John 15:1-5 (World English Bible) “I am the true vine, and my Father is the farmer. Every branch in me that doesn’t bear fruit, he takes away. Every branch that bears fruit, he prunes, so that it may bear more fruit. You are already pruned clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. Remain in me, and I in you. As the branch can’t bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you, unless you remain in me. I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me and I in him bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.”
Jesus used many agricultural terms to describe the relationship between God and humanity and between Himself and those who sought God in their everyday lives. His use of True Vine to describe Himself provides us with the imagery that we can understand.
Knowledge of viniculture isn’t required to understand how Jesus uses this phrase. It doesn’t require a degree in botany to see that if the branch stays attached, the vine allows it to thrive and to bear fruit, while detaching from the vine leads to withering and death.
To remain connected to the True Vine is to remain connected to the source of life. To disconnect from this life leads to no life at all.
Stay connected to Jesus, the true vine, and bear fruit, the world will be glad you did!
— Pastor Charles
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