John 15:1-17.
John 15.1-17
Jesus Is the True Vine
"Jesus said to his disciples:
I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts away every
branch of mine that doesn't produce fruit. But he trims clean every
branch that does produce fruit, so that it will produce even more
fruit. You are already clean because of what I have said to you.
Stay joined to me, and I will stay joined to you. Just as a branch
cannot produce fruit unless it stays joined to the vine, you cannot
produce fruit unless you stay joined to me. I am the vine, and you
are the branches. If you stay joined to me, and I stay joined to you,
then you will produce lots of fruit. But you cannot do anything
without me. If you don't stay joined to me, you will be thrown away.
You will be like dry branches that are gathered up and burned in a
fire.
Stay joined to me and let my teachings become part of you. Then you
can pray for whatever you want, and your prayer will be answered.
When you become fruitful disciples of mine, my Father will be honored.
I have loved you, just as my Father has loved me. So remain faithful
to my love for you. If you obey me, I will keep loving you, just as
my Father keeps loving me, because I have obeyed him.
I have told you this to make you as completely happy as I am. Now I
tell you to love each other, as I have loved you. The greatest way to
show love for friends is to die for them. And you are my friends, if
you obey me. Servants don't know what their master is doing, and so I
don't speak to you as my servants. I speak to you as my friends, and I
have told you everything that my Father has told me.
You did not choose me. I chose you and sent you out to produce fruit,
the kind of fruit that will last. Then my Father will give you
whatever you ask for in my name. So I command you to love each
other."
God bless you.
Jesus Is the True Vine
"Jesus said to his disciples:
I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts away every
branch of mine that doesn't produce fruit. But he trims clean every
branch that does produce fruit, so that it will produce even more
fruit. You are already clean because of what I have said to you.
Stay joined to me, and I will stay joined to you. Just as a branch
cannot produce fruit unless it stays joined to the vine, you cannot
produce fruit unless you stay joined to me. I am the vine, and you
are the branches. If you stay joined to me, and I stay joined to you,
then you will produce lots of fruit. But you cannot do anything
without me. If you don't stay joined to me, you will be thrown away.
You will be like dry branches that are gathered up and burned in a
fire.
Stay joined to me and let my teachings become part of you. Then you
can pray for whatever you want, and your prayer will be answered.
When you become fruitful disciples of mine, my Father will be honored.
I have loved you, just as my Father has loved me. So remain faithful
to my love for you. If you obey me, I will keep loving you, just as
my Father keeps loving me, because I have obeyed him.
I have told you this to make you as completely happy as I am. Now I
tell you to love each other, as I have loved you. The greatest way to
show love for friends is to die for them. And you are my friends, if
you obey me. Servants don't know what their master is doing, and so I
don't speak to you as my servants. I speak to you as my friends, and I
have told you everything that my Father has told me.
You did not choose me. I chose you and sent you out to produce fruit,
the kind of fruit that will last. Then my Father will give you
whatever you ask for in my name. So I command you to love each
other."
God bless you.
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