We must understand that the source of our life is from God, and we can do nothing apart from him. We may have a relationship with Him, but be trying to establish our lives apart from Him. One may not have relationship with him, and try to live a life of satisfaction without Him. John […]

n John 15:6-17 we see the secret of abounding in Christ. Here Jesus starts in verse 6 Jesus starts with the uselessness of the branch that is no longer attached to the vine. Thee is a notable change here in the Lord’s pronouns. Up to this point He has been using first and second person […]

The imagery of the vine is ancient, as the Old Testament portrays Israel as God’s vine. But Israel proved to be a fruitless, unfaithful vine, and their apostasy made it disqualified as the channel for God’s blessing. Those blessings now come only from union with Jesus Christ, the true vine. Theologically, the point of John […]