Preacher: Caleb Ogle
Theme: Abiding With Christ
Text: John 15:1-8
Notes:
- Jesus is the true vine
- John 15:1a, “I am the true vine”
- 2 Peter 1:2-4
- God the Father is the vinedresser
- John 15:1b, “my Father is the vinedresser”
- John 15:2a, “Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away,”
- This does not refer to those who have put their faith in Him, but those who have made a false profession and yet bear no real fruit
- 2 Corinthians 13:5, “Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith”
- Matthew 16:7, “You will recognize them by their fruits.”
- This does not refer to those who have put their faith in Him, but those who have made a false profession and yet bear no real fruit
- John 15:2b, “and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.”
- This refers to those things in our lives which prevent us from bearing fruit, or from bearing fruit abundantly
- We are the branches
- John 15:5, “you are the branches.”
- Are you abiding with God:
- At church?
- At work?
- At home?
- If you are abiding in Christ, Christ will bear fruit through you
- How will you cooperate with God’s will so that he might do this?
