5/4/24: John 15

Keys of the Kingdom

Grape vines; Propagating vines; Non-fruit producing; Networking ministers; Criminalizing Christianity?; Antisemitism?; Today's Israel; Equity; Diversity; Equality via authority?; Why Rome was in Judea; Jesus the king; Simon/Nicodemus; Pigeon-holing groups; Condemning innocents; "peace" in John 14:27; Language sharing; Pax Romana; "eirene" - national tranquility; Recognizing Jesus as Messiah; Corban of the Pharisees; Drawing near to God; "Free" bread from Rome; Charity?; Or force?; Peace of Christ vs Pax Romana; Tree of Life or Tree of Knowledge?; Individual peace = harmony; Modern Christian covetousness; Evidence of "Born Again"; Deciding to follow Christ; Blind guides; Welfare snares; Sitting in darkness; Near-death experiences; "logos"; Rationale of Abraham, Moses and Christ; Being doers of The Word; Coming out of darkness; Daily sacrifice and ministration; The choice God gives you; Accepting untruths; The Husbandman; Walking like Jesus; Bearing fruit; Abiding in Christ; Natural Law; Legal systems = binding; Christ's command!; Agape = brotherly love; Guidance by Holy Spirit; Loving as Christ loved; Honoring father and mother; Does your life bring fruit that remains?; "name" = character; "Nation"; Psychosis; Our unknown disconnection from Christ; Interconnections of righteousness; Imagined mystery; Out of the world?; Unregistered; The state as your father; Keeping the WHOLE word; Staying in Egypt; No cloak for your sin; Believing without seeing; Keeping His commandments; Pruning; Believing in the "Word"; Saul's folly; Feeling socially secure; Non-charity; Hearing the cries of your neighbor; Organized network; Being doers; Living by the sword rather than the peace of Christ; God wants to comfort everyone; Following Holy Spirit (Comforter); Forgiving to be forgiven; Remind others by example; Seeing what we don't see; Knowing Christ; Pacta servanda sunt; Are you a real son of God?; Living by faith, hope and charity; No exercising authority; Making the Word of God to none effect; Why give?; Seeing the kingdom of God; Relieving dependance on the world; Pure Religion; Listen, see, become doers.