Ask, According to His Will, and Receive

‘And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: and if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.'

(1 John 5:14,15 KJV)

'This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.' (1 John 1:5-7 KJV) 

Ask for/to walk in the light, as he is in the light.

'And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming. If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.' (1 John 2:28,29 KJV) 

Ask how to do righteousness, as he is righteous.

'Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.'

(1 John 3:1-3 KJV) 

Ask how to purify yourself, even as he is pure.

'Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: and every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is the spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.' (1 John 4:2,3 KJV) Ask how to confess that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh.

These things certainly are according to (in conformity with) God's will.

No more can Ye, except Ye abide in Me

‘I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken to you. Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no MORE can ye, except ye abide in me. I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for WITHOUT me ye can do nothing. If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done UNTO you. Herein is my Father glorified, that ye shall bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.' 

(John 15:1-8 KJV)

without: outside, external

Is there enough in these verses to encourage you to ASK the Father, that he purge from your works that which is outside and external to the true vine? In the natural branch, purging refers to the cutting off of shoots which run to waste, and removal of every excrescence (abnormal outgrowth) which hinders the growth of the branch.

'As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no MORE can ye, except ye abide in me.'