Gospel of John: Chapter 15 - Review of Chapter 15 About Chapter 15 Title Given Chapter 15: "Jesus Explains How He Is The True Vine" Date Gospel Written: ~ 0 to 50 AD Gospel Written By: The Disciple Barnabas - the One "whom Jesus loved" (John:20,2) Title & Review Written By: Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler) Date Web Page Published: September, 2004 Go To: Review of Chapter 15 Go To: Original Version - of Chapter 15 Home Page - Gospel of John Gospel of John: Chapter 16 Chapter 15: Analysis Library Home Page Gospel of John: Chapter 14 Chapter 15: Discussion Go To Table of Contents - Gospel of John: Chapter 15 Related Material Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim. In the name of God, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate. Al-salam 'alaykum wa-rahmat Allah wa barakatuhu kulluhu. Wa 'alaykum al-salam wa-rahmat Allah wa-barakatuhu kulluhu. May all the peace, the beneficence, and the blessing of God be upon us all. May God help us all. My love you (anbu), my dearest loving brothers and sisters - Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler). Review of Chapter 15: Outline of Review: A. Jesus Explains - Where We Are, Who We Are, & What Is Happening In Our Life, that is, we are within Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us, as God is within Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us, and as such "we are all One", that is, "us", Jesus, and God are really "One" within us. This is the "truth of us", not what we currently believe in our ignorace on the "outside" of us, that "us", Jesus, and God, as well as all of our brothers and sisters, and all of the Creation of God within us, are all "separate from" each other on the "outside" of us. B. Jesus Explains How To Stay As "One With" Him - "If ye keep My Commandments, ye shall abide in My love; even as I have kept My Father's Commandments, and abide in His love", which means that as Jesus (peace be upon Him) gave up His life "outside" of Him, to become the Word of God to the world "outside" of Him, we must do the same, before we die to the "outside" of us C. Jesus Explains Why The World Will Hate Us - because it hated Jesus (peace be upon Him) before us, and it hated all of the 124,000 Prophets of God, and Lights of God, before us, and because in truth we are not of the world on the "outside" of us, but are of the kingdom of God within us, we are of the "Stuff of God" within us, because like the disciples of Jesus (peace be upon Him) over 2000 years ago, we have been chosen by God to come into the world in our age in this state, in this state of "hearing the Word of Jesus", and "believing in Him that sent Him" D. Jesus Explains Who Will Testify of Him - "when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of Truth, which proceedeth from the Father, He shall testify of Me. And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with Me from the beginning" Text of Review: Summary of Chapter 15: Outer Story: Jesus (peace be upon Him) uses the analogy of a vine, and its branches, and the farmer who plants, tends, and harvests the vine, to beautifully explain to us, "where we are", and "who we are", and "what is truly happening" in our life. That in truth, we are within Jesus (peace be upon Him), we are "One with" Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us, as the branches that make up a vine are within the vine, and God is the Farmer who has planted, is tending, and will eventually harvest that vine, for the benefit of all of His Creation, both now in this world and in the next world, and our choice is to either join God in what He is selflessly doing for the benefit of all of His Creation, both for now and in the next world, or to continue living a selfish life of "separation and differences" with our brothers and sisters in the world that we see in our collective ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us. As such we are the "fruit of God's vine", or we become the branches of that vine which do not bear fruit, and are removed from the vine, collected, and burned. The choice is ours, not God. The choice is each of ours, before the "outside" of us dies, and the choice is made for us, and we must spend an eternity as we are currently living, an eternity as "separate from" God. This is the truth of our lives, my dearest loving brothers and sisters. May we all think about this a little, and make the right choice before we die, and choose to become the "vine of God" on the "outside" of us, until we die, choose to become Jesus (peace be upon Him) to all of our brothers and sisters who have yet to choose on the "outside" of us, and in this way, becoming the "fruit of God" within us, the qualities and actions of God within us, before we die to our "outside", in this way, bringing all of the Creation of God within us to Completeness before we die to our "outside', and after we die, becoming the "Light of God" in the next world, the light of heaven, for all of our brothers and sisters who have become "One with" Jesus (peace be upon Him), and God within them, before they died. Amen. The Inner Meaning: Jesus explains "where we are", and "who we are", and "what is happening" in our life, that is, we are within Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us, as God is within Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us, and as such "we are all One", that is, "us", Jesus, and God are "One" within us. This is "where we are" within us, not "where we think we are", in our ignorance on the "outside" of us, which in truth is just a dream. And we are about "what Jesus (peace be upon Him) is doing" within us, as the vine of God within us, which is bearing the "fruit of God" within us. This is "who we are" within Jesus within us, not "who we think we are", in our ignorance on the "outside" of us, which in truth is just a thought within that dream. As Jesus (peace be upon Him) is about "what God is doing" within Him within us. This is "Who Jesus is" within us. And what God is doing within Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us is planting, tending, and harvesting the "vine of God", which is Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us, and the fruit of that vine, which is the "fruit of God "within us, which is both Jesus and "us" on the "outside" of us, if we will but realize, understand, accept, and join with this "truth of us", which is the "vine of God's fruit" within us, and the "truth of that vine" hidden within us", which is the "fruit of God". This is "what is happening" in our life, in the life within us. The "fruit of God" which starts as the Word of God within us, as the grace of God within us, and then flows into the world "outside" of us, as Jesus (peace be upon Him) on the "outside" of us, as the "truth of us" on the "outside" of us, as the form of the "truth of us", of what is hidden within us, which flows into the world "outside" of us, in each age, as the "gift of God" for our age, which is an Example of "who we are", of "where we are", and of "what is happening" within us, as the truth of us that naturally emerges from within us, when we are ready to hear it, and ready to either accept or reject it, before we die to the "outside" of us. And if we will but realize, understand, accept, and join with this "truth of us", and the truth within this "truth of us", as 'truth surrendering to truth" within us, then we become "One with" the "vine of God" within us, and begin to bear the "fruit of God" both within and on the "outside" of us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us, which becomes in maturity, when it is harvest and stored within us by God within the wisdom within us, the "Nourishing Sweetness" of the "fruit of God" within us. The "Nourishing Sweetness" of God within us which brings the Creation of God within us to completeness within us, before we die, and in this way, completing our death, the suffering of the grave, and Qiyamah (the Standing Forth; the Day of Judgment) within us before we die to the "outside" of us, and which then becomes the "Light of God" in heaven within us, in the hereafter within us, for all of us In this way, each of us have a choice of an eternal life of "Oneness with" God, or of an eternal life of "separation from" God, a choice we must each make before we die, and "no choice" is a choice, a choice to continue to live as "separate from" God until we die, and to experience what that really means within us, for eternity, after we die. A. Jesus Explains - "Where We Are", and "Who We Are", and "What Is Truly Happening" In Our Life Outer Story: Jesus (peace be upon Him) uses the analogy of a vine, and its branches, and the farmer who plants, tends, and harvests the vine, to beautifully explain to us, "where we are", and "who we are", and "what is truly happening" in our life. From: "Gospel of John" - Chapter 15, Verse 1-6 1. I am the true vine, and My Father is the Husbandman. 2. Every branch in Me that beareth not fruit He taketh away; and every branch that beareth fruit, He purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. 3. Now ye are clean through the Word which I have spoken unto you. 4. Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in Me. 5. I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in Me, and I in Him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without Me ye can do nothing (as without God I can do nothing). 6. If a man abide not in Me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. 7. If ye abide in Me, and My Words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. 8. Herein is My Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be My disciples. 9. As the Father hath loved Me, so have I loved you: continue ye in My love. Inner Meaning: That in truth, we are within Jesus (peace be upon Him), we are "One with" Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us, as the branches that make up a vine are within the vine, and God is the Farmer who has planted, is tending, and will eventually harvest that vine, for the benefit of all of His Creation, both now in this world and in the next world, and our choice is to either join God in what He is selflessly doing for the benefit of all of His Creation, both for now and in the next world, or to continue living a selfish life of "separation and differences" with our brothers and sisters in the world that we see in our collective ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us. B. Jesus Explains How To Stay As "One With" Him Outer Story: Jesus explains how to stay as "one with" Him, that is, "If ye keep My Commandments, ye shall abide in My love; even as I have kept My Father's Commandments, and abide in His love", which means that as Jesus (peace be upon Him) gave up His life "outside" of Him, to become the Word of God to the world "outside" of Him, we must do the same, before we die to the "outside" of us. This is the point of our life, becoming "One with" the Holy Trinity of God within us, to become the flower of the Holy Trinity of God within us with the fragrance of God, that is, before we die to our "outside" to become "One with" Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us, and "One with" God within Him, by allowing our wisdom, the wisdom surrounding our soul, which is our "Holy Spirit", to awaken within us, to the Word of God for our age on the "outside" of us, so our "inside" can win over our "outside", so our wisdom can reason over our fate, so the qualities of our higher selves become victorious over the qualities of our lower selves, before we die to our "outside", not to work for wages to get into some illusory heaven on the "outside" of us after we die. Amen. May we all think about this a little. It is very, very important. My love you (anbu), my dearest loving brothers and sisters - Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler). From: "Gospel of John" - Chapter 15, Verse 10-17 10. If ye keep My Commandments, ye shall abide in My love; even as I have kept My Father's Commandments, and abide in His love. 11. These things have I spoken unto you, that My joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. 12. This is My Commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. 13. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. 14. Ye are My friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. 15. Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of My Father I have made known unto you. 16. Ye have not chosen Me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in My Name, He may give it you. 17. These things I Command you, that ye love one another. The Inner Meaning: Jesus explains how to stay as "one with" Him, that is, we must give up our life "outside" of us, in order to become "One with" Him within us, we must give up our current life of arrogance, karma, and illusion, our life of selfishness, our life of sin, our life of "separation and differences" in the world in the world within us, that we see in our ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, and do this before we die to it, to this "outside" of us, and in this way, let Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us, and God within Him, transform "us" into a life of selflessness, a life of grace, wisdom, and 'ilm or divine knowledge, a life of completeness both within and "outside" of us. And in this way, we must let Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us, and God within Him, we must let Them within us, use "us" both within us and on the "outside" of us, to do what Jesus (peace be upon Him) did over 2000 years ago, and what the other Prophets of God, and Lights of God did over the last 200 million years, over and over again, both within us and "outside" of us. We must let Them use us, in the same way that They have been trying to use man, since the coming of Adam (peace be upon Him) to this earth world within us, to complete God's intention within us, that is, to move forward the story of True Man within the story of God, and the story of God within the story of True Man, within each of us, within all of us, within all of the everything of God, within all of the Creation of God. In this way, we must let the gift of God for our age, which is the life and teaching of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), and of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), become our life, both within us and on the "outside" of us, which is the world, the body, and the life that we are currently seeing in our ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us. That is, for this age, to truly love Jesus (peace be upon Him) is to truly love Him within us, is to truly love Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and is to truly love the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with each of Us) both within us and on the "outside" of us, and in this way, is to truly love all of the "Stuff of God" within us, and to let all of the "Stuff of God" within us, which in truth is us, to let Them within us use us, both within us and on the "outside" of us, to brings the "fruits of God" on the "vine of God" within us to maturity, both within us and on the "outside" of us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God, both within us and on the "outside" of us, before we die to the "outside" of us, as God has been doing to the Children of God for each age, over and over again, for the last 200 million years. C. Jesus Explains Why The World Will Hate Us Outer Story: Jesus explains why the world will hate us, that is, because it hated Jesus (peace be upon Him) before us, and it hated all of the 124,000 Prophets of God, and Lights of God, before us, and because in truth we are not of the world on the "outside" of us, but are of the kingdom of God within us, we are of the "Stuff of God" within us, because like the disciples of Jesus (peace be upon Him) over 2000 years ago, we have been chosen by God to come into the world in our age in this state, in this state of "hearing the Word of Jesus", and "believing in Him that sent Him" From: "Gospel of John" - Chapter 15, Verse 18-25 18. If the world hate you, ye know that it hated Me before it hated you. 19. If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. 20. Remember the Word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted Me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept My Saying, they will keep yours also. 21. But all these things will they do unto you for My Name's sake, because they know not Him that sent Me. 22. If I had not come and spoken to them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin. 23. He that hateth Me hateth My Father also. 24. If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both Me and My Father. 25. But this cometh to pass, that the Word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated Me without a cause. The Inner Meaning: Jesus explains why the world will hate us, because like the disciples of Jesus (peace be upon Him) over 2000 years ago, we have been chosen by God to come into the world in our age in this state, in this state of "hearing the Word of Jesus", and "believing in Him that sent Him". And because the Word of Jesus (peace be upon Him), and the Word of those who have come into the world after Jesus (peace be upon Him), that is, the Word of the disciples of Jesus (peace be upon Him), as well as Word of the Prophet Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him) and His disciples,, and the Word of Qutb Muhaiyaddeen Abdul-Qadir al-Jilani (may God be pleased with Him) and His disciples, and now in our age, the Word of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), have always been hated by the world. And now with the passing of His Holiness, the Word of The Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with each of Us) and of their disciples, have and will continue to come into the world until the last day, and it is always the same, it is always the same Word of God, the Word of God that has been sent to the Creation of God from God within us all, for the last 200 million years, to awaken the wisdom within the Children of God to the truth of God for their age. Iin order to grow the "fruit of God" on the "vice of God" within us all, if that we our true intention, if we truly love Jesus (peace be upon Him), and the disciples of Jesus (peace be upon Him), and Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him), and Qutb Muhaiyaddeen Abdul-Qadir al-Jilani (may God be pleased with Him), and now our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), and now His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us). Amen. And in each age this Word of God is always rejected by the world, it is always hated by the world, because it is removing the "cloke" from their sin, from their sin of "separation from" God, of "separation from" each other, and of "separation from" the Creation of God within them, and as such, because it is their Judgment, a Judgment that will be with them on the last day, they always reject it, and hate it. D. Jesus Explains Who Will Testify of Him Outer Story: Jesus explains who will testify of Him, that is, "when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of Truth, which proceedeth from the Father, He shall testify of Me. And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with Me from the beginning". From: "Gospel of John" - Chapter 15, Verse 26-27 26. But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of Truth, which proceedeth from the Father, He shall testify of Me. 27. And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with Me from the beginning. Inner Meaning: For only the Holy Trinity can testify of Jesus (peace be upon Him), nothing of the "outside" of us, which is what God discarded to become God within us, can testify of God within us. Only God within us, only the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit within us, and only the representatives of God on the "outside" of us, that have been sent to us from God, or have been chosen by God to represent God on the "outside" of us, that have been sent into the world in the state where they can "hear the Word and believe in the One who sent the Word". Only they can testify of Jesus (peace be upon Him). Everything else that goes on in the name of "testifying of Jesus" is but the drama of the "outside" of us, is but another reflection of the lives of "separation and differences" that live in the world that we see in our ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us. 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