Branch Life

Sermon by Rev. Richard Jones

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Branch Life

John 15:1-4

 

John 15:1-4 (ESV)
1  “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser.
2  Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.
3  Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you.
4  Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me.

 

 

TRUE VINE

1  “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser.

 

John 5:19-20 (ESV)
19  So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, that the Son does likewise.
20  For the Father loves the Son and shows him all that he himself is doing. And greater works than these will he show him, so that you may marvel.

Romans 11:36 (ESV)
36  For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen.

 

 

TRUE PURPOSE

2  Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.

 

Ezekiel 15:1-3 (ESV)
1  And the word of the LORD came to me:
2  “Son of man, how does the wood of the vine surpass any wood, the vine branch that is among the trees of the forest?
3  Is wood taken from it to make anything? Do people take a peg from it to hang any vessel on it?

Matthew 28:19-20 (ESV)
19  Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
20  teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

Romans 6:21-22 (ESV)
21  But what fruit were you getting at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.
22  But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the fruit you get leads to sanctification and its end, eternal life.

Galatians 5:22-23 (ESV)
22  But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
23  gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.

Ephesians 4:15-16 (ESV)
15  Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ,
16  from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.

TRUE METHOD

2  Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.

 

TRUE TOOL

3  Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you.

 

Ephesians 5:26 (ESV)
26  that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word,

Hebrews 4:12-13 (ESV)
12  For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
13  And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account.

 

TRUE POSITION

4  Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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