Abiding in Christ

(1) “I am the true grapevine, and my Father is the gardener. (2) He cuts off every branch of mine that doesn’t produce fruit, and he prunes the branches that do bear fruit so they will produce even more. (3) You have already been pruned and purified by the message I have given you. (4) Remain in me, and I will remain in you. For a branch cannot produce fruit if it is severed from the vine, and you cannot be fruitful unless you remain in me. (5) “Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing.

(6) Anyone who does not remain in me is thrown away like a useless branch and withers. Such branches are gathered into a pile to be burned. (7) But if you remain in me and my words remain in you, you may ask for anything you want, and it will be granted! (8) When you produce much fruit, you are my true disciples. This brings great glory to my Father. (9) “I have loved you even as the Father has loved me. Remain in my love. (10) When you obey my commandments, you remain in my love, just as I obey my Father’s commandments and remain in his love.
John 15:1-10 – NLT

1.God knows best how to make sure that his church is fruitful–(MULTILINE REVEAL SMALL)

2. What does it mean to produce fruit?(MULTILINE REVEAL SMALL)

(4) Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud (5) or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. (6) It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. (7) Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.
1 Corinthians 13:4-7 – NLT(MULTILINE REVEAL SMALL)

3. God prunes our lives through a couple different means – Teaching, and Testing. (MULTILINE REVEAL SMALL)

4. the true believer does not depart from faith in Christ they remain in the vine(MULTILINE REVEAL SMALL)