Waggoner on the Gospel of John - Ellet J. Waggoner

memorial endures to all generations. Week by
week the Sabbath calls our attention anew to the
fact that God is the Creator of all things, and that
He creates all things very good. Thus we are
continually reminded to put our trust in Him for
salvation. He is the husbandman, and He keeps His
vineyard day and night, watering it every moment.
(Isa. 27:2, 3) Friends of the Lord
"Ye are My friends, if ye do whatsoever I
command you." And what does He command us?--
To bear fruit. Strange that immediately after
reading the first part of this chapter, in which the
conditions of fruit-bearing are so clearly set forth,
and it is shown that we ourselves do nothing of
ourselves, but simply bear the fruit which the life
of the parent stock begets in us, men will read this
fourteenth verse, and imagine that they must by
their own power to do something to recommend
them to the Lord, and gain His friendship! "This is
the work of God, that ye believe in Him whom He
hath sent." (John 6:29) His commandment to us is
fulfilled by our trust in Him; "even as Abraham
believed God, and it was accounted to him for
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