Wednesday, September 17, 2014
Bible Lesson: Parables-Our Lord's: The True Vine And It's Branches.
Bible Lesson: Parables-Our Lord's:
The True Vine And It's Branches.
Occasion: The Last Supper.
Lesson: Christ's Love And Care
For His Church.
Bible Text:
John 15:1-17 KJV
1 I am The True Vine, and My Father
is The Husbandman.
2 Every branch in Me that beareth
not fruit He taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, He
purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
3 Now ye are clean through The Word
which I have spoken unto you.
4 Abide in Me, and I in you. As the
branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in The Vine; no
more can ye, except ye abide in Me.
5 I am The vine, ye are the
branches: He that abideth in Me, and I in him, the same bringeth
forth much fruit: for without Me ye can do nothing.
6 If a man abide not in Me, he is
cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and
cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
7 If ye abide in Me, and My Words
abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto
you.
8 Herein is My Father glorified,
that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be My disciples.
9 As the Father hath loved Me, so
have I loved you: continue ye in My love.
10 If ye keep My commandments, ye
shall abide in My love; even as I have kept My Father's commandments,
and abide in His love.
11 These things have I spoken unto
you, that My joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be
full.
12 This is My commandment, That ye
love one another, as I have loved you.
13 Greater love hath no man than
this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
14 Ye are My friends, if ye do
whatsoever I command you.
15 Henceforth I call you not
servants; for the servant knoweth not what his Lord doeth: but I have
called you friends; for all things that I have heard of My Father I
have made known unto you.
16 Ye have not chosen Me, but I have
chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth
fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall
ask of The Father in My name, He may give it you.
17 These things I command you, that
ye love one another.
There are two
aspects to this story, The Barren, and The Fruitful.
Now, where would we
find some of these barren?
Down at the beer
parlor, the saloon, the honky tonk, the gambling house, the house of
prostitution, the drug hang out, too be sure the lost frequent these,
but this parable of Jesus is a WARNING, and so it here to tell us
something that we not aware of.
Jesus said many of
the lost would be in Him! (Or that is in His name.)
What?
John 15:2 KJV
2 Every branch in Me
that beareth not fruit He taketh away..."
6 If a man abide not in Me, he is
cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and
cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
WARNING: Just because a group calls itself a church,
does not mean that they are IN Christ!
Matthew 7:13-23
KJV
13 Enter ye in
at The Strait Gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that
leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
14 Because
strait is The Gate, and narrow is The Way, which leadeth unto Life,
and few there be that find it.
15 Beware of
false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly
they are ravening wolves.
16 Ye shall
know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of
thistles?
17 Even so
every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree
bringeth forth evil fruit.
18 A good tree
cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth
good fruit.
19 Every tree
that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the
fire.
20 Wherefore by
their fruits ye shall know them.
21 Not every
one that saith unto Me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of
heaven; but he that doeth the will of My Father which is in
heaven.
22 Many will
say to Me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in
thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy
name done many wonderful works?
23 And then
will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from Me, ye that
work iniquity.
Why were these church people called “workers of
iniquity,” by The Lord Jesus?
Because, although they went through all the ecclesiastical motions,
they had “no,” obedient personal relationship to The Lord!
I Samuel 15:22
KJV
And Samuel
said, Hath The Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and
sacrifices, as in obeying
the voice of
The Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken
than the fat of rams.
Matthew 3:10 KJV
And now also
the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree
which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the
fire.
Luke
6:44 KJV
For every tree
is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor
of a bramble bush gather they grapes.
Jude 1:12 KJV
These are spots
in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding
themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about
of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead,
plucked up by the roots;
The Fruitful:
John 15:1-5,
7-17 KJV
1 I am The True Vine, and My Father
is The Husbandman.
2 “...every
branch that beareth fruit, He purgeth it (prunes it), that it may
bring forth more fruit.
3 Now ye are
clean through The Word which I have spoken unto you.
4 Abide in Me, and I in you. As the
branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in The Vine; no
more can ye, except ye abide in Me.
5
I am The vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in Me, and I in
him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without Me ye can do
nothing.
7 If ye abide in Me, and My Words
abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto
you.
8 Herein is My Father glorified,
that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be My disciples.
9 As the Father hath loved Me, so
have I loved you: continue ye in My love.
10 If ye keep My commandments, ye
shall abide in My love; even as I have kept My Father's commandments,
and abide in His love.
11 These things have I spoken unto
you, that My joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be
full.
12 This is My commandment, That ye
love one another, as I have loved you.
13 Greater love hath no man than
this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
14 Ye are My friends, if ye do
whatsoever I command you.
15 Henceforth I call you not
servants; for the servant knoweth not what his Lord doeth: but I have
called you friends; for all things that I have heard of My Father I
have made known unto you.
16 Ye have not chosen Me, but I have
chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth
fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall
ask of The Father in My name, He may give it you.
17 These things
I command you, that ye love one another.
The fruitful branch needs maintenance!
Hebrews 12:5-11
KJV
5 And ye have
forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children,
My son, despise not thou the chastening of The Lord, nor faint when
thou art rebuked of Him:
6 For whom The
Lord loveth He chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom He receiveth.
7 If ye endure
chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he
whom The father chasteneth not?
8 But if ye be
without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye
bastards, and not sons.
9 Furthermore
we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them
reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto The Father
Of Spirits, and live?
10 For they
verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but He
for our profit, that we might be partakers of His holiness.
11 Now no
chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous:
nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of
righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.
God's pruning leads to life and fruitfulness.
Romans 6:22 KJV
But now being
made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit
unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.
Romans 7:4 KJV
Wherefore, my
brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ;
that ye should be married to another, even to Him who is raised from
the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.
Galatians
5:22,23 KJV
22 But the
fruit of The Spirit is love, joy, peace, long suffering, gentleness,
goodness, faith,
23 Meekness,
temperance: against such there is no law.
Ephesians 5:9
KJV
For the fruit
of The Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;
Colossians 1:4-6
NLT
4 For we have
heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and your love for all of God’s
people,
5 which come
from your confident hope of what God has reserved for you in heaven.
You have had this expectation ever since you first heard The Truth of
The Good News.
6 This same
Good News that came to you is going out all over the world. It is
bearing fruit everywhere by changing lives, just as it changed your
lives from the day you first heard and understood The Truth about
God’s wonderful grace.
The Path To
God's Fruitful Blessings:
John 15:4,5,7-17
KJV
4 Abide
in Me, and I in you..."
5 I am The
vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in Me, and I
in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit..."
7 If ye abide
in Me, and My Words abide in you, ye shall ask
what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
8 Herein is My
Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be My
disciples.
9 As the Father
hath loved Me, so have I loved you: continue ye in My love.
10 If ye keep
My commandments, ye shall abide in My love; even as I
have kept My Father's commandments, and abide in His love.
11 These things
have I spoken unto you, that My joy might remain in you, and that
your joy might be full.
12 This is My
commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
13 Greater love
hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
14 Ye are My
friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
15 Henceforth I
call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his Lord
doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have
heard of My Father I have made known unto you.
16 Ye have not
chosen Me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go
and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that
whatsoever ye shall ask of The Father in My name, He may give it you.
17 These things
I command you, that ye love one another.
The only life of spiritual fruitfulness, is the one that is
constantly (spiritually) abiding (obedient) to
The Lord Jesus.
Psalm 1:1-6 KJV
1 Blessed is
the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth
in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
2 But his
delight is in the law of The Lord; and in His law doth he meditate
day and night.
3 And he shall
be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth
his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and
whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
4 The ungodly
are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
5 Therefore the
ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the
congregation of the righteous.
6 For The Lord
knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall
perish.