Abide (2 of 6)
Series: Bear Fruit
Will McGee
John 15
INTRODUCTION:We're in a new sermon series... We're studying the fifteenth chapter in the Gospel of John. Where Jesus is teaching his disciples on spiritual growth. How they can grow as his disciples. How they can experience a fuller, more abundant life in God...
Jesus says, [1] ''I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. [2] Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. [3] Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. [4] Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. [5] I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. [6] If anyone does not abide in me he is thrown away like a branch and withers; and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned. [7] If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. [8] By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples. [9] As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love. [10] If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love. [11] These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.
In this passage, Jesus uses a beautiful metaphor for how true spiritual growth occurs in the life of Christian.
Vinedresser/Gardener = The Father. The gardener waters the vine. Prepares the soil. Positions the vine in the sunlight. Watches over the vine. Shapes the vine. Prunes the branches. So that the vine can produce more fruit.
Vine = Jesus. The vine is what roots the plant into the soil... The vine absorbs the nutrients and the sunlig ...
Series: Bear Fruit
Will McGee
John 15
INTRODUCTION:We're in a new sermon series... We're studying the fifteenth chapter in the Gospel of John. Where Jesus is teaching his disciples on spiritual growth. How they can grow as his disciples. How they can experience a fuller, more abundant life in God...
Jesus says, [1] ''I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. [2] Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. [3] Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. [4] Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. [5] I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. [6] If anyone does not abide in me he is thrown away like a branch and withers; and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned. [7] If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. [8] By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples. [9] As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love. [10] If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love. [11] These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.
In this passage, Jesus uses a beautiful metaphor for how true spiritual growth occurs in the life of Christian.
Vinedresser/Gardener = The Father. The gardener waters the vine. Prepares the soil. Positions the vine in the sunlight. Watches over the vine. Shapes the vine. Prunes the branches. So that the vine can produce more fruit.
Vine = Jesus. The vine is what roots the plant into the soil... The vine absorbs the nutrients and the sunlig ...
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