{"id":3267,"date":"2017-10-01T17:25:01","date_gmt":"2017-10-01T21:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/?p=3267"},"modified":"2017-10-08T14:57:19","modified_gmt":"2017-10-08T18:57:19","slug":"the-branch-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/?p=3267","title":{"rendered":"Branch Life"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sermon by<\/strong> Rev. Richard Jones<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Branch Life<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n

John 15:1-4<\/strong><\/p>\n

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John 15:1-4 (ESV)
\n<\/strong>1 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0\u201cI am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser.<\/span>
\n2 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Every 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.<\/span>
\n3 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you.<\/span>
\n4 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Abide 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.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

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TRUE VINE<\/strong><\/h3>\n

1 <\/sup>\u00a0\u201cI am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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John 5:19-20 (ESV)
\n<\/strong>19 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0So Jesus said to them, \u201cTruly, 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.<\/span>
\n20 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0For 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.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

Romans 11:36 (ESV)
\n<\/strong>36 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen.<\/p>\n

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TRUE PURPOSE<\/strong><\/h3>\n

2 <\/sup>\u00a0Every 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.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

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Ezekiel 15:1-3 (ESV)
\n<\/strong>1 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0And the word of the LORD came to me:
\n2 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0\u201cSon of man, how does the wood of the vine surpass any wood, the vine branch that is among the trees of the forest?
\n3 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Is wood taken from it to make anything? Do people take a peg from it to hang any vessel on it? <\/span><\/p>\n

Matthew 28:19-20 (ESV)
\n<\/strong>19 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,<\/span>
\n20 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Romans 6:21-22 (ESV)
\n<\/strong>21 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0But 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.
\n22 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0But 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.<\/p>\n

Galatians 5:22-23 (ESV)
\n<\/strong>22 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
\n23 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.<\/p>\n

Ephesians 4:15-16 (ESV)
\n<\/strong>15 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ,
\n16 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0from 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.<\/p>\n

TRUE METHOD<\/strong><\/h3>\n

2 <\/sup>\u00a0Every 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.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

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TRUE TOOL<\/strong><\/h3>\n

3 <\/sup>\u00a0Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

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Ephesians 5:26 (ESV)
\n<\/strong>26 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word,<\/p>\n

Hebrews 4:12-13 (ESV)
\n<\/strong>12 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0For 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.
\n13 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account.<\/p>\n

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TRUE POSITION<\/strong><\/h3>\n

4 <\/sup>\u00a0Abide 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.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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