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Remaining (Pt.2)

Don Calvert ~ November 24, 2024
John 15:9-17

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Jewish Question: As we

in the vine and God produces His fruit in us… is the for?

Answer: We are not producing fruit to please ourselves, we

to others, giving fruit to them.
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Key: Remaining or not remaining is our

, only one brings God and as Jesus’ disciples.
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5th Answer – We don’t learn how to remain in the Father’s love during the easy moments of life; we learn how to remain when life is hard, by

Jesus’ , regardless of .
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6th Answer – Only by remaining in the vine over time is it possible to discover Jesus’ joy

, which makes our .
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πληρόω [may be complete] pleróō: Full measure, to fill a

, to fill a place in order to make something .
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7th Answer – Remaining in Jesus,

within His disciples a of loving and living.
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8th Answer –

, Jesus’ commands, and being His , are the result of remaining in the vine.
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Implication #1 –

started in the vineyard with Jesus as the vine and His Father as the gardener who is cutting and pruning us, in order to bear fruit that .
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Implication #2 – We ended in God’s

prayerfully asking God, in Jesus name, to give us what is needed to help us His command to each other.
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