To Bear Fruit After the high priest Caiaphas declares that Jesus should be put to death, Jesus returns to Jerusalem for the Passover. Just before Passover, Jesus and his disciples are enjoying their last meal together. After the meal Jesus proceeds to tell the disciples that he is going to prepare a place for them in his fathers house. Jesus tells them that he will lead them there, which is also a recurring theme throughout the book of John. With the disciples still being confused on his meaning Jesus tells them and prompts me to ask the question, Is it possible that anyone can become happy, fruitful, and do the right thing on their own merits without abiding in Gods son Jesus? Jesus begins by declaring that,“I am the true vine, and my Father
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Whoever does not abide in me is thrown away like a branch and withers; such branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned.” Using the symbol of a branch to represent us Jesus tells us that we will be fruit full if we abide in him a theme that is repeated multiple times to us as to beat it into our heads making his point very apparent. Finishing it with the warning of being condemned to hell represented by …show more content…
From the prolog at the beginning he tries to establish who Christ is. He makes clear that this second person of the Trinity, was in all ways divine but assumed flesh for our sake. Johns gospel leaves out the virgin birth of our Lord and one may ask why I’m thinking as Johns gospel was the last to be written, he was familiar with the other three so that event was well documented especially in Luke so it was unnecessary and would take away from the main objective. John also tries to establish that a new relationship to the Father is being established through the work Jesus does here on earth. Showing Jesus relationship to the Father but more than that it shows our relationship to Jesus. When Jesus states His relationship to the Father, He carries it over to our relationship with Himself and how we can do nothing apart from Him. So without abiding in Jesus we can’t become fruitful as he is the vine and we are the branches and only through abiding in Him can we bear fruit that
Whoever does not abide in me is thrown away like a branch and withers; such branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned.” Using the symbol of a branch to represent us Jesus tells us that we will be fruit full if we abide in him a theme that is repeated multiple times to us as to beat it into our heads making his point very apparent. Finishing it with the warning of being condemned to hell represented by …show more content…
From the prolog at the beginning he tries to establish who Christ is. He makes clear that this second person of the Trinity, was in all ways divine but assumed flesh for our sake. Johns gospel leaves out the virgin birth of our Lord and one may ask why I’m thinking as Johns gospel was the last to be written, he was familiar with the other three so that event was well documented especially in Luke so it was unnecessary and would take away from the main objective. John also tries to establish that a new relationship to the Father is being established through the work Jesus does here on earth. Showing Jesus relationship to the Father but more than that it shows our relationship to Jesus. When Jesus states His relationship to the Father, He carries it over to our relationship with Himself and how we can do nothing apart from Him. So without abiding in Jesus we can’t become fruitful as he is the vine and we are the branches and only through abiding in Him can we bear fruit that