LESSONS FROM THE GARDEN(2) – TRANSFORMATION THROUGH CONNECTION

LESSONS FROM THE GARDEN(2) – TRANSFORMATION THROUGH CONNECTION

Pastor Blake Hanson | 3.22.26 

 

God brings transformation through . 

 

WHEN WE THINK WE CAN DO IT ON OUR OWN… 

 

1.  We often become less .

2.  Lose sight of our . 

 

John 15:1–12 (NLT)

1“I am the true grapevine, and my Father is the gardener. 

2He cuts off every branch of mine that doesn’t produce fruit, and he prunes the branches that do bear fruit so they will produce even more. 

3You have already been pruned and purified by the message I have given you. 

4Remain in me, and I will remain in you. For a branch cannot produce fruit if it is severed from the vine, and you cannot be fruitful unless you remain in me. 

5“Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing. 

6Anyone who does not remain in me is thrown away like a useless branch and withers. Such branches are gathered into a pile to be burned. 

7But if you remain in me and my words remain in you, you may ask for anything you want, and it will be granted! 

8When you produce much fruit, you are my true disciples. This brings great glory to my Father. 

9“I have loved you even as the Father has loved me. Remain in my love. 

10When you obey my commandments, you remain in my love, just as I obey my Father’s commandments and remain in his love. 

11I have told you these things so that you will be filled with my joy. Yes, your joy will overflow! 

12This is my commandment: Love each other in the same way I have loved you.

 

CONNECTION REQUIRES SURRENDER TO GOD’S . 

 

John 15:1 (NLT)

1“I am the true grapevine, and my Father is the gardener.

 

John 11:25 (NLT) 

25Jesus told her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Anyone who believes in me will live, even after dying.

 

John 14:6 (NLT)

6Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.

 

 

Psalm 80:8 (NLT)

8You brought us from Egypt like a grapevine; you drove away the pagan nations and transplanted us into your land

 

 

CONNECTION IS SUSTAINED BY IN JESUS.

 

 

Remaining in Jesus

 

Is your relationship  

 

John 15:4–5 (NLT)

4Remain in me, and I will remain in you.

 

Produces fruit 

 

John 15:5 (NLT)

5“ Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing.

 

Leads to prayers 

 

John 15:7 (NLT)

7But if you remain in me and my words remain in you, you may ask for anything you want, and it will be granted!

 

Understands genuine  

 

John 15:10 (NLT)

10When you obey my commandments, you remain in my love, just as I obey my Father’s commandments and remain in his love.

 

 

CONNECTION RESULTS IN A LIFE. 

 

 

Matthew 3:10 (NLT)

10Even now the ax of God’s judgment is poised, ready to sever the roots of the trees. Yes, every tree that does not produce good fruit will be chopped down and thrown into the fire.

 

 

Evidences of a Fruitful Life 

 

Fruits of the  

 

  

 

Hebrews 13:15 (ESV)

15Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name.

 

Love and giving 

 

Philippians 4:16–17 (ESV)

16Even in Thessalonica you sent me help for my needs once and again. 

17Not that I seek the gift, but I seek the fruit that increases to your credit.

 

God- behavior 

 

Matthew 3:8 (ESV)

8Bear fruit in keeping with repentance.

 

Philippians 1:11 (ESV)

11filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

 

Making  

 

John 4:36 (ESV)

36Already the one who reaps is receiving wages and gathering fruit for eternal life, so that sower and reaper may rejoice together.

 

 

John 15:11 (NLT)

11I have told you these things so that you will be filled with my joy. Yes, your joy will overflow!

 

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