John 15:1-5

The Source Of Service

Without Me, you can do nothing. (John 15:5)

The Cross simply says that an order, though it be religious, well-motivated, or good-intentioned, but nevertheless proceeding from man in his natural state (not necessarily in defiance of God or in conscious rebellion against Him, but just the expression of man's natural state as he is), the Cross says that this entire order is set aside. God has judicially judged it...

Bible Verses: John 15:5

A Channel Of Life

I am the true vine. (John
15:1)

The true vine is that which fulfills the
one and only purpose of its existence. So Jesus brings this illustration over to
Himself and His Church, and it is perfectly clear what is the nature of the Lord
Jesus. He is reaching out to all men, embracing the whole world. He asks ALL
the nations into His heart. ALL men are...

Bible Verses: John 15:1 Matthew 28:19

Knowing God in Christ

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. (John 15:5 NLT)

I have not been the least of
those who have striven, and agonized, and strained, and pressed and reached out
for all that the Lord would have, all that is possible. It is possible to wear
yourself right out, and kill...

Bible Verses: John 15:5

The Line of Christ

Remain in Me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in Me. (John 15:4 NIV)

He has chosen us from the foundation of the world in Christ. He has selected One
in whom we shall find Him, and in whom alone we shall find Him. All the forces of hell
will be at work, in the...

Bible Verses: John 15:4 Philippians 1:21

Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away.

He is like a refiner’s fire and like launderers’ soap. He will sit as a refiner and a purifier of silver; He will purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer to the Lord an offering in righteousness.We also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance; and perseverance, character; and character, hope. Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who has given to...

Bible Verses: John 15:2 Malachi 3:2 Malachi 3:3 Romans 5:3 Romans 5:5 Hebrews 12:7 Hebrews 12:8 Hebrews 12:11 Hebrews 12:12

“Be strong … and work; for I am with you,” says the Lord of hosts.

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. § I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. § [Be] strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. § The joy of the Lord is your strength.Thus says the Lord of hosts: “Let your hands be strong, you who have been hearing in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets.” § Strengthen the weak hands, and make firm the feeble knees. Say to...

Bible Verses: Haggai 2:4 John 15:5 Philippians 4:13 Ephesians 6:10 Nehemiah 8:10 Zechariah 8:9 Isaiah 35:3 Isaiah 35:4 Judges 6:14 Romans 8:31 2 Corinthians 4:1 Galatians 6:9 1 Corinthians 15:57

The entrance of Your words gives light.

This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all. § God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. § The Word was God … In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. § If we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us...

Bible Verses: Psalms 119:130 1 John 1:5 2 Corinthians 4:6 John 1:1 John 1:4 1 John 1:7 Psalms 119:11 John 15:3 Ephesians 5:8 1 Peter 2:9

You were enriched in everything by Him.

When we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. § He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?

In Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily; and you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power.

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. I am the...

Bible Verses: 1 Corinthians 1:5 Romans 5:6 Romans 8:32 Colossians 2:9 Colossians 2:10 John 15:4 John 15:5 Romans 7:18 Ephesians 4:7 John 15:7 Colossians 3:16