Charles Spurgeon Commentary John 15:9
Charles Spurgeon Commentary
John 15:9
Charles Spurgeon Commentary
John 15:9
SCRIPTURE
"Even as the Father hath loved me, I also have loved you: abide ye in my love." — John 15:9 (ASV)
As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you:
Oh, drink this nectar down! It is as when Cleopatra dissolved the pearl into a single draught; for here is the choicest pearl of truth that ever was dissolved into a single verse to be a delicious draught for his people to drink: As the Father hath loved me,—as surely as the Father has loved me.
And then, as—that is, in the same manner as the Father hath loved me,—without beginning, without ending, without measure, without change, so have I loved you.
As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you:
Matchless, matchless word! The love of God the Father to the Son is the immeasurable measure of the love of Christ to his people—without beginning, without end, without change, without bounds. As the Father loved Christ, so has Christ loved us.
Continue ye in my love.
Abide in it, live in it as the fish lives in the stream, enjoy it, do nothing contrary to it.
As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.
As truly as the Father loves the Son, so truly does Jesus love us. Indeed, more than that, in the same manner as the Father loved the Son — that is, without beginning, without cessation, without change, without end, without measure — so does Jesus love us.
There are many vast texts in the Bible, but I have often questioned whether there is a bigger text than this — a vaster abyss of meaning is not to be found in these few words, As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you.
Continue ye in my love. Recognize it, enjoy it, walk in consistency with it, reflect it: Continue ye in my love.
As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.
How wondrously Jesus loves those who are truly his! As the Father loved him, so does he love us: that is, without beginning, without measure, without variation, without end. Continue ye in my love; that is, live in it, enjoy it, drink it in, be influenced by it.