Abiding In The Vine And Enjoying God

Sources

1. Job “Job 29:4 (LITV) — as I was in the days of my harvest, when the intimacy with God was on my tent;”
2. Ecclesiastes “Ecclesiastes 9:7 (BBE) — Come, take your bread with joy, and your wine with a glad heart. God has taken pleasure in your works.”
3. Ecclesiastes “Ecclesiastes 2:24 (BBE) — There is nothing better for a man than taking meat and drink, and having delight in his work. This again I saw was from the hand of God.”
4. Ecclesiastes “Ecclesiastes 2:3 (BSB) — I sought to cheer my body with wine and to embrace folly—my mind still guiding me with wisdom—until I could see what was worthwhile for men to do under heaven during the few days of their lives.”
5. Psalms “Psalms 52:8 (Rotherham) — But, I, am like a flourishing olive-tree, in the house of God, I have put confidence in the lovingkindness of God, for times age-abiding and beyond.”
6. Torrey's Topical Textbook “Torrey's Topical Textbook: Vine, The — Often found wild -- 2Ki 4:39; Ho 9:10. Cultivated In vineyards from the time of Noah. -- Ge 9:20. On the sides of hills. -- Jer 31:5. In the valleys. -- Song 6:11. By the walls of houses. -- Ps 128:3. Required to be dressed and pruned to increase its fruitfulness -- Le 25:3; 2Ch 26:10; Isa 18:5. Canaan abounded in -- De 6:11; 8:8. Places celebrated for Eshcol. -- Nu 13:23,24. Sibmah. -- Isa 16:8,9. Lebanon. -- Ho 14:7. Egypt. -- Ps 78:47; 80:8. The dwarf and spreading vine particularly esteemed -- Eze 17:6. Of Sodom bad and unfit for use -- De 32:32. Ofte”
7. Torrey's Topical Textbook “Torrey's Topical Textbook: Indwelling of the Holy Spirit, The — In his Church, as his temple -- 1Co 3:16. In the body of saints, as his temple -- 1Co 6:19; 2Co 6:16. Promised to saints -- Eze 36:27. Saints enjoy -- Isa 63:11; 2Ti 1:14. Saints full of -- Ac 6:5; Eph 5:18. Is the means of Quickening. -- Ro 8:11. Guiding. -- Joh 16:13; Ga 5:18. Fruit bearing. -- Ga 5:22. A proof of being Christ's -- Ro 8:9; 1Jo 4:13. A proof of adoption -- Ro 8:15; Ga 4:5. Is abiding -- 1Jo 2:27. Those who have not Are sensual. -- Jude 1:19. Are without Christ. -- Ro 8:9. Opposed by the carnal nature -- Ga 5:17.”
8. 1 John (Baptist/Reformed) “John Gill on 1 John 3:6: Whosoever abideth in him,.... As the branch in the vine, deriving all light, life, grace, holiness, wisdom, strength, joy, peace, and comfort from Christ; or dwells in him by faith, enjoys communion with him as a fruit of union to him; and stands fast in him, being rooted and grounded in him, and abides by him, his truths and ordinances, takes up his rest, and places his security in him, and perseveres through him: sinneth not; not that he has no sin in him, or lives without sin, but he does not live in sin, nor give up himself to a vicious course of life; for this w”
9. Schaff ANF/NPNF (Patristic) “NPNF1 Vol 7: Augustine — Homilies on John — CHAPTER XV. 4-7. (part 1): 1. Jesus called Himself the vine, and His disciples the branches, and His Father the husbandman; whereon we have already discoursed as we were able. But in the present passage, while still speaking of Himself as the vine, and of His branches, or, in other words, of the disciples, He said, "Abide in me, and I in you." They are not in Him in the same kind of way that He is in them. And yet both ways tend to their advantage, and not to His. For the relation of the branches to the vine is such that they contribute nothing to th”
10. CCEL (Reformed) “John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion, section 74: who are full, who laugh now, who “lie upon beds of ivory and stretch themselves upon their couches;” “join house to house,” and “lay field to field;” “and the harp and the viol, the tablet and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts,” ( Amos 6:6 ; Isa. 5:8 , 10 ). Certainly ivory and gold, and riches, are the good creatures of God, permitted, nay destined, by divine providence for the use of man; nor was it ever forbidden to laugh, or to be full, or to add new to old and hereditary possessions, or to be delighted with music, or to drin”
11. Micah (Baptist/Reformed) “John Gill on Micah 4:4: But they shall sit every man under his vine, and under his fig tree,.... A proverbial phrase, expressive of the greatest tranquillity, security, and enjoyment of property; see Kg1 4:25; when persons need not keep within their walled towns and cities, and lack themselves up in their houses, but may sit down in their gardens, fields, and vineyards, and enjoy the fruit thereof; as the Targum interprets it, "under the fruit of his vine, and under, the fruit of his fig tree.'' It was usual for persons in the eastern countries to sit under vines and fig trees to read, med”
12. Babylonian Talmud (Jewish (Rabbinic)) “Babylonian Talmud, Arakhin 68b.21:14: The Gemara asks: Is that so? But doesn’t Rabbi Shmuel bar Naḥmani say that Rabbi Yonatan said: From where is it derived that songs of praise in the Temple are recited only over the wine libation accompanying the sacrifice? As it is stated: “And the vine replied: Should I leave my wine, which gladdens God and man, and go and wave above the trees” (Judges 9:13). If it is clear that wine gladdens people, in what way does it gladden God? Rather, derive from here that songs of praise in the Temple are recited only over the wine of libation, and it is this song ”
13. Babylonian Talmud (Jewish (Rabbinic)) “Babylonian Talmud, Arakhin 68a.21:14: The Gemara asks: Is that so? But doesn’t Rabbi Shmuel bar Naḥmani say that Rabbi Yonatan said: From where is it derived that songs of praise in the Temple are recited only over the wine libation accompanying the sacrifice? As it is stated: “And the vine replied: Should I leave my wine, which gladdens God and man, and go and wave above the trees” (Judges 9:13). If it is clear that wine gladdens people, in what way does it gladden God? Rather, derive from here that songs of praise in the Temple are recited only over the wine of libation, and it is this song ”
14. Babylonian Talmud (Jewish (Rabbinic)) “Babylonian Talmud, Arakhin 11a.14: The Gemara asks: Is that so? But doesn’t Rabbi Shmuel bar Naḥmani say that Rabbi Yonatan said: From where is it derived that songs of praise in the Temple are recited only over the wine libation accompanying the sacrifice? As it is stated: “And the vine replied: Should I leave my wine, which gladdens God and man, and go and wave above the trees” (Judges 9:13). If it is clear that wine gladdens people, in what way does it gladden God? Rather, derive from here that songs of praise in the Temple are recited only over the wine of libation, and it is this song tha”
15. CCEL (Reformed) “John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion, section 95: and thereafter give themselves up to all wickedness.” And, indeed, there is here very little occasion for argument, since they are abundantly refuted by fact. For we plainly see the fearful punishments with which the Lord avenges this arrogance and contempt of his gifts from overweening confidence. More hidden crimes I spare through shame; what is known of them is too much. Beyond all controversy, we ought not to vow anything which will hinder us in fulfilling our vocation; as if the father of a family were to vow to leave his wife”
16. CCEL (Reformed (Old Princeton)) “Charles Hodge, Systematic Theology, Vol. 2, section 140: rational affair, that is, something to be accounted for and explained on rational principles; the result of moral culture, of the right exercise of our free agency, and the favourable influence of circumstances. Such is not the view given in the Bible. When our Lord said, “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” ( John xv. 5 ), He certainly meant that the vital union between Him and his people is something more than that which may subsi”
17. Zechariah (Baptist/Reformed) “John Gill on Zechariah 3:9: In that day, saith the Lord of hosts,.... The Gospel dispensation, which began with the incarnation, sufferings, death, and resurrection of Christ, and still continues; called sometimes the day of salvation, the acceptable time, and year of the redeemed: shall ye call every man his neighbour under the vine, and under the fig tree; which may be expressive of the desire of gracious souls after the conversion of others; they would have them come under the means of grace; and are desirous that the means might be blessed to them; that they might know Christ, and be par”
18. Psalms (Protestant academic) “Tyndale House on Psalms 37:4: 37:4 To take delight in the Lord means aligning with the Lord’s way in order to enjoy him.”