“I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing.”
John 15:5
- Fruit-bearing without the relationship without Christ is unattainable.
- ‘Abide’ is a relationship between two parties that connects and shares trust and love.
- There are possibilities that branches attach to the vine, though without producing any fruit, such vines will be removed.
- The vine/vineyard is a metaphor Jesus used here.
- Attachment to Jesus is the only means of access into God’s household. [1]
- Inwardly experience is fellowshipping with Christ and outward evidence as fruit bearing.
- Abiding in Jesus means not just staying attached to him but actually being an extension of Him.[2]
References
| ⇧1 | Gary M. Burge, “John,” in Evangelical Commentary on the Bible, vol. 3, Baker Reference Library (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1995), 870. |
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| ⇧2 | Gordon D. Fee and Robert L. Hubbard Jr., eds., The Eerdmans Companion to the Bible (Grand Rapids, MI; Cambridge, U.K.: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2011), 596. |