Benefits of Abiding In Christ

Jn 15:1-5 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. 2 Every branch in me that does not produce fruit he removes, and he prunes 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. 5 I am the vine; you are the branches. The one who remains in me and I in him produces much fruit, because you can do nothing without me.

GARDNER

GOD is His Father, Yes, Jesus is God in the flesh. What does the GARDNER expect from the VINE

The VINE - Jesus

What does the VINE expect from the BRANCH?

The BRANCH - YOU & ME

What does the BRANCH expect from the GARDNER and the VINE?

CARE

Weeding - Help with overcome temptations to sin(s) in our life. 1Cor 10:13.

Wartering - When thirsty. Spiritua dryness. The WORD given to us to pic us up everyday as we look forward to the return of Jesus.

Pruning - Loving discipline (see Heb 12:5-6). “he prunes every branch that produces fruit so that it will produce more fruit.”

Harvesting - Production of GOOD FRUIT and MORE GOOD FRUIT. “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. Joh 15:5 I am the vine; you are the branches. The one who remains in me and I in him produces much fruit, because you can do nothing without me”