"...so that you will not go astray"
16:1-4 Why does Jesus warn them so clearly that they will be persecuted? It’s because the greatest danger they face is not the...
The Spirit of witness
15:26-27 This is the third time Jesus has said to them that the Father will send “the Counsellor” to help them (14:16; 14:26). The Greek...
Why Jesus gets rejected
15:22-25 By its rejection of the one sent by God, the world’s ignorance of God was revealed (21; 8:19; 16:3) for the works of Jesus were...
Chosen out of the world
15:18-21 All this talk of love and joy and fruitfulness (15:8-17) sounds delightful and so indeed it is. But the context in which we live...
Appointed to bear fruit
15:16-17 Jesus has previously said that “no-one can come to me unless the Father draws them” (John 6:44) and again he makes it clear that...
We are friends of Jesus
15:13-15 Once again, Jesus has reminded them that at the heart of all his commands there is a single and supreme command: “Love each...
The joy of obedience
15:11-12 So it’s by obedience to Jesus that we remain in his love. That may well be hard and costly – it certainly was for Jesus and it...