Chapter 3 of 14

Section 2

Section 2

devilish sinners. How could such sinners have become a part of Christ? Nevertheless, as pro­ found as it may seem, we are truly a part of Him.

THE ORGANISM OF THE TRIUNE GOD

IN THE DIVINE DISPENSATION

The vine with the branches is the organism of the Triune God in the divine dispensation. One day the Lord showed me clearly that this vine is the unique organism in the universe. The vine in chapter fifteen is not a small, local, individual organism; it is a great, corporate, universal or­ ganism, the organism of the Triune God.

THE TRIUNE GOD IN THE GOSPEL OF JOHN

No other book in the Bible unveils the Trin­ ity as fully as the Gospel of John does. This whole book concerns the Trinity. In no other book are the Father, the Son, and the Spirit revealed in such a practical way as They are here. The entire Gospel of John is a book on the Son with the Father and with the Spirit. Hence, the organism in chapter fifteen is not merely an organism of Christ, but of the Triune God.

In the opening word of this chapter the Lord Jesus, the Son, says, "I am the true vine, and My

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