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John 15:1-3
September 12, 1971
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This morning we come in our study to the fifteenth chapter of John and what is really one of the most important chapters in all of the Bible and at the same time a very difficult chapter because of some interpretive problems. And as we go into the fifteenth chapter, we do so with a great deal of excitement, at least I do. It's been a long time coming, I've waited a long time to get at the fifteenth chapter of John. And for the last three or four weeks, I guess, I've been studying this chapter and it's just really become a part of me, I believe that it's going to be one of the most exciting chapters we've ever studied together. I am just really thrilled about what the Spirit of God has taught me in this chapter and what affect it's had on my own personal Christian life and I believe that God can really move in mighty ways through the truths of this particular chapter.
Now this morning we're going to look just at the first three verses and even considering as brief a passage as that are going to find it difficult to get it all together because there is so much in this particular passage. This is really a classic chapter. It is one of the most rich and meaningful and at the same time difficult in all of the Bible, and yet it is one that we cannot bypass. Many people do. Many people slip right by it without making much acknowledgment at all, just a few passing comments. But it's something that really needs to be studied in depth and we're going to endeavor to do that. It is another one of those great "I am" passages of John. We've talked about many of those, "I am the light of the world, and I am the bread of life, and I am the way, and I am the door," and all of those that we've talked about and now we come to, "I am the vine." And again we see those words "I am" having reference to the name of God and again referring to the deity of Jesus Christ.
Now this particular set of verses that we're going to be dealing with, and by that I'm considering really through the seventeenth verse but particularly for this morning, just the first three. These verses are just bursting with meat for our understanding and we're going to have to be really diligent students of the Word of God to get all that the Spirit of God would have for us here. I believe in these verses going all the way through verse 17 there is the basis of Christian living, perhaps this is the outstanding passage in the whole New Testament on living the Christian life. And you might think that that would be in the epistles, but the principles here are elucidated in the epistles, but the basics are right here. The concept, for example, of abiding in Christ is here. The concept of what it means to bear fruit as a believer is here. And these are the basics of the Christian life, to abide in Christ and to bear fruit. The epistles then become definitive about what's involved in both of those concepts.
But today we're going to just begin with the basic interpretation of the various features of this analogy. It's about a vine. Jesus talks about a vine. Naturally involved in it are the branches and the one who cares for the vine, the husbandman or the vine dresser. But the key to the passage is the discussion of the branches themselves and we want to see this in detail this morning, who the branches really are.
Now there are to groups of branches in the passage, I'm going to give you a little introduction and then kind of explain it. There are branches that bear fruit. Notice in verse 2 at the end it talks about branches that bear fruit, also in verse 8 it talks about branches that bear fruit. There are also branches that do not bear fruit and those are referred to in verse 2, the beginning of the verse, and also in verse 6 is a further reference to the branches that don't bear fruit.
Now the question that comes up here is this. The branches that bear fruit are obviously Christians. The branches that do not bear fruit become then the problem branches, who are they? Are the branches who do not bear fruit Christians or are they non-Christians? The problem then becomes the branches that do not bear fruit are thrown into the fire and burned. If they're Christians then what does that mean? That Christians can actually perish? Or does it mean that Christians are punished and chastised for a lack of fruit bearing? Does it mean you can lose your salvation if you don't bear fruit? Or does it mean God will punish you if you don't bear fruit? Or as one commentator said, "The idea of taking away and burning simply means to lift you up to new heights of spiritual endeavor." I don't know where he ever got that out of that , but nevertheless spent two pages on it.
Now I want us to really know clearly from what the Word of God says who these branches are. And I think it's just as clear as the Spirit of God intended it to be if we only examine it faithfully connecting it with the rest of the Word of God. And I know that by the time we're done this morning, you will know what I believe is the solution to this problem and I trust you'll see the light on it in terms of the revelation of God as we take it in total.
Now this is the night again before the death of Jesus and in this time, you know, He is speaking with His disciples. I examined the context of this passage over and over again to try and determine what would be the thoughts of Jesus. Why does He seemingly jump into this analogy? What causes Him to do it? What's in His mind as He gives it? And I believe the thoughts of Jesus on that night, as I've analyzed this carefully, involved what was going on surrounding that little group of people that He was with. There was a drama going on that night. He had eleven men sitting there with Him. He was aware of those eleven men. He spent that whole fourteenth chapter comforting them, didn't He? He was aware of the Father because He knew that He was going to be isolated, separated from God the Father when He died on the next day. There was one other man that He was aware of and that was Judas because He had dismissed Judas from the fellowship of that group and told him to go and do what he was going to do and He knew in His mind that Judas was out planning and plotting his betrayal. And I believe in the mind of Jesus He was bringing into focus all the characters in the final night's drama. I believe He saw in His mind's eye the eleven whom He deeply and passionately loved and who loved Him in return. And I believe He saw the Father whom He also loved with an infinite love and He loved Him in return. And then I believe He saw Judas whom He also loved with that same infinite love, but who did not love Him. Wherein this final little upper room drama, these are the characters that are revolving in the scene.
Thus when we come to the fifteenth chapter, our key to the chapter is to determine what He is referring to here likely has reference to these same characters in this same drama. And therefore I submit that the vine is Christ, the husbandman is the Father, the branches that bear fruit would be those eleven disciples who are legitimate and any like them who shall live throughout all the church age and that the branches who do not bear fruit are Judas branches who never were real to begin with.
Now if we compare, for example, the thirteenth chapter and verse 10, we must give you these introductory thoughts, chapter 13 verse 10, "Jesus said to him, 'He that is washed needeth not except to wash his feet." In other words, once you've been saved, once you've been cleaned, you just need a little foot washing periodically. In other words, once you've received Jesus Christ as your personal Savior, you don't have to get saved all over, you don't need another bath, you just need a little dusting off every day. And that's the continuing forgiveness of God.
But then He says in verse 10, at the very end, "And ye are clean." Now He says "ye" and He's referring to His disciples. Then He qualifies it by saying, "But not all of you," verse 11, "for He knew who should betray Him, therefore said ye are not all clean."
Now Jesus is well aware of this distinction among His own disciples, that they are clean but not all of them for there is one who is unclean. Jesus then has in His mind the obvious contrast between Judas and the eleven. And I believe that is the contrast that is carried into the fifteenth chapter. That lingering concept, that lingering knowledge that Judas is out betraying Him at the very moment is obviously upon the mind of the Son of God. And I believe the branches fall into just those categories which we'll elucidate as we look at the passage in a moment.
Both groups had contact with Jesus. The eleven were with Him. Judas was with Him. They were with Him for the same amount of time. Apparently everything looked all right. Judas was highly honored by being given the responsibility of maintaining the purse. But Judas, although apparently in the vine, was a branch that never bore fruit and God finally removed that branch and that branch was burned and still is burning in hell.
Some people would come along and say, "Well, you see, that means that Judas lost his salvation and that if you don't bear fruit, you lost your salvation." John 10:28 says this, "And I give unto them eternal life and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of My hand." The Word of God is absolutely clear about the area of security. In John 6:6 Jesus said, "All that the Father gives to Me shall come to Me." He said, "I have lost none of them." And so we realize that He cannot be talking about a true believer who stops bearing fruit and loses his salvation and is condemned to hell, but rather He is talking about a Judas branch who apparently is in the vine, who from the standpoint of superficial connection belongs, but it never was real, there never was any vine blood being pumped into that branch and never any fruit bearing. Judas had a relationship with Jesus superficial, but nevertheless he had a relationship. But he left it. He willingly walked away from that relationship. And what was willing on his part became judicial on the part of God. And so it seems to me natural that this is in the mind of Christ, that in the end of the talk with His beloved eleven, He would draw together all the relationships within that little band. Now remember, He's in the upper room talking with them and speaking of branches that do not bear fruit, that are taken away and burned, He is referring to men like Judas. Men who live even today who stand in close connection with Jesus Christ but are apostates and are doomed to an eternal hell. Men, women who attend the church, who maybe go through some religious motions, who maybe have in their own minds some sort of connection with Jesus Christ, but to be sure are not legitimate. And again it seems natural to me that the branches that do bear fruit are those eleven disciples and all like them who truly abide in Christ and show it in the fruit they bear.
This is also a contrast repeatedly given in the gospel of John. And we could do a little study on that some time. Do it for yourself. Find out how many times in the gospel of John Jesus contrasts the true and the false disciple. He does it all over the place and this is just in the same pattern.
All right, then let's look at the text with that as kind of an introduction and we'll expand on the same thoughts. And I want us to see these three verses and the identity of these characters again...the vine, the vine dresser, another word for husbandman, and the vine branches. Notice, first of all, the vine in verse 1. Jesus says to the eleven, "I am the true vine." And we'll stop right there.
Now that statement has so much in it that to begin with, it's extremely frustrating to try to condense it. I am the true vine. This morning you heard Phil read from the Psalms, a Psalm that portrayed Israel as God's vine. And in the Old Testament indeed Israel was God's vine. But you also heard him read the plea of Israel that they be restored for they were a...as Ezekiel calls them...an empty vine. They were a degenerate vine. Jeremiah, Isaiah, Ezekiel all talk about Israel as a degenerate vine. And that same Psalm said there would be a new vine, the Son of Man. And indeed Jesus comes along and says, "I am the true vine." Formerly God's life was poured through Israel. Formerly connection with Israel brought the blessing of God, but that's all done with. Israel has forfeited its right to be the vine, I am the true vine.
Now it's interesting that He chooses a figure of a vine. He does it for several reasons. I believe that He desires to show many things by calling Himself a vine...lowliness, He speaks of His humility, a vine planted in the ground, and certainly Christ came in the form of a man planted in the earth. I believe the figure of a vine shows union, the vine and the branches, there's no more intimate union than that, totally dependent are the branches upon the vine. It shows dependence. I believe the illustration is a classic illustration for showing fruit bearing, how that the branch bears fruit but not of itself. You don't see branches running around bearing fruit. They've got to be connected to a vine. And we'll talk more about that.
But I think the vine is the perfect illustration of many relationships. It's a great illustration of belonging, for example, nothing belongs more than a branch to a vine. For all of its resources, it's totally dependent.
And so, Jesus chooses the figure of a vine. And then He says, "I am the true vine." Now as I said, Israel was God's vine in the Old Testament. That is, through Israel God operated. God was the husbandman still, Israel was the vine. He dressed Israel. Cared for Israel. Pruned Israel. Worked with Israel. Cut off the branches of Israel that were not fruit bearing and cast them aside. And blessing came by being attached to God's covenant people, Israel. Of course faith played a great part in it, obviously. That's what brought salvation. But just being a Jew brought great blessing. And so, God's vine in the Old Testament was Israel.
Now let me show you a passage, Isaiah chapter 5, just the first seven verses, that helps to illustrate this. Isaiah 5, "Now will I sing to My well beloved this song of My beloved touching His vineyard." God's vineyard is Israel. "My well beloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill and He dug it," this is God planting His vineyard Israel. "And He dug it and gathered out the stones and planted it with the choicest vine and built a tower in the midst of it and also made a winepress in it and He looked for it to bring forth grapes and it brought forth wild grapes."
Verse 3, "And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and me of Judah, judge I pray you between Me and My vineyard. What could have been done more to My vineyard that I have not done to it?" God says...What more could I have done to plant Israel in a fruitful hill to give Israel every opportunity to bear fruits? But instead of bringing grapes, they brought wild grapes, they grew their own.
Verse 4, "When I looked for it to bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes. And now I tell you what I will do to My vineyard, I will take away its hedge, it shall be eaten up and break down its wall...leave it unprotected...and it shall be trampled down." That's exactly what happened in all the captivities of Israel. "I will lay it waste. It shall not be pruned, nor digged, but there shall come up briars and thorns. I will also command the clouds that they rain o rain upon it for the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel."
Now, you see, in that passage Isaiah portrays Israel as God's vine. Israel forfeiting its right to exist by failure to bear fruit. It's interesting that the vine had even become the symbol of Israel. On the coins that were printed during the Maccabean period which is the period between the Old and the New Testaments, the vine was the symbol on the coin. Herod's temple during the time of Christ had on it a tremendous vine overlaid with gold that some have estimated was worth twelve million dollars. Israel had always been God's vine. But Israel had become an empty vine and now there was a new vine. It wasn't through the covenant relation to Israel anymore that a man receive blessing, it wasn't through being connected with God's promises to Israel anymore, but the new vine was whom? Jesus Christ. And now for a man to know life, for a man to know fruit in his life, he would have to be connected to Jesus Christ. He was the true vine.
Now the word "true" is very interesting and carries several meanings. Alethinos can mean a lot of things. I believe here its great emphasis is on the fact that it means true in the sense of eternal, heavenly or divine. Now that's a meaning for the word true that's very common in Scripture. There was a picture of a vine in the Old Testament Israel, Christ is the reality of a vine. He is the true vine. He is the perfect one as distinct from the imperfect. He is the real as distinct from the type. Israel was a type of God's working and blessing. Christ was the reality.
There's a verse that comes to mind, Hebrews chapter 8 verse 2, that fits here. I'll read it to you. It says, "A minister of the sanctuary and of the true tabernacle which the Lord pitched and not man." And there you have, just as I said, that same contrast and the word "true" is used in that context. It is the Lord that has planted Christ as the perfect vine. Now all that could possibly be symbolized in a vine comes to fulfillment in Christ. Perhaps this is what Paul's thinking of in Colossians 2:7 when he says that we are rooted and built up in Him. Perhaps he there is seeing Christ as the vine.
And so, Christ is the true vine. He is the true vine in the sense, for example, that He was the true light. Remember in John 1:9 it talks about Christ is the true light. There have been a lot of times that God's revealed His light before, but Christ is the perfect revelation of light. All that could be conceived in the spiritual concept of spiritual light is conceived in Christ. He is spiritually the highest quality, the highest essence of light in distinction from human or earthy light, in distinction from physical light, in distinction from believers who are light of the world, Christ is all that could possibly be conceived of as light in a spiritual sense.
Then also He is the true bread. Remember that statement in John 6? Same word, alethinos, He is the true bread. In other words, there have been many ways that God has sustained men. There have been many kinds of bread, manna, bread from heaven. But Christ is the perfect perfection of sustenance of which everything else is but a type. Do you see what I'm saying? And so there have been many ways in which God has poured His energies into people. There have been vines before, but Christ is all that that concept could imagine rolled into one perfect vine. And Israel was but a type of the perfect vine, Jesus Christ. And so all that the metaphor of a vine could possibly claim of spiritual value is true of Jesus Christ and fulfilled in Him.
Notice also this, we're still at that same little phrase, "I am the true vine." Just to lay the emphasis a little bit on the fact that Christ is the true vine, emphasizing the "I am" end of it, or the Christ end of it. It's amazing how many Christians and so-called Christians have other vines in their life from which they seek their resources. Now I became very analytical in my own life to try and determine what the vines were in my life. They're not really vines, but I've made them vines. How many things do we really attempt to attach ourselves to for our life? Some people think their vine is their bank account. Other people think their vine is their education. Some people think their vine is their sex drive. Other people think their vine is popularity, fame, personal skill, connections, possessions, persons, relationships. Some people think the church is their vine. They think they're attached to a system of religion. Other people have thrown the church over and their vine is a small little me. The vine is whom? Jesus Christ. The vine is not the church. You don't need to attach yourself to the church, that wouldn't be a vine/branch relationship, that would be a leech or a parasite relationship. You must grow out of Christ as a natural branch and so your vine is Christ, not some small Bible-study group, not the church as we know it, not your bank account, not your personal skills or your relationships or any other thing. Jesus Christ is all your sustenance for living, He's everything. That's another sermon.
Israel then was the vine of the Old Testament. Christ is the alethinos vine, the perfect fulfillment of a vine. And it's kind of interesting as you study the Old Testament and you study Israel as the vine and you see that every time it talks about Israel as the vine, it always talks about Israel as a degenerate vine. The vine in the Old Testament is never spoken of apart from a degenerate vine. But the marvelous thing to contrast with that is Jesus Christ who is the same yesterday, today and...what?...forever. That's the kind of vine I want to get attached to, how about you?
All right, so for the vine, now let's look at the vine dresser. "I am the true vine and My Father is the husbandman, or the vine dresser." Now Christ pictures Himself as a plant, but He pictures the Father as a person. Now some theologians just go really off the deep end, they say, "Oh we have a terrible problem here. That proves that Christ is not deity because if Christ were deity the Father would be the roots of the vine, do you see what I'm saying? So He's connected with Christ. The fact that the Father is a detached person and Christ is only a vine shows the inequality and the lesser character and essence of Christ." And I say that's absolute idiocy. The point of the analogy is not to teach the union of the Father and the Son, it is to teach the care of the Father for the Son and the branches. And you have to assume that in a parable, you want to know what is He trying to teach? Obviously He is not trying to teach the union of the Father and the Son. He's taught that prior in many, many ways in the gospel of John. Here He is emphasizing the care of the Father toward the Son and toward those who are of the Son, the branches. And so He sees the Son as a vine and the Father as the one who cares for the vine and the branches. It's a beautiful relationship. It's the Father's care for His own Son and those who are His Son's by faith.
And so, the emphasis here is not an attempt to present the union of the deity of Christ, but to present the care of the Father for Christ and the branches. Christ has already carefully presented the deity of Christ and His equality repeatedly. So you have to take it in context.
All right, now notice, we have the word "husbandman," or "vine dresser." Now this is the one who cared for the vine and this is a farmer, is what he was, who maintained the vine. Now I absolutely know nothing about farming, vines, or any other thing like that except what I read. And so I've had to do a lot of studying to find out about how vines operate. But a vine dresser really had two specific duties, apart from preparation of the ground and the planting of the vine and so forth and so on. In direct reference to the vine, he had two things that he was responsible to do. He was responsible to cut off the branches that bore no fruit because they tended to sap the energy from the fruit bearing branches and needed to be removed so more fruit would grow on the other branches so the energy wouldn't be dissipated to the branch that didn't have capacity to bear fruit.
The second thing the vine dresser did was constantly prune the branches that did bear fruit, cutting off little shoots and things so none of their energy was dissipated that they might concentrate...be able to concentrate on bearing more fruit. You notice that at the end of verse 2, don't you? He purges it that it might bear...what?...more fruit. And further on down you'll find out in verse 8 that he wants it not only to bear more fruit but much fruit.
So the idea was then that the one who cared for the vine chopped off and threw away the branches that bore no fruit. And incidently, vine branches are good for nothing, they can't even be burned for fire so they're just...they can't even warm the house, they're just thrown away and consumed, they don't even burn well enough to be usable. They were thrown away. Get rid of them because they're sucking energy that the other branches need. Then he was to prune the branches that they might bear more fruit, those that had already bore fruit.
Now we're going to get into it a little bit. You'll notice the work of the Father outlined in verse 2. The Father is the vine dresser. "Every branch in Me that beareth not fruit," here's the first thing the Father does, "He...what?...taketh away." That's the first ministry of the Father to the branches is a ministry of punishment. The Father removes the branch that bears no fruit. He removes it. He doesn't...it doesn't say He fixes it up, it says He cuts it off. In verse 6 it says, "And after that, is thrown into a pile, men gather them and burn them." And we'll talk about that later. These are dealt with with finality. This is a verb that is final, they are cut off and that's it.
Now if this refers to a Christian, we've got real problems and we'll see that in a moment. I believe what happens here is every person who professes a relationship to Jesus Christ who apparently is in the vine, who apparently is a follower, a Judas type, but who has never been saved, and it's obvious he's never been saved because he never bears fruit. That's a dead giveaway. He is cut off at a certain point in the Father's timing for the life and health of the vine and the other branches and he is cast aside. That is the first duty of the Father. So-called Christians who aren't really saved and it's obvious they aren't because they never bear fruit are cast away.
The second work of the Father is also in verse 2. Notice further on down it says, "And every branch that beareth fruit," here comes His second work, "He...what?...purgeth it." The Father has two ministries to the branches, take the ones away that don't bear fruit, purge the ones that do. Now the true Christian is in view here, that's obvious to everybody. Every branch that bears fruit. That has to be the true believer.
Now notice that isn't it interesting that the Father has some work to do on Christians also and it's not a final work here either, it's a continuing work. It's a continuing purging. Now the word purge means to cleanse, or it means to prune. And I'll tell you how that works in a little bit. But the idea of this is that when the Father purges or prunes a branch that bears fruit, He does it that the branch might bear more fruit and eventually much fruit. So then we have the two duties of the Father...take away the branches that bear no fruit and purge the others.
Now, let's look at the third point, the vine branches and this will be really the key. And as I said, there are two types of branches. Now the branches on the vine grow very luxuriantly. They grow rapidly. And they must be tended to carefully. Drastic pruning is necessary. A careful vine dresser who is really going to have a fruitful vine must cut off and remove those fruitless branches for the sake of the health of the vine and the product, the fruit. He must also carefully prune away all the shoots and all the other things that gather on the fruit-bearing vine that tend to sap its strength.
Now when a vine was planted and this still may be true, it was true in those days, when a vine was planted for three years it was never allowed to bear fruit. It was always pruned back each year drastically cut back so that it might develop strength and energy then by the fourth year it was ready to bear fruit. It was full and rich and just loaded with fruit bearing capacity. It had been cut back, pruned, shaved off so that when it was time to bear fruit, its energies were concentrated. A mature vine was normally pruned in December or January. The fruitful branches were trimmed back ready to bear fruit.
Now Jesus said His followers are like that. They're like branches who bear fruit, who need to be pruned. Some of them are like branches that don't bear fruit and ultimately will be completely eliminated and cast into the fire. Let's look at these two branches.
First of all, the professing branch. "Every branch in Me that beareth not fruit He taken away." Now I believe this could not be a Christian for several reasons. Number one, I believe it can't be a Christian because I believe that fruit is in every Christian's life. You say, "You mean that every Christian bears fruit?" Absolutely every Christian bears fruit. Some Christians you've got to look a long time to find a couple of lingering grapes somewhere, but you'll find them somewhere. The very essence of new life in Christ is that it is productive. Now fruit means many things and again that's yet future in our concern, but every believer bears fruit. Ephesians 2:10, I want to substantiate that with some passages. Ephesians 2:10, and this is really, I think, going to be helpful to us, it says this, "For we are His workmanship created in Christ Jesus unto...what?...good works which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them."
In other words, the fruit of salvation is good works. For example, you have it also in James and I'm not going to read the entire indication of it, but just highlight it. James 2 talks about it in several ways. Verse 17, for example, "Even so faith if it hath not works is...what?...dead." In other words, it's not even legitimate. Every legitimate saving faith is productive even if it's only in a minimal sense. And he goes on to talk about it, verse 22, "Faith...see thou how faith wrought with his works and by works which faith made perfect." And that doesn't mean you're saved by works, that means the evidence of your salvation is works. And so we see that every believer, every truly saved individual does bear fruit.
Now I want to show you some other passages because I do believe this is very important. In Matthew chapter 7 we read some very important words of our Lord. Verse 16, "Ye shall know them by their...what?...fruits." Now that becomes then a definitive way in which an individual can know that somebody else is a believer. There can't be a believer with no fruit because that's how you tell a Christian. You shall know they by their fruits. "Do men gather grapes of thorns or figs of thistles?" Now watch this, "Even so, every good tree bringeth forth good fruit." How many good trees bring forth good fruit? How many? Every...every...every, there is no such thing as a believer who doesn't bring forth some good fruit. Verse 20, He repeats it again, "Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them."
Chapter 12 and verse 33 of Matthew, "Either make the tree good and its fruit good or else make the tree corrupt and its fruit corrupt for the tree is known by its fruit." Chapter 3 of Matthew, and I'm staying in Matthew cause I want you to see that it's repeated three times in the same book. Matthew 3:7, "But when He saw many Pharisees and Sadducees come to His baptism, He said unto them, 'O generation of vipers, or snakes, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Bring forth therefore...watch this...fruits fitting repentance.'" In other words, fruits that are connected with salvation. You see, salvation and fruits go together, that's how you tell if somebody is saved. Romans 6:20, "For when you were the servants of sin, you were free from righteousness, what fruit had you then in those things which you are now ashamed?" You weren't saved, what fruit did you have? Well the implied answer is...what?...none. And if you did have any, it was the fruit of sin. But verse 22. "Now being made free from sin and become servants of God, ye have your fruit unto holiness and the end is everlasting life." Every believer has everlasting life and every believer bears fruit. That's what He says, no such thing as a Christian who doesn't bear fruit.
Then when we go back to John 15, if we meet some people that don't bear fruit, are they Christians? Can't be, no way. They cannot be believers. You say, "Well there's several things about that that bother me." Well that's good, I'm going to deal with that. The thing that bothered me the most were two words at the beginning of verse 2, you see them there? Every branch...what are the next two words?...in Me. That bothered me, didn't it? Did it bother you? The fact that it's so...you know, that phrase "in Me," it sounds like they're really in, doesn't it? Talk about being in Christ, sounds good. Does it mean salvation? I don't think so. I don't think it has to mean salvation. Let me give you several quick illustrations, running out of time.
Chapter 9 of Romans, just write it down, verses 6 to 8, don't look it up, I'll just comment on it. Says, "All...watch this one...Israel is not...what?...Israel." Did you get that? You can be in Israel and not be the real thing, right? Let me give you another thought. Let me read this one to you, Luke 8:18 says this, "Take heed therefore whom ye hear...how you hear, for whosoever hath to him shall be given, and whosoever hath not...watch this...from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have." Did you hear that? It's an appearance.
Now you remember in Romans 11, here's another one for you, Romans 11:16 to 24, remember there how Israel is seen as an olive tree? Do you realize that some of those branches that were in the olive tree weren't saved? Romans 11 says that God broke off some of the branches and threw them away. You see, it's possible in an analogy to be connected to something and you can't always push that analogy the total route. When we see "in Me" in John 15, the reference is to an apparent connection with Christ, just as in Romans 11 the branches in the olive tree that really didn't abide in the tree and really didn't get their life from the tree were thrown away, and that's no problem, it's obvious there, it tells us what happened, it tells us who it was, unbelievers. By unbelief they were broken off and thrown away. And so in the branches in the vine you have the same analogy and you might even read 1 John 2:19 where it so clearly says they went out from us because they were not of us that it might be made known that they weren't of us.
Now this is a serious, serious message. An individual can live apparently connected to Jesus Christ but in fact really not connected at all. And Paul just warns about that and I warn you, dear friend today, if you are religious or if you come to church or you have a superficial allegiance to Jesus Christ, listen to what Paul said, 2 Corinthians 13:5, listen carefully. "Examine yourselves whether you are in the faith, prove yourselves. Know ye not yourselves how Jesus Christ is in you unless you are discredited." In other words, you better check your life to be sure your salvation is real. It's a stern warning, my friend, because the branches that don't bear fruit He takes away and casts them into fire and that's a picture of hell. And the men that gather them, we'll talk about who those men are in weeks to come. Preparation for judgment, the men who gather them cast them into hell.
And so, what is Jesus talking about here? He's talking about two kinds of branches. He's talking about the branches that are true disciples and He's talking about Judas branches, the ones that hang around Him the ones that make a kind of a facade of faith, the ones that look like they believe, the ones that superficially are attached but they're Judas branches and when it comes down to the acid test, they're gone. And when they willfully show that kind of character, the Father removes them and they never are able to come back.
May I add this note? The people who say that this refers to Christians who lose their salvation put themselves in a very difficult position because if you'll notice, once the branch is removed, it's burned. That would say that if you ever lost your salvation, you could never get it back again. That's like Hebrews 6, people say to me all the time, "Well Hebrews 6 means you can lose your salvation." Well if it does, my friend, it also says it's impossible to get it back again. And if you believe that you can lose your salvation, then you'll only lose it once, according to every passage that talks about it. But if you study the passage carefully, you'll see that all of those have to do with apostates who superficially and apparently attach themselves to Christ but who are never real to begin with. And so we meet the first branches, the professing branches.
Look at the possessing branches, real quick. At the end of the verse we meet them. "Every branch that beareth fruit, He purgeth it may bring forth more fruit." Now that's not some of the branches get purged, that's what? Everyone. Whom the Lord loves, He...what?...chastens. "Every branch gets purged in order that it might bring forth more fruit." If you can just look at your problems like that, isn't that something fresh? Just say, "Boy, Lord, is this a great problem because just think when it's over, more fruit." See. Terrific. I mean, you could actually begin to pray for trouble. I haven't started doing that, but you could. But the idea is that the Father purges the branch so that it will bring forth more fruit. Terrific.
Now the idea of the word "purging" comes from a Greek word kathairo which means to clean. And it was used in farming for many things. It was used in...it's only in one other place in the Bible but outside the Bible it was used in the Greek language for cleansing corn, when corn waste was separated from it. It was used for cleansing the soil of weeds before planting a crop. Philo said, using this word, this quote, "As superfluous shoots grow on plants which are a great injury to the genuine shoots, and which the vine dresser cleanses," and he used kathairo, "and prunes," and so forth and so on. So he talked about this word in reference to purging or pruning the branches of the shoots that drained away its life
Now when you went to prune a branch, it could be done in many ways. There was a process called pinching by which an individual would take his thumb and finger and remove just the growing tip of the vigorous end of an unwanted shoot. And by just removing that end, it wouldn't grow so rapidly and it wouldn't be broken off in its weakness by the wind. Then another way was by topping, and this was to remove a foot or two feet of a rather large branch and that prevented its loss in the wind or its dissipation of strength as it became too large, or too long. Then another process was thinning and this would be removing flower clusters, or grape clusters from the branch. There were process by which they clipped off little shoots and cut them so the branch was clean, so that nothing was lost.
And certainly in the case of our spiritual pruning which the Father does to all of us, it's the process of removing all the things...now watch this one...that would hinder our fruit bearing. Do you see? The Father wants us to operate on a maximum fruit-bearing capacity. And in order for us to operate on a maximum fruit-bearing capacity, He's got to whack off things periodically, sins and hindrances and little things that attach themselves to us, sucker growths and all the other diseases and pests that might get on to us as branches the Father needs to remove.
Now one of the best ways, if not THE best is by suffering or trouble or problems. This is a very effective way to clean out the life as it is, of course, to prune the branch. It must be done with a knife. And even in your life as the Father prunes, sometimes the knife is painful, isn't it? Sometimes it hurts. Sometimes we wonder whether God really knows what He's doing because it hurts so much. We wonder sometimes whether we're in such bad shape that we need so much pruning and the branch on the next spot on the vine never gets pruned. But the Father knows what He's doing. And the valuable lessons of suffering are what awaken us to what is not necessary on our life, what needs to be removed. Now the Father may cause us this pruning in many ways. It may be sickness, may be hardship, may be the loss of material goods, it may be slander, it may be persecution, it may be the loss of loved ones, it may be particular grief in relationships, it may be agony over other people, it may be war...all these things are talked about in the Bible as troubles that beset the believer. It may be a lot of things that the Father uses, God ordained troubles to prune off the sucker roots...shoots and all the little things that get on our lives that drain away our energy and rob us of fruit-bearing capacity.
But I'll tell you something, isn't it wonderful to know that the Father cares that we bear a lot of fruit? You know, have you ever felt like this? Sometimes you get the idea that God's up there sort of with a big whip saying, "Bear fruit...see...bear fruit or I'll get you." But that's not it. The Father is down here with His clippers helping us to bear fruit, you see? He's not...we're not on display trying to operate to please the Father all by Himself, He's down there clipping off the shoots, cleaning off the branch so we can bear fruit. Aren't you glad that God's involved in your life in your fruit bearing? Sure it's trouble but trouble wakens us to our needs. Do you look at your trouble like that, or do you fall into great lapses of self-pity...fearful, complaining or brooding? Or perhaps you feel like God is...you know, He's got good things in mind, He's just...really doesn't know how to go about it, you've had enough. Or it's just, "Why, God? Why me?...idea. But if you have in mind that what God has in mind is more fruit and much fruit, then the pruning process can be joy because you look past the clipping and you see what's going to happen. Oh, it's a fabulous thing to realize what the Father wants to do in our lives...cause us to bear more fruit and much fruit.
I want to read you just one verse, Hebrews...one passage, Hebrews 12:4, just a couple of verses here. Verse 7, "If you endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons for what son is he whom the father chaseneth not?" Then look at verse 10, "For they verily for a few days, that is human fathers, chasten us after their own pleasure, but He for our profit that we might be partakers of...what?...His holiness." We are purged in order that we might partake of His holiness and fruit bearing.
Now the pruning knife hurts a little bit, but oh is it worth it. A vine dresser uses a knife, and I'm going to close with this aspect. He uses a knife. What is the Father's knife? Have you ever thought about that? I've thought about it. What is the Father's knife? You say it's suffering. I don't think so. I think the knife is the Word of God. Watch verse 3, "Now ye are clean through...what?...the Word which I have spoken unto you," purged is the same idea, clean again. Cleansed, purged, pruned. You are purged through the Word which I've spoken unto you. The Word of God is the knife. The affliction or the trouble is only the handle of the knife. That's just where God gets the grip. The knife is the Word of God. Have you ever noticed how much more sensitive you are to the Word of God when you're in trouble? Have you ever noticed how all of a sudden you're reading the Bible and you've got a particular trouble, you've got a particular anxiety and you hit a verse that deals with that and it just leaps off the page? The Spirit of God applies it to your heart. You see, in those adversities the Word of God comes alive, it does the surgery but the trouble makes it obvious to you, it opens the opportunity. Oh there are many ways to express that and explain it but I think you understand. A trial puts pressure on us. It helps us to develop spiritual muscles. But the Word is the knife, it's the two-edged sword that does the cutting.
Spurgeon said this, "It is the Word that prunes the Christian. It is the truth that purges him. The Scripture made living and powerful by the Holy Spirit cleanses the Christian. Affliction is the handle of the knife. Affliction is the grindstone that sharpens the Word. Affliction is the dresser that removes our soft garments and lays bear the diseased flesh so the surgeon's knife may get at it. Affliction merely makes us ready for the surgery of the Word of God. But the true pruner is the Word in the hands of the great vine dresser."
So we're clean through the Word. Notice He says to those disciples who are the true branches, "You have been cleaned through the Word." Their initial salvation came through the Word and their continual purging, pruning is done by the Word of God. When you're in affliction you think more on the Word, you see it applied to you, you feel its force in your life and He uses the Word to cut away the problem.
So we begin. We meet the vine, the vine dresser and the vine branches. We say, "What lessons are here for me?" Or there are many...there are many. Are you aware of the Father's purpose in your pruning? Do you know what's going on in your life when you have trouble? Do you know what it's purpose is? To bear more fruit. Are you a fruit-bearing branch? Are you a real believer? Or are you just hanging on and in great danger of hell because some day the Father will remove you, you're not real? Do you know your only source of life is the true vine, Jesus Christ? May God bless these truths to us, this morning.
Father, we thank You. We just thank You because You've taught us from Your Word. Now may we apply these truths in Jesus' name. Amen.
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For the old schoolers here.....we've played well over 300 games of the original Tecmo(from 1989) and chronicled much about them in our day. Came across an old email with the top 10 named games. Its a long read.
List is comprised based off relevance and/or lasting impressions.
10. "The Mecklenberg Interception". A battle of the 2nd circuit players between Jeff(Miami) and Eric(Denver) saw this cellar dweller game take long lasting meaning with one of the most bone-headed foul-ups ive ever seen.
Miami had a 15-3 lead late in the 3rd when Denver started to chip away. Denver settled for a questionable FG late in the 3rd. Questionable on account of the limited time remaining and the need for touchdowns. Denver then drove down for a TD late in the 4th to get within 2 with little time remaining.
From there all Miami needed to do was run out the clock and get the win. On a 3rd down play Denver dialed up a play pick and Jeff inexplicably dropped back further and further then threw to a covered receiver. That defender was Karl Mecklenberg and he had virtually no time to get out of bounds for a Fg attempt and was 40 yards from the endzone. It was touchdown or bust. He weaved through the Miami players from one side to the other collecting blockers as needed and finally made his way into the endzone for one of the most unexpected comebacks I'd ever seen.
That lives on as the most infamous interception of all time.
9. "I got you". Finger pointing is advised. Nate and Minnesota took an unblemished record into a big game with Dallas. That game saw the Dallas defense repeatedly shut down Minnesota. Late in the game Brad's defender broke off from Anthony Carter as it looked like Kramer was about to run for a crucial 1st down. A moment later Kramer fired a laser into Carters awaiting arms that proved to be the catalyst for the game winning drive. Nate simply laughed, pointed and proclaimed "I got you". A phrase he uses repeatedly.
8. "Playpicked out of the stadium(on accident)". In a huge rivalry game with all the division title marbles on the line, Miami traveled to New york for the season finale. Trailing midway in the 4th qtr by a 9-6 score, Miami found itself inside the 5 yardline with a 1st down and posied to win the game.
What lie ahead was the greatest redzone ambush of all time. Nate knew all too well that his only option now was to let Miami score as soon as possible, block the pat then get a FG in the final seconds to take it overtime. He decided to choose the play least likely to be choosen by Brad. Instead he lucked into back to back playpicks. From there, Nate decided 2 more playpicks wins the damn game, and lo and behold, rolled snake eyes to playpick Miami out of the stadium.
NY got the ball back inside the 10 and used a long Landeta punt in the final seconds to win the game. Miami got the last laugh and did claim the championship that season, but not without some severe dramatics from the LT and his cronies.
7. "The Al Michaels game". This game pitted a dominant Chicago team against the hapless Cowboys squad lead by Moose Johnston and Aikman. The no-name Dallas defense proved home field advantage is strong and Dallas played the defensive game of their lives. CHI held a slim 7-6 lead midway in the 4th after a Dallas FG. At this point Nate is believing like no other that he can win this completely lopsided game with far inferior talent. The "You gotta believe" chants had started to flow a little in the 2nd qtr, and now were becoming louder and louder with each passing minute.
Then Green took the kickoff to the house and ended Dallas' day in the sun. Chicago prevailed 14-6. It was a phenomenal effort by Nate and Dallas in a game he had no business losing by less than 17.
6. "The original" punt sack game. NY was placing a sound beatdown on Seattle leading at halftime 14-0. Seattle mounted a couple scoring drives and pulled it to 14-13 midway in the 4th. The defense held NY one more time and appeared to force a 3 and out in a crazed attempt to get the ball back one last time.
Then unforeseen terror struck. As Nate let the meter cycle through a few extra times to burn more clock getting ready to punt, a Seattle defender broke free and tackled Landeta before he could punt. Overtaken by the unexpected chain of events and quick surge in momentum Nate and NYG surrendered a quick TD and the game looked to be over as Seattle led 20-14. It was the most insane turn-around we'd ever witnessed in a game of tecmo!
However, Dave Meggett would have none of it and returned the kickoff to the house to help NY claim a late victory over Seattle by a score of 21-20 despite the massive punting gaffe.
5. "Tim Mckyer phenomenon." In a back and forth battle Denver(trailing by 4) drove down to the SF 5 with a 2 seconds remaining in the game. Nate had been exclusively using Lott and Michael Carter on defense all game long. This signaled that a run play to the top if not called by the defense would result in Nate's defender having to make a spectacular diving tackle on Dorsett to prevent the TD. However a moment before snapping the ball, Nate switched to Tim McKyer(bottom DB) who would inevitably not be blocked on this play and stuffed Dorsett at the 2 yard line. Game over. Cat and mouse was previously used to an extent a this point, but this game was the springboard for more complex defensive surprises.
4. "LT's suicide kamikaze blitz." The 1st game of Tecmo pitting Nate vs Brad. Miami(Brad) was driving late in the 3rd up 13-3 and looking to end the game. Inside the 5 Nate decided a suicide blitz with LT was his only recourse at a desperate time of the game. The rushing LT forced Marino to panic and he threw an ill-advised pass to a covered WR resulting in an INT giving New York new life. Miami eventually won the game, but it set the stage for years and years of furious tecmo action featuring all sorts of unpredictable surprises.
3. "Why you livin' in the past?" Brad was just minutes removed from claiming the 2004 tecmo title with Seattle when an exhibition game got set up with Seattle and Minnesota. Anthony Carter returned a kickoff for a TD late and MIN(controlled by Nate) toppled SEA. Ecstatic over the victory, Nate was adamant about claiming Brad was resting on his laurels of a past championship (some 20 minutes ago) and asked repeatedly in a loud and brash tone "Why you livin' in the past? Why you livin' in the past?"
Interesting enough there is a back story to this sage. Early in the playoffs Nate proclaimed if his Minnesota squad and Seattle would meet up, Minnesota would win that match-up and end Brad's magical season with the Seahawks. However a playoff loss by Minnesota to Cleveland ended that speculation. After the championship game was concluded, Nate petitioned for the phantom Seattle/Minnesota match-up. Minnesota played strong defense and just when it looked like Seattle had the game in hand with a late TD, Carter's kick return antics sealed it.
2. "Bo Jackson will not beat me." In 2004 the marquee match-up was considered SF/LA. The most prolific offenses facing off in wild and crazy games. SF had won 4 consecutive games in this heated rivalry with Nates simple defensive gameplan: Stop Bo Jackson at all costs. Call Bo's run 1 play 99% of the game and use Ronnie Lott to force Schroeder to shoulder the load in the passing game. Simply put, the scheme was centered on Jay eventually throwing an INT or 2 a game and SF would use those turnovers to come out on top.
In a playoff meeting with time running down LA was driving, trying to get in field goal range for a late field goal attempt. Knowing all too well what SF had been calling all game, LA gambled and called Bo's run 1. At the same time with SF in a panic on defense and in fear of surrendering the game wining field goal, Nate had switched up his call on that play to stop the pass. Bo Jackson promptly gouged the 9er defense for a long run. A couple plays later Matt Bahr hit a long game winning field goal at the gun to claim a 9-7 LA victory. It took 5 games but Bo finally beat him.
1. "The Denver Ref crew" game. This signaled the beginnings of what Nate would claim is continual shoddy officiating thats plagued his games. This particular game saw Denver as the beneficiary of a couple huge/questionable calls regarding ruled INT's and TD's against SF. This was also the only blatant forfeit in our Tecmo history(the nintendo was given a swift kick by Nate and it reset). To this day, its believed the referee crew still holds a grudge against Nate for his mid/post game outbursts.
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The Comeback
Seattle faced off with San Fran on the road in an early season divisional game. SF rolled through Seattle for a 14-0 lead at halftime. Seattle was utterly dominated that half. From there, Seattle's defense held SF scoreless the rest of the way and the seahawks mounted a couple scoring drives to take it into OT.
In OT Seattle won the toss but was unable to move the ball. After a punt and succesful defensive stand Krieg and co regained possesion. Facing a forth and short at their 45, Seattle opted to go for it. Figuring the defense couldnt keep stopping SF's potent offense much longer. a conversion ensued. A few plays later John L williams broke a long run for the game winning TD in the 2nd greatest comeback of all time.
Key to the city game
Nate tried repeatedly with Chicago to topple SF one night. After his 3rd attempt(which was a 31-6 blowout loss), Nate proclaimed he he had "the key to beating SF". He came close but some late game heroics by Montana sunk his hopes and reams for that night.
Everything was in the endzone but his Butt
A rugged NY vs Washington game saw Nate and NY lead 3-0 late in the 4th qtr. Washington marched down the field and facing a 4th and goal from the 4 decided to go for the glory of the win with only a few seconds left. A pass to Didier(the TE) looked like it would produce the wining score, but LT stuffed him short at the goal line. It was a very questionable call by the refs as it even appeared to Nate that "everything was in the endzone but his butt."
Reggie Roby ain't white?
Reggie caught the ball to punt and I noticed he was white. I commented on it then he turned black as he kicked the ball. Damnedest thing i ever saw.
I had 1 guy open, and Ronnie Lott was covering him.
During SF's title run a few years back in a game against Nate and Cleveland, the computer game me some magical additional coverage and Nate in a disgusted tone utter these words. it was a season long nod to SF's dominance that year.
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You can't post crap on Techmo Bowl and not even mention Bo Jackson and Lawrence Taylor. The two greatest video game players ever.
Nobody but HB knows for sure. You pretty much know nothing....like Knownothing would like to say.
O.K. so you posted the top 5 while I was typing. This thread is now o.k.
Originally Posted by Knownothing
You can't post crap on Techmo Bowl and not even mention Bo Jackson and Lawrence Taylor. The two greatest video game players ever.
A lot of effort is used to stop Bo Jackson. His highlights are few and far between now.
LT on the other hand.....
are you talking tecmo super bowl? that game was better than the first tecmo bowl. and bo 'knows' jackson was better in the 2nd than the first. i always hated playing san fran. they could always beat me no matter what i did.
Originally Posted by agronclone
are you talking tecmo super bowl? that game was better than the first tecmo bowl. and bo 'knows' jackson was better in the 2nd than the first. i always hated playing san fran. they could always beat me no matter what i did.
I'm talking about the original Tecmo that only had 12 teams. TSB was filled with witchcraft! All those fumbles and randomly completed deep jump balls...witchcraft I say!
Oh how i miss that game...I can hear the hutt hutt hutt hutt now...
No mention of the unstoppable Miami slot route.
I actually like the original better. Maybe it is because we spent SO much time playing it...it was the first real FB game out there that was even halfway decent.
I assume that the SF pass (to Taylor?) that was unstoppable and the Chicago pass (to Boso?) are illegal in your tourney?
Originally Posted by Clonefan32
Oh how i miss that game...I can hear the hutt hutt hutt hutt now...
Miss no more. You can play Tecmo Bowl along with tons of other games at vNES. Just find the game in the upper right hand corner under the "T" tab.
Originally Posted by Frak
I assume that the SF pass (to Taylor?) that was unstoppable and the Chicago pass (to Boso?) are illegal in your tourney?
That's a great question. Its our #1 rule that you don't throw to a curling receiver if he is being covered by computer or human defender. many years ago we decided to outlaw that all-together.
The Giants, Dolphins, Redskins have those routes in their playbook. Herschel Walker runs a curl as well. That is completely unstoppable so we remove it from game play. Throw somewhere else, or run with the QB. Simple as that.
The Cap Boso or Roger Craig slant...I can intercept those all day long. Its a little tricky to get in the right area, but very feasible to pick those off most of the time.
A good buddy of mine could elude all would be sackers at will. You would call the same play, your defenders would crash in there, and even if he had Bernie Kosar, he could juke around all the guys flying around and get positive yardage. He was the best Tecmo-Bowler ever. However, he could not match his expertise to Super Tecmo on Super Nintendo.
Originally Posted by cyinne
Miss no more. You can play Tecmo Bowl along with tons of other games at vNES. Just find the game in the upper right hand corner under the "T" tab.
You just had to do it to me...right in the middle of finals. I definitely will enjoy, but probably will flunk out of law school now.
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Doesn't hold air
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Sometimes when things are inexpensive, they are a good deal. Other times they are just cheap. The latter is my experience with these. I threw them in on an order on a whim, thinking why not. How bad can they be. I tried one and it never made it out of the garage. I changed the tire in the AM, went down for my lunch ride to find it flat. Figuring it may have been a pinhole or a loose valve I added a can of Vittoria tire sealant. That didn't work either because before all the sealant got into the tube, the whole mess blew up. I decided instead of trying another new tube, I'd grab one of the patched up tubes I keep around for times like this. Several hundred New England winter miles later, the multipatched tube is still holding air, and three new cutters are sitting on the work bench.
Buy these tubes IF you LOVE FLAT TIRES!
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
I bought these a while ago when they were on sale for ~$10.00 and then bought another 4 pack when CC was selling them for $1.99.
Needless to say, I think there was good reason for these deals as these tubes suck!
I have changed more front and rear tires with these sometimes after not even riding them. I even bought two next Maxxis Mud Wrestler tires to make sure there was nothing remotely hidden in the tread of the other tires.
I've gotten flats on the road, gravel and a couple overnight, when I've changed them in the hopes of making my morning ride and to wake up with no air in my tube.
As a cyclist the one thing that sucks but goes with riding is changing tires/tubes - however, if this is something that you Actually Enjoy doing then and only then would i recommend these tubes.
If you are like me and prefer to spend your time riding - don't bother with these crappy tubes!
Similar experience here - I went through a pack and never got on the road.
A bargain...
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
4 CX tubes for $6 bucks. Uh, OK. They work as tubes should. They hold air, and fit inside the tire. For the money, they're unbeatable...
Sweet Tubes
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
I know it is hard to get excited about tubes but these tubes have a great feature that makes them awesome. They have a removable valve core so you can easily add sealant to the tubes. Here in Utah the goathead capital of the world if you ride cross you ride with sealant or you walk. Nicely done.
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
these are great tubes for everyday use on the road! super strong, and light weight..
Cheap, solid, good.
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
Tubes, especially cx tubes, should be bought cheap if you can get them. At the cost per tube you get these, the price is right and a steal. I bought a ton of them!
Are these schrader stems ?
Are these schrader stems ?
No, ya can see by the picture it is Presta garbage.
great value; no problems
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
Tubes are nice quality for the price; for me, they work well for every-day road biking
Worth the money.
I have had very good luck with these tubes. I use them in a light touring bike and I filled them with sealant. The removable valve core is a nice feature. Still have not had a flat yet.
Great value
I ride my bike 10k to and from work daily, and was going through tubes pretty quickly. Bought these because the price was good, but its been 2 months since I put them in and haven't had a flat yet. I ride 50/50 paved trail/gravel road to on my Felt F4x and have been very pleased. Also tour around Europe with the bike, and the cobble stone has not caused these problems either. I also became meticulous about checking the PSI, so maybe I just got smarter.
Pinch flat fighters.
700c tubes for wider tires can be tough to come by on this site and elsewhere, and these fit the bill. I've had these out twice on rough and rocky trails inside of 32c Vittoria Cross tires at 50 psi, and no pinch flats so far. the weight of the tubes is noticeable on long paved climbs, but the added durability over a lightweight tube is worth it.
affordable and durable
I always hear a mixed batch of reviews on cutter tubes. Personally I have nothing but good things to say.
I have put around 200 miles on the first tube of the 4 pack I bought (to replace the stock tube that popped within 50 miles of use.)
Just inflate slightly so the tube takes its shape, let some air out, inflate some more, wait a few minutes, and inflate completely and you are good to go!
*Top off the air pressure now and then to prevent blow outs.
Do these have removable valve cores?
Do these have removable valve cores?
Yes, they are removable.


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Are you a student athlete, a debater, an actress, or someone who wants to help the community? Or are you all of the above? Urbana University students found answers to these questions during the annual Student Activities Fair last week.
Held at the start of every school year and sponsored by The Office of Campus Life, the fair highlights the many extra-curricular activities available at the school and in the community. Throughout the fair, students visited the booths of sponsoring clubs, organizations, and community partners in order to learn more about the various activities and to sign up for those that interest them.
Junior James Teeters was impressed with this year's Activities Fair. James is no stranger to extra-curricular activities himself, being involved with the Student Activities Committee, Knights for Christ, and the UU men's bowling team.
According to Teeters, the fair was an opportunity to highlight campus activities. "I'm here to show first year students what opportunities they have to get involved, to help their future, and the future of the school."
Dr. J. Michael Rhyne, history professor and faculty advisor to the student history club, Order of the Lance, agreed. "It's important to introduce students to the multiple opportunities to get involved on campus." Rhyne continued by sharing that it shows a commitment to the campus community. He said, "As a faculty advisor, it's especially important to have faculty advisors present and engaged so students know we're are involved and approachable."
This year's fair included booths and support from all of UU's student organizations and several campus departments including the Johnny Appleseed Museum, Student Health Services, Student Success Center, Library, and Alumni Relations.
Two new campus organizations, the Interfaith Chaplaincy and Student Athlete Affairs, showcased their areas, too.
Local churches and religious organizations including First Presbyterian Church of Urbana, St. Mary's Catholic Church, First Baptist Church, the Gideons, and Vineyard Crossway Church reached out to new students.
Area community organizations were on hand to invite student volunteers including, Equality Springfield, Piatt Castles, Champaign Family YMCA, Second Harvest Food Bank, Lawnview Industries, and the Champaign County Library. Local businesses such as The Depot Coffeehouse, Sertell Chiropractic, US Bank, Wright-Patt Credit Union, Kaplan Test Prep, Sam's Club, Hair Co., International Harvester Credit Union, Pampered Chef, Hopkins House B&B, The Cutting Edge Hair Salon, and H & R Block came to campus to offer deals and incentives to students, and lots of free hand outs and goodies.
Political organizations such as the Champaign County Republican Party and Obama for American were also on campus to get out student voters.
Now that clubs and organizations are up and running, they will shift their attention to the upcoming events for the fall semester. "Student organizations are planning for another jam packed semester. Our organizations are looking to host more events than before. From cookouts and game nights, to educational brown bag presenters, our organizations have high aspirations and the Activities Fair is the perfect outlet to showcase what's on tap for this semester." said Mitch Joseph '08, Director of Campus Life.
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Sierra designs gave the Revival 65 Backpack everything you need for a long multi-day trip into the woods or a huge summer trip through Central America. Light, simple design and maximized carrying capacity make this pack an easy winner, and its comfortable suspension system lends a little ease for your shoulders.
- Pack's carrying capacity is ample for a long weekend or multi-day trip, and if you don't need that much space, cinch down the pack's compression straps
- Hydration sleeve and water bottle pockets provide stash spots for your H2O close at hand
- Fulcrum Suspension incorporates soft padded shoulder straps and hip-belt straps for a comfy ride
- Ventilation Conduit backpanel lets airflow access your back and shoulders to minimize sweatiness
- Trekking pole loops hold your poles when you don't need 'em
- GPS easy attachment points to ensure you never get lost
- Reviews
What do you think about this product?
Have questions about this product?
Features, accessibility , weight.
See my photo below on a separate post ! I packed this thing to the MAX~! Here is another photo of it fitting pretty nice. Notice the bottle opener. Waiting to mistakenly walk into a secret campsite with a bucket of cold beer that lack screw tops. It will happen... one of these days.
Full load
I packed this bag to the max. Solo trip behind Cheyenne Mountain with expected adverse conditions. (which I met!) this bag held up to zipper cramming, knee compressing, and last minute shove-ins of varies hard cornered objects. Held up great with access all over.
Here is the load out all packed in this thing: Strap crampons, solar charger for gps, first aid kit, fuel bottle, MSR stove, -10 degree sleeping bag, large inflatable mattress, gortex bivy sack, Chaos2 tent, rain fly, tent foot print, 2 pan cooking set, 3 freeze dried meals, stoic pillow, map, nalgene bottle, shell jacket, shell pants, northface fleece upper and lower, fleece jacket, two sets of gloves, 2 pairs of wool socks, base layers (2 tops, 1 lower), sweetwater purifier, emergency foil blanket, firestick, gerber multitool, 2 liter bladder (empty while hiking), 1 beanie, 1 balaclava, 30 ft of para cord, a REI camp chair (super light/250 lb. capacity) and a few odds and ends that would fit in a zip-loc sandwich bag.
Forgot: Compass.
I brought a tank to see what I would end up not using and minus it from my list (feeling out Colorado's wild)
I sadly used everything. Probably cause it was there. This pack fit it all.
For those that are wondering, "why the bivy?" I brought it unti lI trusted how the Chaos 2 would pull off "4th season" weather. It did well. I can minus the bivy.
top loading with front access.
top loading bag is easy to pack. Front access gets you in when you need something farther down mid hike.
Light/strong/comfortable/feature loaded
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
I researched a large number of packs and brands. This was the clear winner for me.
This is a lightweight pack. Most lightweight packs sacrifice comfort by using smaller straps and buckles to reduce weight. The Revival uses substantial padding and straps and boasts a bigger max carry capacity than other packs in the same weight range. This pack is comfortable.
This pack has great organization with lots of pockets and features. The Revival is a top loading pack with front access. I feel that front access is more convenient, more functional and more used than a separate bag compartment.
The single stay fulcrum suspension is awesome. you can turn, twist and move freely. My first trial was a ten mile in. My shoulders and hips felt good from the first use.
One main positive for me with this over the Osprey pack I came close to buying is the air flow and suspension. With Osprey packs you get a net/vented area between your back and the pack. This actually pushes weight away from your body and can make the pack feel top heavy. The Revival uses air channels which allows the pack to remain close to your body.
As for complaints by others: The hips feel stiff at first; but, feel great when weighted and in use. I have had no discomfort. Some of the initial online reviews of this pack were made from prototype packs that did in fact use a different belt/foam. As for the sloped bottom - granted it creates an awkward space internally; but, it is actually nice when light rock hopping and scrambling down a boulder field. There is nothing to bump or catch on. Bottle opener? ...use it as an attachment point for a Spot, radio etc. A whistle would be a nice addition as well as an on the fly pole stash feature.
I am 5'11" 180-185lbs with 18" torso. I am right between S/M and M/L. I went with M/L but would say a personal choice should be made here.
I love this pack. 3 friends have purchased this pack since checking mine out. I obviously would recommend it to all!
Looking forward to using it
While I have not had a chance to use the pack yet, I am looking forward to trying it out this spring. When I first got it I tried it on and walked around the house, bending every which way I could. The pads are wonderfully comfortable! I especially love the back pads. There is space running down the spine to let my back breath. Normally I am not a fan of internal frames, I hate digging through my whole bag to get one item. However the pack has a zipper running down the front of the bag allowing easy access to the internal compartment. I also like that there are small compartments for treats or a camera right on the belt across my waist. I am way excited to try the pack this spring, it is exactly what I need, comfortable, and easy access to all my items.
Have you used the pack yet? How was it? Also what is your height/weight if you don't mind me asking.
I scored this pack really cheap last year on Steap & Cheap, and my girlfriend is planning on using it when she comes backpacking with me. Shes 5'8 130lb's, I have an Osprey Exos 58 I was thinking I would let her use that if the Revival is uncomfortable on women.
Thanks in advance!
After much use, I have found it (as many have) to be tough on the hips. The pack does fill up well and provide smart access to many items deep within the bag. I am 5/11 180 lbs. BUT I have a longer leg to torso ratio. (shorter torso compared to leg length) So I have a medium. Fits well. I suggest checking out Sierra Design's measurement guide for torso length as what matters is your spine.. not overall height.
Awesome pack...if it fits you
- Familiarity: I returned this product before using it
Bought this pack on Steep and Cheap and it truly was a steal. The build quality is amazing. Unfortunately the ergonomics just didn't fit my body. The gaps in the waist belt's vertically-oriented padding allowed the hard plastic inner support to rest directly on the points of my hip bones. Furthermore, no matter how I adjusted the shoulder straps and load lifters I always felt like my chest was a little too deep for the bag. I'm a usual pack size of men's medium with a 41-42" chest, and I had bought a M/L size pack. Again, this is just my body fit. Perhaps if the torso size was adjustable I could have made it work. Other than that the suspension was fantastic, ventilation was better than the Osprey Atmos, and the low weight for a 65L bag is impressive. Organization is top notch as well; I've never had a bag fit my stuff so well. Truly disappointed that it just wouldn't fit me. Two improvement suggestions: lose the bottle opener and add removable sleeping pad straps to the bottom.
great design
This was a great pack for a trip for a 5 day trip in the wilderness.
Like It!
I recently upgraded my 20 year old Lowe Contour to the SD Revival 65. I love the weight and the way it fits my body. I have to admit that I have not used it tons yet, but I did use it for an overnight trip up Mt Adams. So I was hiking up hill with a tent, sleeping pad & bag, some warmer clothes, food, stove & pot, first aid, water and water filter. My biggest complaint is with the hydration sleeve. I know a lot of hikers that strongly believe that a hydration pack is not for alpine hiking. I still take one along with me. But the sleeve in the Revival is a little small. I could have two liters in my bladder but it was a very tight fit.
During day 2 of the hike up to the summit I had much less in my pack and I could cinch it down to be stable. I've never really liked the remove the top and use it as a day pack feature. Instead, just remove the top and make the rest of the pack lighter. I have seen complaints about the waist belt. I have a 32 inch waist and found the belt a little stiff but I never found it uncomfortable. I like the belt pockets for holding little items (snacks, sunscreen, lip balm) while the side pocket securely holds a nalgene bottle or a GPS unit (ie. ti stretches to accommodate small & larger items). The ties for ice axe and/or poles are nice. I did not get a chance to use the bottle opener and I might prefer a whistle (I know a lot of pack have that). I did not find the slope bottom an issue and maybe it even helped when glissading :).
I also like the rear access to the pack rather than just top-loading. The rear pockets are very handy. I also found the firm padding to be more comfortable for long distance rather than some of the softer padding that is out there. The pack vented well a climbing in 80 degree weather I never felt too hot because of the pack.
I have the S/M size, I am 5'3" tall (with a long back and short legs) and this pack fits well.
Fix the Hipbelt
The hipbelt has vertical channels and very stiff foam. This equals sore hipbones after about a mile with the pack moderately weighted. The top lid is not removable and the sloping bottom is a poor design. The rest of the pack is good; frame, pocket, front access and materials. The hipbelt seems like such an easy fix.
You can remove the top lid by unthreading the webbing through the ladder locks--lighter weight and simpler than buckles.
The sloping bottom was on purpose--to minimize the amount of pack sticking out behind you when crossing rough terrain where rocks might bump your pack and throw you off balance. But there are lash points where you can attach a pad which will make the pack stand up, so really it's a win-win.
The stiff foam will last longer than soft foam that will break down after just a few years of use, so what's better... cheap, soft foam that won't support a load or harder foam that will last for years?
I agree with mtn that the top lid being removable but i found that I would need to cut the sewn ends off of the straps to get them through the ladder locks.
So as the pack is sold they the top lid is not removable? I don't have a problem a problem with hipbelt being stiff. I have a problem with the channels. I'm not the only one that sees this as an issue. That sloping bottom sucks, I see you read the one story of someone falling. Agree to disagree. The frame is awesome and the rest of the features are great. SD is so close to really great pack.
Great Pack
The Fulrum suspension was impressive. As an owner and long-time user of a Dana Designs Terraplane, I am a historic fan of single-stay/frame sheet suspension designs. In all fairness, I was intrigued to see how the Fulcrum suspension would perform during my early visual inspection of the pack. I was initially concerned by the overall flex of the single DAC stay with the partial frame sheets attached that the top and bottom. In the end, I felt the single stay and partial frame sheets did an OUTSTANDING job transferring weight to the hip-belt. Movement was good and overall I felt this pack could carry a significant weight load.
The shoulder harnesses were SUPERB! Rarely can I say that I experienced no trail discomfort from shoulder straps but that was the case with the Revival. Padding was superb and the die-cut ventilation slots were very much appreciated.
The hip-belt was rigid which allowed for good weight transfer without hip-belt sag.
The pockets were helpful. Typically, Im not a huge fan of pockets. The hip-belt pockets were welcome and very functional.
The angled bottom of the pack gives great clearance on awkward descents, it wont catch and throw you off balance.
The overall comfort was very good. Upon visual inspection prior to departure, I was very concerned about the very stiff foam in the hip-bely, lumbar pad and should-blade padding. This concern proved unfounded in the field.
Love the shove-it pocket.
Sierra Designs Revival, new packs from the "Tent Guys"
Very Impressed. Like at least one former reviewer, I've been the owner of a number of Osprey packs over the years. While I've always been a fan of Sierra Designs tents, I think this is the first pack offering I've ever seen from them. When any company tries something new like this, it is seldom done right the first time. I must say, though, this is the exception to the rule. This pack truly does what many others claim to: ventilate while supporting heavy loads comfortably.
I admit the first time I tried this pack on, I wasn't sure about it. Do yourself a favor, though. Reserve judgment until you have the pack weighted. When empty, it had a rigid feeling, and I immediately noticed the ventilation gaps in the lumbar and scapula pads. After weighting the pack and walking for a while, however, the "new" or "different" feeling of the pack was gone, and I could begin to feel those gaps doing their job.
Keep up the good work, SD! I hope to see you get the street cred in the pack market that you deserve, and I look forward to some more great pack designs in 2012.
Sierra Designs Revival 65 Backpack - 3800cu in
I just took this pack on a 4 day trip in Escalante, Utah. It worked really well and carried the weight well. They did a good job with the padding in the hip belt and the back panel. I like the idea behind the front pocket opening into the main pocket but like some of the other brands design better on that feature. It should some signs of abrasion but I was really hard on it but didn't wear through.
Great Pack!
Very impressed with the quality of this pack. I wanted a pack that would carry 40 lbs for longer trips. I compared this pack to the Baltoro 65 and Aether 60 and felt this pack had the best combination of comfort, weight, and weight carrying capacity. Instantly packed it up with 30 lbs and it felt like nothing compared to my old, minimalist frame pack. Plenty of padding wear you need it. I was able to pack a bear canister (BV500) with room around the sides for a solo tent and various other gear. The front access zipper is huge and gives you plenty of ways to pack and access your gear, its big enough to pull your bear canister through. The hip belt padding is a little short and just wraps around my 34 waist but it is padded well which makes up for it. At 6'4 and 200 lbs the M/L fit perfect.
I'm Impressed!
SD really did their research before they released this pack. I've always been a huge fan of Osprey, but the suspension on this really caught my eye. It's got the best balance of load stability and back panel ventilation I've ever tried. The individual pads feel a little odd at first, but quickly disappear, and the air channels are completely unobstructed. Without a jacket on, you can feel noticeable air movement. I've taken this on 2 overnight ski trips and it has just enough room for a long weekend with winter gear. I think this will translate to a comfortable 3-4 day backpack in the warmer months. It's low profile enough that it didn't readily snag errant branches, even when skiing through tight trees. As well, there was no noticeable load flop back and forth, even when lightly loaded.
Build quality seems on par with any of the Osprey's I've owned and seems as though it will take some decent abuse while still having a good lifespan. As I've only had mine for a few months, we'll see what extended use does to it. I personally, foresee a long and happy relationship.
Sierra Designs Revival 65
Sierra Designs Revival Backpack
I bought this off Steepandcheap.com for...
I bought this off Steepandcheap.com for $76 a few days ago. Looking forward to using this on the Appalachian Trail soon.
Wear it a while on some short trips. The waist belt can be aggressive on the hips. Don't want your hips to learn this on the AT
Can the lid be converted to a day/lumbar...
Can the lid be converted to a day/lumbar pack?
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|Written by Holyoke Enterprise
Elisa Sagehorn graduated cum laude with a bachelor's degree in agricultural education at the Colorado State University College of Agricultural Sciences commencement ceremony in December 2012.
Sagehorn was one of 11 students in the college to graduate with academic distinction at the end of the fall 2012 semester. She was also a featured speaker at commencement.
For a time, Sagehorn attended a private Christian school in Iowa, but transferred to CSU for its agricultural education program, where she flourished as an articulate young spokeswoman for agriculture and its critical role in people's lives.
Representing a trend of collegiate "advocacy," Sagehorn said she has visited the Colorado State Capitol so often that she's lost count of her visits. These opportunities have surfaced through her leadership roles with CSU Agricultural Ambassadors, Ag Adventure, Collegiate Farm Bureau and Alpha Tau Alpha and as a National Young Farmer Educational Association spokesperson for agriculture.
Sagehorn wrapped up her bachelor's degree with a student-teaching assignment in rural Colorado.
At the end of January, Sagehorn will head to Indianapolis, Ind. for training with Elanco Animal Health. She looks forward to her new job and is anticipating new ways of spreading agriculture's message. "Agriculture is such an integral part of our daily lives that it's often overlooked and taken for granted," she said, "yet it is incredibly important."
This 2008 graduate of Holyoke High School is the daughter of Keith and Diane Sagehorn of Holyoke.
Holyoke Enterprise January 10, 2013


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A judge is backing North Carolina Central University officials for firing a campus police officer after learning he sold sex toys out of the trunk of his patrol car while on duty.
The News and Observer of Raleigh reported Friday that a state administrative law judge this week upheld the university's decision to fire Lt. Michael Shaw last year.
Shaw admitted to selling the items to a female officer, but said it occurred during his break. He also said the items were not pornographic, his conduct was not illegal, and his dismissal was unwarranted.
Defense lawyer Mark Key of Lillington says his client will appeal. Key says Shaw sold items to officers who were his friends, not to students or faculty members.