EPISODE · Feb 19, 2025 · 37 MIN
"Love That Will Not Let Us Go" (John 15:1-17)
from RUF at UNCW · host Reformed University Fellowship at UNCW
Welcome to the Reformed University Fellowship at UNCW Podcast! Each week, we will post the messages from our RUF Large Group meetings at UNCW. This year, we're examining the Gospel of John to learn about the words and work of Jesus.In this passage. Jesus is talking to his disciples about what their lives are going to look like on the other side of his death and resurrection. And he’s going to tell them the secret to living a flourishing, fruitful life. For those who follow Christ, their growth is not just possible, it’s assured! You can live a fruitful, flourishing life because Jesus Christ came not just to live for you, but to live in you.Further Reading: https://www.crossway.org/articles/practically-how-do-we-abide-in-jesus/https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/god-prunes-those-he-loves/Quotes:The skillful eye knows that there are no random strokes of the [Father’s] pruning shears; nothing is cut off that wasn’t a gain to lose because it would be a loss to keep– Tim Keller“He will make the feeblest and filthiest of us into … a dazzling, radiant, immortal creature, pulsating all through with such energy and joy and wisdom and love as we cannot now imagine, a bright stainless mirror which reflects back to God … His own boundless power and delight and goodness. The process will be long and, in parts, very painful; but that is what we are in for. Nothing less. He meant what He said.” — C.S. Lewis. “The might of heaven, the power that flung galaxies into existence, has swept you into himself. And you're there to stay. Amid the storms of your little existence-the sins and sufferings, the failure and faltering, the waywardness and wandering— He is not just with you. He is in you, and you in him. His destiny now falls on you.” — Dane Ortland“Christ is the redeemed man's new environment. He has been lifted out of the cramping restrictions of his earthly lot into a totally different sphere, the sphere of Christ. He has been transplanted into a new soil and a new climate, and both soil and climate are Christ. His spirit is breathing a nobler element. He is moving on a loftier plane.” - James Stewart
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Welcome to the Reformed University Fellowship at UNCW Podcast! Each week, we will post the messages from our RUF Large Group meetings at UNCW. This year, we're examining the Gospel of John to learn about the words and work of Jesus.In this passage. Jesus is talking to his disciples about what their lives are going to look like on the other side of his death and resurrection. And he’s going to tell them the secret to living a flourishing, fruitful life. For those who follow Christ, their growth is not just possible, it’s assured! You can live a fruitful, flourishing life because Jesus Christ came not just to live for you, but to live in you.Further Reading: https://www.crossway.org/articles/practically-how-do-we-abide-in-jesus/https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/god-prunes-those-he-loves/Quotes:The skillful eye knows that there are no random strokes of the [Father’s] pruning shears; nothing is cut off that wasn’t a gain to lose because it would be a loss to keep– Tim Keller“He will make the feeblest and filthiest of us into … a dazzling, radiant, immortal creature, pulsating all through with such energy and joy and wisdom and love as we cannot now imagine, a bright stainless mirror which reflects back to God … His own boundless power and delight and goodness. The process will be long and, in parts, very painful; but that is what we are in for. Nothing less. He meant what He said.” — C.S. Lewis. “The might of heaven, the power that flung galaxies into existence, has swept you into himself. And you're there to stay. Amid the storms of your little existence-the sins and sufferings, the failure and faltering, the waywardness and wandering— He is not just with you. He is in you, and you in him. His destiny now falls on you.” — Dane Ortland“Christ is the redeemed man's new environment. He has been lifted out of the cramping restrictions of his earthly lot into a totally different sphere, the sphere of Christ. He has been transplanted into a new soil and a new climate, and both soil and climate are Christ. His spirit is breathing a nobler element. He is moving on a loftier plane.” - James Stewart
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