I AM Part 8 The Vine

  Sermon Outline for “I AM” Part #8 “The Vine”

13“For my people have done two evil things: They have abandoned me— the fountain of living water. And they have dug for themselves cisterns that can hold no water at all! Jeremiah 2:13

13Jesus replied, “Anyone who drinks this water will soon become thirsty again. 14But those who drink the water I give will be thirsty again. It becomes a fresh, bubbling spring within them, giving them eternal life.” John 4:1-29

1“I am the grapevine, and my Father is the gardener. 2He 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. 3You have already been pruned and purified by the message I have given you. 4Remain 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 . Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing. John 15:1-17

Psalms 80:8-18

Then he waited for a harvest of sweet grapes, but the grapes that grew were . Isaiah 5:1-7

Jeremiah 2:20-21    John 12:24

Fruit is not the — Fruit is the evidence.

22But the Holy Spirit this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things! Galatians 5:22-23

My old self has been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So I live in this earthly body by trusting in the of , who loved me and gave himself for me. Galatians 2:20

We were never designed to be the — only the branch.

 Disconnection always feels like … until the fruit starts dying.

 A cracked cistern promises water but guarantees .

 Fruit doesn’t come from — it comes from connection.

 The Vine is still flowing. The question is: are you ?