Our series on the "I AM" statements of John's Gospel continues with Jesus' final chronological 'I AM..." - the true vine. On his way to being arrested and crucified, Jesus seeks to show his disciples (and us today) that our lives will only produce fruit - goodness, godliness, self-sacrificial love - if we seek to imitate Jesus himself. Branches cannot produce fruit if they are not attached to the vine, and so we cannot produce fruit if we are not attached to our vine. But by knowing Jesus...
