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Part IV The "I Am's" that Jesus Christ says He is in the Gospel of John |
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God is the Husbandman
His Increase
1Cor:3:7:
So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth;
but God that giveth the increase.
His Call
Jn:6:65: And
he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except
it were given unto him of my Father.
His will
John 6:39,40
His people
John 17 -
read entire chapter to see How much He gives glory to God the Father!
Two mysteries involved here:
I. Israel's Blindness
Romans 11:25
25: For I would not, brethren, that
ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own
conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness
of the Gentiles be come in.
II. Joint-Heirs, Joint-body;
joine partaker for us with the Jews
Ephesians 3:1-7
1: For this cause I Paul, the prisoner
of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,
2: If ye have heard of the dispensation
of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward:
3: How that by revelation he made known
unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words,
4: Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand
my knowledge in the mystery of Christ)
5: Which in other ages was not made known
unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and
prophets by the Spirit;
6: That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs,
and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:
7: Whereof I was made a minister, according
to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working
of his power.
Joint-body
Ephesians 2:14-18
14: For he is our peace, who hath made
both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;
15: Having abolished in his flesh the enmity,
even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself
of twain one new man, so making peace;
16: And that he might reconcile both unto
God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
17: And came and preached peace to you
which were afar off, and to them that were nigh.
18: For through him we both have access
by one Spirit unto the Father.
I Corinthians 12:12,13
12: For as the body is one, and hath many
members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body:
so also is Christ.
13: For by one Spirit are we all baptized
into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free;
and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
See Deuteronomy
32:31-34
31: For their rock is not as our Rock,
even our enemies themselves being judges.
32: For their vine is of the vine of Sodom,
and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters
are bitter:
33: Their wine is the poison of dragons,
and the cruel venom of asps.
34: Is not this laid up in store with me,
and sealed up among my treasures?
35: To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence;
their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at
hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.
for details of the winepressing... see Isaiah
63:1-6
1: Who is this that cometh from Edom, with
dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel,
travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness,
mighty to save.
2: Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel,
and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winefat?
3: I have trodden the winepress alone;
and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them in mine
anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled
upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment.
4: For the day of vengeance is in mine
heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.
5: And I looked, and there was none to
help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore mine own
arm brought salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me.
6: And I will tread down the people in
mine anger, and make them drunk in my fury, and I will bring down their
strength to the earth.
Jeremiah 25:30-34
30: Therefore prophesy thou against
them all these words, and say unto them, The LORD shall roar from on high,
and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he shall mightily roar upon
his habitation; he shall give a shout, as they that tread the grapes, against
all the inhabitants of the earth.
31: A noise shall come even to the ends
of the earth; for the LORD hath a controversy with the nations, he will
plead with all flesh; he will give them that are wicked to the sword, saith
the LORD.
32: Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold,
evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind shall
be raised up from the coasts of the earth.
33: And the slain of the LORD shall be
at that day from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth:
they shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be
dung upon the ground.
34: Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow
yourselves in the ashes, ye principal of the flock: for the days of your
slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished; and ye shall fall like
a pleasant vessel.
Relevation 19:13-15
13: And he was clothed with a vesture dipped
in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
14: And the armies which were in heaven
followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
15: And out of his mouth goeth a sharp
sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them
with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and
wrath of Almighty God.
For ye are all the children of God by faith
in Christ Jesus.
The True Vine of Jesus Christ
Galatians 3:26
or stay as you are...
The False Vine of the Earth
He that believeth on him is not condemned:
but he that believeth not is condemned
already,
because he hath not believed in the name
of the only begotten Son of God.
John 3:18