Planting God's True Vine
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· 6 viewsJesus makes it very clear to his disciples that fruit and life flows from the person of Christ, the true vine. The branches (us) are either attached or detached to the vine. Our outcomes of abiding affects our life. Either growing plentiful fruit which glorifies God or be gathered and burned. The congregation needs to understand that pruning is a blessing and something to embrace warmly. For being pruned will bring us closer to Christ.
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From Seed to Harvest
From Seed to Harvest
A. Dad planted corn and my sister and I collected and sold at the Argyle corner. We sold the corn for two dollars for a bakers dozen. When the customers came to collect the corn they always picked the biggest and freshest cobs of corn. What was left at the end of the day were the small cobs. (Me)
Back when I was a little kid, my dad would plant
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B. Isn’t is true whenever we shop. We always want the largest and healthiest fruits and vegetables? The best looking ones are delightful to the eye. While we leave the bruised, puny fruit on the shelf. (Me)
Considering that, local farmers boast about the size of their largest crop or a gardener will take their largest crop to the fair. But no one takes pride over ugly looking fruit or vegetables. Not only do farmers or gardeners want a great harvest, but so does God. He truly is the first farmer of creation.
After the fall, he would plant a seed that would save us all.
C. God implanted a life giving seed which crush the head of the enemy.
15 And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her seed; He shall bruise you on the head, And you shall bruise him on the heel.”
C. God implanted a life giving seed which crush the head of the enemy and will produce a better vine.
D. Plants his chosen seed (Israel) produced a ugly branch filled of wild grapes.
21 Yet I planted you a choice vine, wholly of pure seed. How then have you turned degenerate and become a wild vine?
1 Let me sing for my beloved my love song concerning his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.
2 He dug it and cleared it of stones, and planted it with choice vines; he built a watchtower in the midst of it, and hewed out a wine vat in it; and he looked for it to yield grapes, but it yielded wild grapes.
3 And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, judge between me and my vineyard.
4 What more was there to do for my vineyard, that I have not done in it? When I looked for it to yield grapes, why did it yield wild grapes?
5 And now I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard. I will remove its hedge, and it shall be devoured; I will break down its wall, and it shall be trampled down.
6 I will make it a waste; it shall not be pruned or hoed, and briers and thorns shall grow up; I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
7 For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are his pleasant planting; and he looked for justice, but behold, bloodshed; for righteousness, but behold, an outcry!
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D. God implanted a life giving seed which crush the head of the enemy and will produce a better vine.
15 And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her seed; He shall bruise you on the head, And you shall bruise him on the heel.”
Life in the New Garden
Life in the New Garden
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.
5 I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.
6 If anyone does not abide in me he is thrown away like a branch and withers; and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned.
Life in the New Garden
Life in the New Garden
A. Jesus the True Vine, Father the Vinedresser, and us the Branches (All have a unique purpose)
The vinedresser prunes the branches in two ways: he cuts away dead wood that can breed disease and insects, and he cuts away living tissue so that the life of the vine will not be so dissipated that the quality of the crop will be jeopardized. In fact, the vinedresser will even cut away whole bunches of grapes so that the rest of the crop will be of higher quality. God wants both quantity and quality.
Jesus replaces the old vine Isreal, God the Father is pruning those attached to the new vine and the branches represent his church.
This pruning process is the most important part of the whole enterprise, and the people who do it must be carefully trained or they can destroy an entire crop. Some vineyards invest two or three years in training the “pruners” so they know where to cut, how much to cut, and even at what angle to make the cut.
The greatest judgment God could bring to a believer would be to let him alone, let him have his own way. Because God loves us, He “prunes” us and encourages us to bear more fruit for His glory. If the branches could speak, they would confess that the pruning process hurts; but they would also rejoice that they will be able to produce more and better fruit.
Your Heavenly Father is never nearer to you than when He is pruning you. Sometimes He cuts away the dead wood that might cause trouble; but often He cuts off the living tissue that is robbing you of spiritual vigor. Pruning does not simply mean spiritual surgery that removes what is bad. It can also mean cutting away the good and the better so that we might enjoy the best. Yes, pruning hurts, but it also helps. We may not enjoy it, but we need it.
How does the Father prune us? Sometimes He simply uses the Word to convict and cleanse us. (The word translated “purge” in is the same as “clean” in . See .) Sometimes He must chasten us (). At the time, it hurts when He removes something precious from us; but as the “spiritual crop” is produced, we see that the Father knew what He was doing.
The more we abide in Christ, the more fruit we bear; and the more fruit we bear, the more the Father has to prune us so that the quality keeps up with the quantity. Left to itself, the branch might produce many clusters, but they will be inferior in quality. God is glorified by a bigger crop that is also a better crop.
B. Branches are good either for producing fruit or to be burned. In Jerusalem, vine branches are too small to be used for building, so it’s only purpose is either to grow and produced or be burnt up in a fire.
C. Jesus makes us clean and the Father prunes you who are abiding in Christ (Making you into a glorious vine)
God makes us clean through faith, repentance, confession, and baptism.
The vinedresser prunes the branches in two ways: he cuts away dead wood that can breed disease and insects, and he cuts away living tissue so that the life of the vine will not be so dissipated that the quality of the crop will be jeopardized. In fact, the vinedresser will even cut away whole bunches of grapes so that the rest of the crop will be of higher quality. God wants both quantity and quality.
This pruning process is the most important part of the whole enterprise, and the people who do it must be carefully trained or they can destroy an entire crop. Some vineyards invest two or three years in training the “pruners” so they know where to cut, how much to cut, and even at what angle to make the cut.
The greatest judgment God could bring to a believer would be to let him alone, let him have his own way. Because God loves us, He “prunes” us and encourages us to bear more fruit for His glory. If the branches could speak, they would confess that the pruning process hurts; but they would also rejoice that they will be able to produce more and better fruit.
Your Heavenly Father is never nearer to you than when He is pruning you. Sometimes He cuts away the dead wood that might cause trouble; but often He cuts off the living tissue that is robbing you of spiritual vigor. Pruning does not simply mean spiritual surgery that removes what is bad. It can also mean cutting away the good and the better so that we might enjoy the best. Yes, pruning hurts, but it also helps. We may not enjoy it, but we need it.
How does the Father prune us? Sometimes He simply uses the Word to convict and cleanse us. (The word translated “purge” in is the same as “clean” in . See .) Sometimes He must chasten us (). At the time, it hurts when He removes something precious from us; but as the “spiritual crop” is produced, we see that the Father knew what He was doing.
The more we abide in Christ, the more fruit we bear; and the more fruit we bear, the more the Father has to prune us so that the quality keeps up with the quantity. Left to itself, the branch might produce many clusters, but they will be inferior in quality. God is glorified by a bigger crop that is also a better crop.
This pruning process is the most important part of the whole enterprise, and the people who do it must be carefully trained or they can destroy an entire crop. Some vineyards invest two or three years in training the “pruners” so they know where to cut, how much to cut, and even at what angle to make the cut.
The greatest judgment God could bring to a believer would be to let him alone, let him have his own way. Because God loves us, He “prunes” us and encourages us to bear more fruit for His glory. If the branches could speak, they would confess that the pruning process hurts; but they would also rejoice that they will be able to produce more and better fruit.
Your Heavenly Father is never nearer to you than when He is pruning you. Sometimes He cuts away the dead wood that might cause trouble; but often He cuts off the living tissue that is robbing you of spiritual vigor. Pruning does not simply mean spiritual surgery that removes what is bad. It can also mean cutting away the good and the better so that we might enjoy the best. Yes, pruning hurts, but it also helps. We may not enjoy it, but we need it.
How does the Father prune us? Sometimes He simply uses the Word to convict and cleanse us. (The word translated “purge” in is the same as “clean” in . See .) Sometimes He must chasten us (). At the time, it hurts when He removes something precious from us; but as the “spiritual crop” is produced, we see that the Father knew what He was doing.
The more we abide in Christ, the more fruit we bear; and the more fruit we bear, the more the Father has to prune us so that the quality keeps up with the quantity. Left to itself, the branch might produce many clusters, but they will be inferior in quality. God is glorified by a bigger crop that is also a better crop.
The Branch abiding in the Vine
The Branch abiding in the Vine
7 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.
9 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, 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.
The Branch abiding in the Vine
The Branch abiding in the Vine
A. Abiding in his word and his commandments
Listening to what Christ commands and submit to his authority. Lord of our life.
B. Disciples benefits to abiding in Christ: answered prayers, bearing fruit, and dwelling in God's love, joy be full
His Love Flows Through Us
His Love Flows Through Us
12 “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
13 Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.
14 You are my friends if you do what I command you.
15 No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.
16 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.
17 These things I command you, so that you will love one another.
John 15:12-17
His Love Flows Through Us
His Love Flows Through Us
A. God's command to love for he loved us first ()
B. From slaves to friends ()
We know God’s plan for the world and Jesus has told us all things.
C. Go and "love" an act of the will ()
Anticipate seasons of pruning so that you can become God's glorious vine.
Anticipate seasons of pruning so that you can become God's glorious vine.
A. Make it clear that we abide and belong to him. - Live in a way that reflects the fruit of the kingdom of God.
Live in a way that reflects the fruit of the kingdom of God.
B. Produce fruit for God's glory. - Be perfect on the inside and outside for Jesus.
Be perfect on the inside and outside for Jesus.
C. Love flows through God's Vine.