John 15:1-5

John 15:1-5 The True Vine 

What we have in John 15:1 is the “I Am” statement. 

What might have occasioned this I AM statement is a over the entrance to the Holy Place. 

Why was there a vine on the temple over the entrance to the Holy Place? 

Psalm 80:8-9

God planted Israel in the promised land for what purpose? To produce  

Israel never produced the fruit that the Lord desired them to produce. 

Romans 1:18-32

What God created to be good, we for a version of it. 

Romans 1 highlights the of the lusts and s of the human heart. 

What is in the eyes of God can still be longed for and desired in the human heart. 

Who deserves to die? Anyone who does not produce the that the Lord wants of His creatures. 

Point: Those who bear fruit are truly connected to the true vine!

If your hope and trust is in anything other than Christ — it is . 

At the end of the day, what matters is what the Lord of you.

Two kinds of branches: 

Those that bear fruit and those that do not. 

How can Jesus speak of branches that are “in Him” that do not bear fruit?

John 10:28; John 6:39

What is a nominal Christian? A Christian in name

We are by bearing fruit

Bearing fruit is of being born again

What about assurance? 

  — good works is evidence

  — Objective evidence is belief 

Why would God prune branches that are producing fruit? 

The purpose of pruning is to gain the most amount of fruit from a branch 

Pruning takes away things in our life that are spiritually

Hebrews 12:10

What does pruning look like? 

1 Peter 1:6-7

Already Clean

Hebrews 4:12

Abide in Me

What does it mean to abide in Christ? 

Goron Keddie:  “The active cultivation by every professing Christian of a living spiritual relationship to Christ.”

Abiding in Christ isn’t solely about one’s

It is through in Christ that one bears fruit.

We cannot just ignore the of grace and bear fruit.

The Importance of Rest