Sermon Tone Analysis

-Christ is the center of The Christian faith he is the sourse of life and the only way to eternal life

Every branch in me that does not produce fruit he removes, and

-Just as with a grape vine if a grape vine does not produce fruit the gardner removes that section of the vine, if a Believer does not produce fruit God removes that believer, this is not talking about removal from eternal life but rather removal from the world if we are a poor testmoney for Christ he will remove us.

he prunes every branch that produces fruit so that it will produce more fruit.

every branch that produces fruit so that it will produce more fruit.

3 You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. 4 Remain in me, and I in you.

Just as a branch is unable to produce fruit by itself unless it remains on the vine, neither can you unless you remain in me.

-Just as a garder prunes a grape vine God prunes us to make us more like His son.

THis pruning is not easy, but it will result in us living a life that is more reflective of Christ and producing more fruit and

You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.

-This word clean is used to refer to the disiples with the exception of Judus.

The idea here is that through the teaching of Jesues the deciples had been pruned

4 Remain in me, and I in you.

Just as a branch is unable to produce fruit by itself unless it remains on the vine,

-no branch can bear fruit by itself it must rmain a part of the vine.

Just as the believer can not bear fruit f we are not part of Christ.

to remain in Christ we first must accept Christ as our savior.

Secound preservation of the saints

third loving obedience without faith no life of God will come to anyone without the life of God, no real fruit can be produced you can not bear fruit if you are not a believer.

neither can you unless you remain in me.

neither can you unless you remain in me.

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Bear fruit

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5 I am the vine; you are the branches.

Whoever abides in me and I in him,

-again we are reminded that Christ is the vine and deciples are the branches we depent on Christ for all things including life.

he it is that bears much fruit,

for apart from me you can do nothing.

This is refering to those who choose not to accept Christ as their Savior.

The dead branches are those who are useless theese are people like Judis who reject Jesues when faced with truth

the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned.

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If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.

8 By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples.

good works do not save us but by bearing fruit we prove that we are Christ’s diciples.

When we bear fruit the father is gloryifyed

III.

consimation of the relationship 9-11

III. if you dont abi

As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you.

Abide in my love.

10 If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love,

Keeping my comandments is not intended to mean “keep the Christian rules but rather is refering to jihn 12:50

just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love.

11 These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.

conclusion

When we follow Christ we will have full and complete joy.