John 14:12 (NLT) “I tell you the truth, anyone who believes in me will do the same works I have done, and even greater works, because I am going to be with the Father.
John 15:1–4 (NLT) 1 “I am the true grapevine, and my Father is the gardener. 2 He 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. 3 You have already been pruned and purified by the message I have given you. 4 Remain 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.
Jesus is The Vine
Colossians 1:16 (NLT) Everything was created through him and for him.
Acts 17:28 (NIV) ‘For in him we live and move and have our being.’
The Father is the gardener. John 15:1–12 (NLT) “He 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.”
1. Correction Correction comes because we are doing something wrong.
“The Lord may affirm you in your efforts, but he will never affirm error.”
Hebrews 12:10-11 (NIV) 10 Our fathers disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, that we may share in his holiness. 11 No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.
John 15:3(NIV) You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.
Proverbs 12:1 (NLT) To learn, you must love discipline; it is stupid to hate correction.
2. Pruning John 15:2(NLT) He prunes the branches that do bear fruit so they will produce even more.
Pruning comes because we are doing something right.
We are the Branches: John 15:5-11(NLT) 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. 6 Anyone 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. 7 But if you remain in me and my words remain in you, you may ask for anything you want, and it will be granted! 8 When 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. 10 When you obey my commandments, you remain in my love, just as I obey my Father’s commandments and remain in his love. 11 I have told you these things so that you will be filled with my joy.Yes, your joy will overflow! 12 This is my commandment: Love each other in the same way I have loved you.
He expects fruit. “We are the branches; our role is to produce fruit.”
A. The fruit of overflowing joy. B. The fruit of Answered Prayer.
C. The Fruit of The Spirit. Galatians 5:22–25 (NLT) 22 But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things!
“Fruit is produced, not forced.”
Abiding in him: Remain/Abide/Dwell: “To remain stable or fixed in a state”
1. Trusting him Romans 7:4 (NLT) Now you are united with the one who was raised from the dead. As a result, we can produce a harvest of good deeds for God.
“We produce fruit by staying and not straying.”
2. Obeying him. Colossians 1:9 &10 (NLT) We ask God to give you complete knowledge of his will and to give you spiritual wisdom and understanding.Then the way you live will always honor and please the Lord, and your lives will produce every kind of good fruit. All the while, you will grow as you learn to know God better and better.
3. Loving one another.
John 15:16–17 (NLT) You didn’t choose me. I chose you. I appointed you to go and produce lasting fruit, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask for, using my name. 17 This is my command: Love each other.
