John 15:1 “I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser.
John 15:2 Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every
branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit.
John 15:3 You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.
John 15:4 Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself,
unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me.
John 15:5 “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him,
bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.
John 15:6 If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered;
and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned.
John 15:7 If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you
desire, and it shall be done for you.
John 15:8 By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be
My disciples.
I. IF WE ABIDE IN THE VINE WE WILL STAY FAITHFUL IN THE WORD.
John 15:7 If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you …
Romans 10:17 So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
II. IF WE ABIDE IN THE VINE WE WILL STAY FAITHFUL IN PRAYER.
John 15:7 “… You will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.
John 15:16 “… that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you.”
Prayer is how we talk to God and the Word of God is how God talks to us.
III. IF WE ABIDE IN THE VINE WE WILL STAY FAITHFUL IN WORSHIP.
John 15:5 “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him,
bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.
Hebrews 13:15 Therefore by Him let us continually offer the sacrifice of praise
to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to His name.
Spiritually, Jesus is our food, our daily bread
John 6:57 “…so he who feeds on Me will live because of Me.”
Jesus is our water, He’s our fountain of living water
John 4:14 “…the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water
springing up into everlasting life.”
Jesus is our air — His Spirit is the breath of our souls.
Acts 17:25 “… He Himself gives to all people life and breath and all things;
John 1:3 All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made
that was made.
Psalm 145:3 (NIV) Great is the LORD and most worthy of praise;
What is worship?
Worship is saying back to God what is true about Him as revealed by Him
Ephesians 5:19 speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs,
singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord,
IV. IF WE ABIDE IN THE VINE WE WILL STAY FAITHFUL IN FRUIT-BEARING.
John 15:2 ” … And every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear
more fruit.
John 15:8 By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be
My disciples.
Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any
two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints
and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
1). We must allow the Lord to repair the hurts of the past.
2). Bitterness must be cut out.
3). Un-forgiveness must be trimmed off the branch.
2 Timothy 3:16 All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for
doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness,
V. IF WE DON’T ABIDE IN THE VINE WE WILL NOT STAY FAITHFUL.
John 15:2 Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away;
John 15:6 If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered;
and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned.
John 1:4 In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.
Matthew 7:20 Therefore by their fruits you will know them.
Matthew 7:21 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the
kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.
Matthew 7:22 Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied
in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’
Matthew 7:23 And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me,
you who practice lawlessness!’
1 John 2:19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been
of us, they would have continued with us; but they went out that they might be
made manifest, that none of them were of us.
