Y2
We are to abide in (stay united with) Yeshua in order to bear fruit.
Category: God & Yeshua
Type: Positive
Form: Explicit
Source dataset: Old Testament
Uniqueness: Unique
Classical commandment: No
New Covenant Literal Application
Applies to Person Categories: Everyone
Literal Application: mandated
More explanation about New Covenant Literal Application
The New Covenant Literal Application Code (NCLA) is an interpretive guide used by the authors to indicate which person categories a mitzvah applies to, and at what level of literal compliance.
It combines person categories such as Jewish, K'rov Yisrael, and Gentile, together with male/female distinctions and an application level such as mandated, recommended, optional, or prohibited.
This code reflects the authors' interpretive opinion and is provided for prayerful consideration. On this page, the technical code is summarized into plain language to help new readers understand it more easily.
Detailed codes: GFm - Gentile female, mandated | GMm - Gentile male, mandated | JFm - Jewish female, mandated | JMm - Jewish male, mandated | KFm - K'rovat Yisrael female, mandated | KMm - K'rov Yisrael male, mandated
Bible references
Key NT Scriptures
- John 15:4-7
- John 15:16
- Romans 7:4
Supportive NT Scriptures
- Colossians 1:9-10
- 1 Corinthians 6:16-17
- 2 Corinthians 5:17
- Galatians 3:26-28
- Galatians 5:22-26
- John 17:20-23
- 1 John 5:20
- Matthew 7:16-20
- Matthew 13:22-23
- Philippians 1:9-11
- Romans 6:3-5
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Commentary
Rabbi Michael Rudolph
It is not possible for a man to bear no fruit at all. By merely being alive, man will bear either good fruit or bad fruit, and Scripture makes it plain that the choice is ours. Only good fruit results from our abiding in (being united with) Yeshua, and he is quoted to have said: " apart from me you can't do a thing. " That is not to say that isolated instances of good fruit can never come from a person who is not united with Yeshua or that God cannot work His will through an unbeliever. However, Scripture is exhorting us that if we want to bear good fruit for God we must be (and remain) united with Yeshua, and then (and only then) will good fruit from us be assured.
Classical commentators
This Mitzvah is not addressed by any of the Jewish classical commentators.
Copyright © Michael Rudolph and Daniel C. Juster, The Law of Messiah, Torah from a New Covenant Perspective, Volume 1 & 2
Drawings
Artist: Jenske Visser
Short Movies
Moving works - Linn bought the farm
Linn asked God to send her wherever He'd like. Little did she know God’s response would include pigs, ducks, and a way of life that would bring hope across her community. Download this film and check out the small group discussion guide: https://movingworks.org/project/linn-bought-the-farm
Moving works - The Flourishing Life
Steve Thomason - The Vine and the Branches
This is a picture of Jesus' metaphor of the Vine in John 15. In this image we see the perichoretic power (the power of indwelling) that is the heart of the Gospel.
Songs
Aaron Williams - Abide
Lauren Daigle - First
Michael W Smith - In Christ alone
Sanctus Real - Unstoppable God
Books
Forest Wychopen - Abide in Christ
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