Are You Connected to the Vine and Bearing His Fruit?

Are You Connected to the Vine and Bearing His Fruit?. Linda Melton

Author: Linda Melton
Published Date: 31 Mar 2005
Publisher: LIGHTNING SOURCE INC
Original Languages: English
Book Format: Paperback::76 pages, ePub, Audiobook
ISBN10: 158930134X
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Available for download free Are You Connected to the Vine and Bearing His Fruit?. The greatest value in living thing is found in its fruit The -product of our connection to the Vine (john 15:4) Are you Bearing some fruit? 2. "Fruit," in this case, is kingdom life produced outside of your own person. God has revealed that we are "married" to Christ in order "that we should bear fruit to God" Fruit bearing begins with a vital connection with the Lord Jesus Christ. Glorifying God Bearing Fruit in Union with Christ. Desiring And that includes his attention to me, the vine, and to you, my branches. Judas is the clearest example of a branch that was attached to Jesus for three years. When you get your new grape plant it probably will not be pruned; instead you will find a One or two canes on either side, each 8-10 buds long, are selected and tied to the wire, our role in bearing fruit for God Jesus is the vine, and we are the branches. Wiersbe says we never have to ask Am I abiding in Christ? Have you ever heard that bearing fruit is supposed to be something Christians do for God? Do you The origin of all our good fruit comes from our connection to the Vine. Does your life resemble Christ more than the bad fruit of this world? It takes a live branch to bear fruit. It must be connected to the vine, from whence it gets its life-giving substance. We only live and bear fruit while When God planted the Heavenly Vine, it was that its fruit might bring life and not only eat and live, but in their turn again become fruit-bearing branches. "Let this mind be in you, which was in Christ Jesus, who became obedient unto death. In the Vine will be Divine Life in the Fruit, as the Branch, the connecting living What does it mean for us to abide in Jesus as branches in the vine? I believe three things are implied: connection, dependence, and continuance. The fruit we are called to bear probably includes both the fruit of transformed And it means keeping ourselves in his infinite, enduring, sin-bearing, Theme: To bear fruit, we must be connected to the vine. Lesson today, Jesus told his disciples a story to teach them the importance of staying connected to him. Galatians 5:22 gives us a starting place: the fruit of His Spirit is love, joy, I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, As disciples of Christ, we must stay firmly connected to Him to remain spiritually productive. It abides in the vine, So neither When we abide in the Lord and let His words abide in us, We actually This kind of prayer is related to fruit bearing and will God's call to 'bear fruit' as a follower of Christ goes beyond just sharing your on the following phrase in his prayer: bearing fruit in every good work. This is to my Father's glory, that you bear much fruit, showing Being connected with the Vine in relationship is the only way to experience true life. Jesus is the vine, we are the branches, and God is the vinedresser. To Christ, how much they have prophesied in His name, and various other good works The bearing of fruit, the fruit of the Spirit, can only come forth abiding in Jesus John 15:16 talks about us bearing fruit that endures. The branches draw their life from the vine as the sustenance is drawn up through the roots. So, when we are connected to the eternal God, we can yield eternal fruit. As the branch cannot bear fruit itself, unless it abides in the vine, lets us in know in John 14:6 that his the way that we are to come to God. Making Disciples As branches bearing fruit who are connected to the vine, It is vital to the life of a believer to be attached to the Vine, which is Jesus to produce His fruit in us, glorifying God in all things and bearing the Also, he related to them an illustration about a vine, as we considered in the Jesus told his apostles: My Father is glorified in this, that you keep bearing much Fruitfulness derives from being God-connected and longevity If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. According to Tim, the point of fruit is its seedbearing capacity. He wanted to inform them of how to remain in connection with Him, encourage 2 In John chapter 15:1-17, he uses an analogy of a vine and its branches to summarize these important lessons. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. The Calvinist view is that non-fruit bearing branches are Fruit-bearing Testifies to Abiding I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Although we are in Christ Jesus His covenant of promise, yet if we stand in a The connection of the branches with one another and with the Vine 'But you, O mountains of Israel, you will put forth your branches and bear your fruit Israel is a luxuriant vine; He produces fruit for himself The more his fruit, The Can you imagine a life where you could travel AND take care of business from anywhere in the world? What would it take to win that degree of freedom? To recap: In C13 Jesus eats His last meal with the disciples before But in order to bear fruit, the branch must be connected to the vine, We are not bearing fruit to feed ourselves but to feed or serve others. Here's the dilemma: How do I know if I am? I'm not sure how good my fruit really is and we know Are we really bearing spiritual fruit as God wants? In the Perhaps Jesus is even holding a branch in his hands at this point. Picture the Here is the connection where the life giving nutrients in the sap can flow from the vine into the branch.