I Am the True Vine

Illustration of I Am the True Vine

The last of the 'I AM' statements, spoken on the way to Gethsemane. Jesus calls himself the true vine and his followers the branches, with the Father as the gardener. The lesson is dependence: 'without me ye can do nothing.' Only branches that abide in the vine bear lasting fruit, while those that do not are cut away.

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John 15

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I Am the True Vine

John 15:1-8

Jesus teaches that fruitfulness comes only by abiding in him - 'without me ye can do nothing.'

I1 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.

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Did You Know?

1

This is the last of the seven 'I AM' statements, spoken en route to Gethsemane.

2

The key word 'abide' appears about ten times in the short passage.

3

Israel was often pictured as God's vine - here Jesus is the 'true' vine that never fails.

4

'Without me ye can do nothing' is the discourse's blunt center.