John 15 - You Are The Branches
Lesson 1: Introduction
Lesson 1: Introduction John 15:1-171 “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 does bear fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit.3 Already you are cl…
Lesson 2: To be a branch
Lesson 2: To be a branchJohn 15:5 I am the vine; you are the branches.What a simple thing it is to be a branch, the branch of a tree, or the branch of a vine! The branch grows out of the vine, or out of the tree, and there it lives and grows, and in…
Lesson 3: Absolute dependence, part 1
Lesson 3: Absolute dependence, part 1 John 15:5 …for apart from Me you can do nothing.Another great writer has said that absolute, unalterable dependence upon God alone is the essence of the religion of angels and should be that of men also. God is…
Lesson 4: Absolute dependence, part 2
Lesson 4: Absolute dependence, part 2 John 15:5 …for apart from Me you can do nothing. How does He fulfil the trust of my dependence? He does it by sending down the Holy Spirit —not now and then only as a special gift, for remember the relation betw…
Lesson 5: Dependence of deep restfulness
Lesson 5: Dependence of deep restfulnessJohn 15:5 - …whoever abides in Me…The life of the branch is not only a life of entire dependence, but of deep restfulness. Oh that little branch, if it could think, and if it could feel, and if it could speak—…
Lesson 6: Much fruit
Lesson 6: Much fruitJohn 15:5 - …Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit…You complain of the lack of fervent love. It will come from Jesus. He will give the divine love in your heart with which you can love people. That is…
Lesson 7: Work and fruit
Lesson 7: Work and fruitPhilippians 1:9-11 - And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment, so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with…
Lesson 8: A life of close communion
Lesson 8: A life of close communionJohn 17:21-23 – [I ask] that they may all be one, just as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You, that they also may be in Us, so that the world may believe that you have sent Me. The glory that You have given Me I…
Lesson 9: A life of absolute surrender, part 1
Lesson 9: A life of absolute surrender, part 1 Romans 12:1-2 - I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed…