Abide In The Vine

Abide In The Vine
John 15:1-11

Abide is taken from the Greek word “meno” which means, “to stay in a given place or state, or to continue in, or to dwell, to remain” OR “to be held or kept continually”

I. The Roles of Abiding
v. 1, v. 5
God the Father is the gardener, Christ is the vine, & we are the branches.

II. The Requirement of Abiding
v. 4, 9, 10

III. The Repercussions of Not abiding
For believers…
a)No fruit
v. 4b, 5

For non-believers…
b)No Future
v. 2, 6, 8
“The thought of a person calling himself a “Christian” without being a devoted follower of Christ is absurd…Is this idea of the non-fruit bearing Christian something that we have concocted in order to make Christianity ‘easier’?”
- Francis Chan in "Crazy Love"

IV. The Result of Abiding

a)The Purpose is Fruit
v. 5, 7

b)The Process is Pruning
v. 2b, 3
“He prunes” gives a picture of painful but necessary removal of some interests and activities in order that the remaining branches may bear even more fruit.

c)The Product

1)Joy for the believer
v. 11

2)Glory to God
v. 8