OUR FATHER  WHO IS GLORIFIED BY THE FRUITFULNESS OF THOSE WHO BELIEVE

The book of John Chapter 15 verses 1 - 8  captures the Lordˋs words as He and disiples left the venue of the last supper.  In these last-minute exhortations, the Lord teaches His followers that they should abide in Him in order to bear fruit in the same way that  a branch must stay connected to the vine in order to bear fruit.

In the state of connection with Jesus and heeding His word, the requests we make of heaven will be heard and fulfilled.

1 “I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. 2 Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit. 3 You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. 4 Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me.

5 “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing. 6 If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned. 7 If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. 8 By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples.

The Father is glorified when the followers of Jesus remain connected with Him such that they look to heaven for their supply and they bear much fruit.

The Lordˋs emphasis to His disciples is that they should be permanently connected to Him.

Amen.

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