DISRUPTIVE
Paul Westbrook
March 27 & 28, 2021
Jesus – “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.”
John 15:5 (NIV)
Psalm 80; Isaiah 5:7; Jeremiah 2:21; 6:9;
Ezekiel 17:5-10; Hosea 10:1
John 6:35; 8:12; 10:7, 9; 11, 14; 11:25; 14:6; 15:1, 5;
Exodus 3:14
Jesus – “I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener.”
John 15:1 (NIV)
Jesus – “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. 3 You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.”
John 15:2-3 (NIV)
We need to:
1. Cooperate
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Jesus – “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.”
John 15:4 (NIV)
2. Attach
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Jesus – “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.”
John 15:5 (NIV)
3. Be
,
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Jesus – “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.”
John 15:5 (NIV)
Galatians 5:22-23
Jesus – “If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned.”
John 15:6 (NIV)
“If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. 8 This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.”
John 15:7-8 (NIV)
Jesus – “As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. 10 If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love. 11 I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.”
John 15:9-11 (NIV)
Jesus – “My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. 13 Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.”
John 15:12-13 (NIV)