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Bible Study Parables, Part 2

The vine and the branches John 15:1-17

JOH 15:1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
JOH 15:2 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.
JOH 15:3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.
JOH 15:4 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.
JOH 15:5 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.
JOH 15:6 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.
JOH 15:7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
JOH 15:8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.
JOH 15:9 As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.
JOH 15:10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
JOH 15:11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.
JOH 15:12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
JOH 15:13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
JOH 15:14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
JOH 15:15 Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.
JOH 15:16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
JOH 15:17 These things I command you, that ye love one another.[KJV]

Your thoughts?
 
God is Looking for Fruit

JOHN 15:8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.
9 As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.
10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
If keeping the commandments is a set of rules, then love is not the fruit.
God is looking for much fruit!

.......Restin
 
8-) Also,lets not boast about how we keep God's commandments,
and look down on others who are weaker. God says that we "ALL" fall
short of the glory,and that we are all sinners. Whoever says that he/she
does not sin decieves him/herself.
 
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