Got Fruit?

John 15:1-14

I. It originates with Sonship

(Joh 15:1-3) I am the true vine, and my Father is the

husbandman. 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. Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken

unto you.

A. What is the

Context?

(Joh 14:30-31) Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the

prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me. But

that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the

Father gave me commandment, even so I do.

Arise, let us go hence.

B. Who is being

addressed?

(Joh 15:1-3) I am the true vine, and my Father is the

husbandman. 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. Now ye are clean through the word which I have

spoken unto you.

(2Co 5:17) Therefore if any man be in

Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away;

behold, all things are become new.

(Gal 3:28) There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond

nor free, there is neither male nor

female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

(Eph 2:8) For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

(Eph 2:9) Not of works, lest any man should boast.

(Eph 2:10) For we are his workmanship, created in Christ

Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we

should walk in them.

C. What does it

mean by taketh away?

(Joh 15:1-3) I am the true vine, and my Father is the

husbandman. 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. Now ye are

clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.

(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 10:28) And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never

perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of

my hand.

(Rom 8:35-39) Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. Nay, in all

these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor

things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able

to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our

Lord.

(Joh 15:1-3) I am the true vine, and my Father is the

husbandman. 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. Now ye are

clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.

(Joh 5:22) For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment

unto the Son:

(Mat 7:21-23) Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth

the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day,

Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast

out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I

profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

II. It germinates with Fellowship

(Joh 15:2-6) 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. Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto

you. 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. 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. 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.

A. The cleansing

(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.

(Eph 5:26) That he might sanctify and cleanse it with

the washing of water by the word,

B. The continuing

(Joh 15:4-7) 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. 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. 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. If ye abide

in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done

unto you.

(1Jn 1:6) If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and

do not the truth:

(1Jn 1:7) But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we

have fellowship one with another, and the blood of

Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

C. The consummat

ion

(Joh 15:4-7) 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. 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. 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. If ye abide

in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done

unto you.

(Psa 92:13) Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the

courts of our God.

(Psa 92:14) They shall still bring forth fruit in old age;

they shall be fat and flourishing;

(2Pe 1:8) For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge

of our Lord Jesus Christ.

(2Pe 1:9) But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old

sins.

III. It culminates with Worship

(Joh 15:8) Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much

fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.

A. We were created to

glorify

(Eph 2:8) For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

(Eph 2:9) Not of works, lest any man should boast.

(Eph 2:10) For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which

God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

(2Co 5:17) Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a

new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

(2Co 5:18) And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;

(Tit 3:5-8) Not by works of righteousness which we have

done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of

regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; Which he shed on us

abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour; That being justified by his

grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm

constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. These things

are good and profitable unto men.

(Tit 3:14) And let ours also learn to maintain good

works for necessary uses, that they be not

unfruitful.

(Php 1:11) Being filled with the fruits of

righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and

praise of God.

(Col 1:10) That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all

pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the

knowledge of God;

(Eph 4:1) I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye

walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,