John 15:1-17
‘You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. Remain in me, and I will remain in you…’ (15:3-4 NIV)
‘If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit, and so prove to be My disciples.’ (15:7-8 NASB)
The Last Supper is over. Jesus and His disciples have just finished that Passover meal and have gotten up and are on their way to the Garden of Gethsemane. As they walk, Jesus is teaching the disciples about what it means to bear fruit. He establishes that bearing fruit is critical to their life in the Kingdom and the only way to bear that fruit is to remain or abide in Him. Now He begins to expand on that concept to show them just what it means to remain in the Vine.