Transcript I Am the Vine What Did Jesus Mean by That? Video: Inner City Weightlifting.

I Am the Vine
What Did Jesus Mean by That?
Video: Inner City
Weightlifting
Reading: Tanya
“I am the true vine, and my Father
is the gardener.”
John 15:1 (NIV)
I Am the Vine…
1. Choose The True Vine
Do not love the world or anything in
the world. If anyone loves the world,
love for the Father is not in them. For
everything in the world—the lust of
the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the
pride of life…
1 John 2:15-17 (NIV)
- comes not from the Father but from
the world. The world and its desires
pass away, but whoever does the will
of God lives forever.
1 John 2:15-17 (NIV)
He cuts off every branch in me that
bears no fruit, while every branch that
does bear fruit he prunes so that it will
be even more fruitful.
John 15:2 (NIV)
Video: Pruning a Vine
“It’s a small step between
ordinary and
extraordinary”
Object Lesson: Choices
I Am the Vine…
1. Choose The True Vine
2. Stay Connected To Bear Fruit
“Remain in me, as I also 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.
“I am the vine; you are the branches.
John 15:4-5 (NIV)
If you remain in me and I in you, you
will bear much fruit; apart from me
you can do nothing.”
John 15:4-5 (NIV)
Object Lesson: whiteboards
“Very truly I tell you, whoever believes
in me will do the works I have been
doing, and they will do even greater
things than these, because I am going
to the Father.”
John 14:12 (NIV)
How Do We Stay Connected?
1. Trust God
“As the Father has loved me, so have I
loved you. Now remain in my love.”
John 15:9 (NIV)
How Do We Stay Connected?
1. Trust God
2. Do What God Says
“As the Father has loved me, so have I
loved you. Now remain in my love. If
you keep my commands, you will
remain in my love…”
John 15:9-10 (NIV)
How Do We Stay Connected?
1. Trust God
2. Do What God Says
3. Love Each Other
“My command is this: Love each other
as I have loved you. Greater love has
no one than this: to lay down one’s life
for one’s friends.”
John 15:12-13 (NIV)
I Am the Vine
What Did Jesus Mean by That?