Seeing 11:11 and it's Meaning in the Bible I am wondering if anyone here has been seeing 11:11 everywhere. I was several months ago. I prayed about it and asked G-d that if it was not of Him, to take it away. Well, needless to say, it persisted I couldn't figure it out, and started ignoring it. After quite a while it stopped. The Bible numerology code number 2 The number two has a great significance in the Bible. Number one stands for unity and stands for no differences but the number two is affirmative of the differences that exist. Thus number two says there is another while number one is for no other. The difference that number two represents may be good.
15:1 In the OT, the nation of Israel was depicted as a vineplanted by Jehovah - Jer 2:21. But the nation proved unfaithful andunfruitful, so the Lord Jesus now presented Himself as the truevine, the perfect fulfillment of all the other types and shadows.God the Father is the vinedresser.15:2 There are different opinion about what is meant by thebranch in Him that does not bear fruit. Some think that this is afalse believer who pretends to be a Christian but has never reallybeen united to Christ by faith.
Others think it is a true Christianwho loses his salvation because of his failure to bear fruit. Thisis not possible because many other passages teach that the believerhas an eternal salvation. Others think that it is a true Christianwho becomes a backslider. He gets away from the Lord and becomesinterested in the things of this world. He fails to manifest thefruit of the Spirit-love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness,goodness, faith, meekness, temperance.Exactly what the Lord does to the unfruitful branch could referto the discipline of physical death (1Co11:30) or it could be thepositive ministry of encouraging the fruitless branch by making iteasier to get light and air, and hopefully, to bear fruit.The branch that bears fruit is the Christian who is growing morelike the Lord Jesus. Even such vines need to be pruned or cleansed.Just as a real vine must be cleaned from insects, mildew, andfungus, so a Christian must be cleansed from worldly things thatcling to him.15:3 The cleansing agent is the word of the Lord.
The discipleshad originally been cleansed by the word at the time of theirconversion. Just as the Savior had been talking to them, His Wordhad had a purifying effect on their lives. Thus, this verse mayrefer to justification and sanctification.15:4 To abide means to stay where you are. The Christian hasbeen placed in Christ; that is his position.
In daily walk, heshould stay in intimate fellowship with the Lord. A branch abidesin a vine by drawing all its life and nourishment from the vine. Sowe abide in Christ by spending time in prayer, reading and obeyingHis Word, fellowshipping with His people, and being continuallyconscious of our union with Him. As we thus maintain constantcontact with Him, we are conscious of His abiding in us andsupplying us with spiritual strength and resources. The branch canonly bear fruit as it abides in the vine. The only way believerscan bear the fruit of a Christ-like character is by living in touchwith Christ moment by moment.15:5 Christ Himself is the vine; believers are vine branches. Itis not a question of the branch living its life for the Vine, butsimply of letting the life of the Vine flow out through thebranches.
A vine branch has one great purpose-to bear fruit. It isuseless for making furniture or for building homes. It does noteven make good firewood. But it is good for fruit bearing-as longas it abides in the vine.15:6 There are many opinions about this verse. Some believe thatthe person described is a believer who falls into sin and issubsequently lost.
Such an interpretation is in directcontradiction to the many verses of Scripture which teach that notrue child of God will ever perish. Others believe that this personis a professor-one who pretends to be a Christian but who was neverborn again. Judas is often used as an illustration.Most believe that this person is a true believer because it iswith true Christians that this section is concerned. The subject isnot salvation but abiding and fruitbearing. But throughcarelessness and prayerlessness this believer gets out of touchwith the Lord. As a result, he commits some sin, and his testimonyis ruined.
Through failure to abide in Christ, he is thrown out asa branch-not by Christ, but by other people. The branches aregathered and thrown into the fire, and they are burned. It is notGod who does it, but people.
Possibly this means that people scoffat this backslidden Christian. They drag his name in the mud. Theythrow his testimony as a Christian into the fire. This is wellillustrated in the life of David. He was a true believer, but hebecame careless toward the Lord and committed the sins of adulteryand murder. He caused the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme.
Eventoday, atheists ridicule the name of David (and of David's God).They cast him, as it were, into the fire.15:7 Abiding is the secret of a successful prayer life. Thecloser we get to the Lord, the more we will learn to think Histhoughts after Him. The more we get to know Him through His Word,the more we will understand His will. The more our will agrees withHis, the more we can be sure of having our prayers answered.15:8 As the children of God exhibit the likeness of Christ tothe world, the Father is glorified.
People are forced to confessthat He must be a great God when He can transform such wickedsinners into such godly saints. Notice the progression in thischapter: fruit (v. 2), more fruit (v.