出，甚至牺牲。
2. 从仆人提升为朋友（V14-15）
耶稣说：你们若遵行我的吩咐，就是我的朋友。这是亲密又信任的关系，让人感受到尊重与爱。在这冷漠的时代，教会应成为真实有爱的家，因为主已以朋友接纳我们，我们也当彼此相爱。。
3.被主拣选去结果子（V16-17）
主拣选我们作祂的朋友，是为了让我们去结果子、使果子常存，包括传福音与服事。祂也吩咐我们彼此相爱，这是信徒关系的基础，也是我们共同的使命。
1. 不妥协于世人的恨（V18-19）
这里提醒我们，作为基督徒，可能会遭受世界的敌视和逼迫。主耶稣说，世人恨我们，是因为他们先恨祂。当我们不妥协，虽然会被世人恨，但是最终将得神永恒的奖赏。
2.在敌对关系的互动（V20-25）
基督徒会面对仇恨和逼迫，是因为效法主、与主合一；主也指出这是‘必然结果’。
敌对不会停止，但我们可以选择做不妥协的信徒，也不苦毒的信徒，用主的方式面对：继续在爱中说诚实话，忍耐中活出信仰，智慧中处理与世人的关系。
3.圣灵来帮助作见证（V26-27）
最后，主把焦点转向圣灵的工作和门徒的使命。圣灵会来帮助门徒，在面对世界的敌意时，仍能为主作见证。
圣灵是辩护律师，我们是证人。我们不用负责说服人，只负责说实话。我们与世界的关系不是对抗或妥协，而是转化！
今天你想更深连于主？更真爱肢体？或更勇敢为主站立？
愿主帮助我们在这三重关系上成长，活出真实丰盛、有见证的属灵生命！
John 15
The Threefold Relationship of Spiritual Life
06/05/2025
The Morning Devotion Speaker: Ps Daniel
1. The True Vine and the Vinedresser (V1-3)
Jesus calls himself the ‘true vine’, which means that He is the source that can truly produce fruit. The Heavenly Father is the vinedresser, the gardener who carefully takes care of our growth, pruning the branches so that they can produce more fruit.
2. Bear more fruit in the Lord (V4-8)
Jesus said that if a branch does not abide in the vine, it cannot bear fruit; if it is separated from the Lord, its life will wither. But if we abide in the Lord and His words are in our hearts, what we ask for will be fulfilled. Those who pray in the Lord will bear more fruit and glorify God!
3. Abide in the Lord's love and be happy and satisfied (V9-11)
When we obey the Lord's commandments, we abide in His love, just as Jesus obeyed the Father's commandments and abided in the Father's love. In this way, our joy can be satisfied. True joy does not come from external circumstances, but from a close relationship with the Lord.
Summary: Our relationship with Christ is the foundation of our spiritual life. Only by abiding in the Lord can we bear spiritual fruit and experience true joy.
1. Love one another with your fellow members (V12-13)
Here, Jesus commands his disciples to love one another and uses his own sacrificial love as an example and standard for love. This reminds us that loving one another is not only about emotional care, but also about being willing to give and even sacrifice for one another.
2. Promoted from servant to friend (V14-15)
Jesus said: If you obey my commandments, you are my friends. This is a close and trusting relationship that makes people feel respected and loved. In this indifferent era, the church should become a real loving home, because the Lord has accepted us as friends, and we should also love each other.
3. Chosen by the Lord to Bear Fruit (V16-17)
The Lord chose us to be His friends so that we can bear fruit and keep the fruit, including preaching the gospel and serving. He also commanded us to love one another, which is the foundation of the relationship between believers and our common mission.
1. Do not compromise with the hatred of the world (V18-19)
This reminds us that as Christians, we may suffer hostility and persecution from the world. The Lord Jesus said that the world hates us because they hated Him first. When we do not compromise, although we will be hated by the world, we will eventually receive God's eternal reward.
2. Interaction in hostile relationships (V20-25)
Christians face hatred and persecution because they imitate the Lord and are united with Him; the Lord also pointed out that this is an "inevitable result."
Hostility will not stop, but we can choose to be uncompromising believers, nor bitter believers, and face it in the Lord's way: continue to speak the truth in love, live out faith with patience, and handle relationships with the world with wisdom.
3. The Holy Spirit comes to help bear witness (V26-27)
Finally, the Lord turns the focus to the work of the Holy Spirit and the mission of the disciples. The Holy Spirit will come to help the disciples bear witness to the Lord even when facing the hostility of the world.
The Holy Spirit is the defence lawyer, and we are the witnesses. We are not responsible for persuading people, but only for telling the truth. Our relationship with the world is not confrontation or compromise, but transformation!
Do you want to be more deeply connected to the Lord today? Love the members more truly? Or stand up for the Lord more courageously?
May the Lord help us grow in these three relationships and live out a true, abundant, and a testimonial spiritual life!