If the world hate you, ye know that it hated Me before it hated you. – John 15:18. The disciples of Jesus enjoy the love which loves Jesus, and must endure the hate which hates Him; they are loved by …

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These things I command you, that ye love one another. – John 15:17. The first fruit of a Godly life which Christians, as branches ingrafted in Christ, are to bring forth is mutual love. In that hour of parting, Jesus …

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Abide in me. – John 15:4. Jesus is “the true Vine;” God the “Father is the Husbandman [Vine-dresser]” (John 15:1). The believers, the Christians “are the branches” (v. 5a).  Every branch in Jesus that bears no fruit, that ceases to …

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Peace I leave with you, My peace I give unto you. – John 14:27. In that night Judas, not Iscariot, said to Jesus: “Lord, how is it that Thou wilt manifest Thyself unto us and not unto the world?” (John …

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Regarding the ecclesiastical names for the Sundays in Lent, these are taken from the first word(s) of the Introit [IN-tro-it] for each of the Sundays, as these may be found in the Lutheran Hymnal in the front portion, page 62ff. …

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I will not leave you comfortless. – John 14:18. Thus spake the departing Savior to His grieving disciples.  How, then, would He not leave them comfortless?  “If ye love Me, keep My commandments,” He said first (John 14:15). He that …

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“If ye shall ask anything in my name, I will do it“. — John 14:14. Jesus instilled His despondent disciples with courage in that night by giving them a great and sure promise. He said: “Verily, verily, I say unto you, …

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“He that hath seen Me hath seen the Father”. – John 14:9. Jesus wanted to comfort His disciples because of His departure. He therefore said to them: “If ye had known Me, ye should have known My Father also; and …

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“I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life: no man cometh unto the Father but by Me.” – John 14:6. What terror must have seized upon the disciples, the poor sheep, that night in which their Lord was betrayed. …

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