Abiding in Christ: The True Vine and Fruitfulness
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"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 you are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you." [00:02:55]
"The most notable feature of the vine is its purpose. It isn't its purpose is not, shall I say, it's not its primary purpose that we're thinking about. The purpose that we're looking at today is that which is its sole purpose. In other words, it has no other purpose for existing, and that purpose is that it be a fruit-bearing tree." [00:05:51]
"We are but branches that that's what we are. We're about branches who are privileged by the grace of God and by the miracle of redemption to be enabled to drink in to ourselves the holy sap of the vine and then holding its fruit in our lives and as it were to use a sort of modern word, showcasing it or displaying it or making it manifest." [00:08:23]
"This fruit is not measured by the number of converts that each of us have been able to make in the course of our lives. This fruit is not measured by what we perceive to be perhaps in our foolishness, our successful ministry, something we've created by our ministry, something that's come into existence by our ministerial activities." [00:10:10]
"The life of Jesus is to be made manifest in our mortal bodies, showcasing the divine life to the world. This is the fruit that God is looking for in each of our lives, the product of His redeeming work and the enabling of His Holy Spirit." [00:13:12]
"Except the branch abides in the vine, this fruit is impossible. Even in the natural, the grapes are impossible unless that branch is connected and this part of the vine root itself. And this is equally true, you know, even the wood as it were of the branch, it is of no value." [00:15:54]
"Without him, we can do nothing at all. That's in verse five, for without me, you can do nothing. Isn't this important for us to really appreciate? You know, we can give a sort of a nonchalant sort of nod to some of these statements. You know, it's truly important that we realize that." [00:17:11]
"This word abide includes this and so much more. I think we could say it also includes the idea that this merging, this union life is to be maintained. It's got to be ongoing. This is not an experience that we had, you know, 10 years ago, or a prayer that we prayed, you know, eight years ago." [00:21:27]
"Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away, and every branch that beareth fruit he purges it that it may bring forth more fruit. This is the word that can be understood and translated cleansing. He cleanses the vine, and he cleanses the vine for one purpose." [00:22:13]
"The knife is God's interference in your life. Never heard anyone say that before. It's God's interference. God, and you will know that this is true, I'm sure. God has a reputation for interfering in our lives. He interferes with our status quo. I preached before on the Jesus who overturns tables." [00:29:23]
"Joseph spent 12 years in prison, and God was engineering every aspect of it, and he knew it not. He didn't know. He thought, what a mess I've made of my life, and so on. Perhaps there are those listening to me or feeling exactly that today. You know, what a fool I've been." [00:33:06]
"God is working to will and to do of his good pleasure. And you know, I mentioned this earlier, but I'm getting close to 80, and by his grace and in spite of me, he's kept the best wine to the end of the feast. That's his reputation actually." [00:42:50]
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"The most notable feature of the vine is its purpose. It isn't its purpose is not, shall I say, it's not its primary purpose that we're thinking about. The purpose that we're looking at today is that which is its sole purpose. In other words, it has no other purpose for existing, and that purpose is that it be a fruit-bearing tree." [00:05:51]
"We are but branches that that's what we are. We're about branches who are privileged by the grace of God and by the miracle of redemption to be enabled to drink in to ourselves the holy sap of the vine and then holding its fruit in our lives and as it were to use a sort of modern word, showcasing it or displaying it or making it manifest." [00:08:23]
"This fruit is not measured by the number of converts that each of us have been able to make in the course of our lives. This fruit is not measured by what we perceive to be perhaps in our foolishness, our successful ministry, something we've created by our ministry, something that's come into existence by our ministerial activities." [00:10:10]
"The life of Jesus is to be made manifest in our mortal bodies, showcasing the divine life to the world. This is the fruit that God is looking for in each of our lives, the product of His redeeming work and the enabling of His Holy Spirit." [00:13:12]
"Except the branch abides in the vine, this fruit is impossible. Even in the natural, the grapes are impossible unless that branch is connected and this part of the vine root itself. And this is equally true, you know, even the wood as it were of the branch, it is of no value." [00:15:54]
"Without him, we can do nothing at all. That's in verse five, for without me, you can do nothing. Isn't this important for us to really appreciate? You know, we can give a sort of a nonchalant sort of nod to some of these statements. You know, it's truly important that we realize that." [00:17:11]
"This word abide includes this and so much more. I think we could say it also includes the idea that this merging, this union life is to be maintained. It's got to be ongoing. This is not an experience that we had, you know, 10 years ago, or a prayer that we prayed, you know, eight years ago." [00:21:27]
"Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away, and every branch that beareth fruit he purges it that it may bring forth more fruit. This is the word that can be understood and translated cleansing. He cleanses the vine, and he cleanses the vine for one purpose." [00:22:13]
"The knife is God's interference in your life. Never heard anyone say that before. It's God's interference. God, and you will know that this is true, I'm sure. God has a reputation for interfering in our lives. He interferes with our status quo. I preached before on the Jesus who overturns tables." [00:29:23]
"Joseph spent 12 years in prison, and God was engineering every aspect of it, and he knew it not. He didn't know. He thought, what a mess I've made of my life, and so on. Perhaps there are those listening to me or feeling exactly that today. You know, what a fool I've been." [00:33:06]
"God is working to will and to do of his good pleasure. And you know, I mentioned this earlier, but I'm getting close to 80, and by his grace and in spite of me, he's kept the best wine to the end of the feast. That's his reputation actually." [00:42:50]
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