John 15:1-21
‘As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father’s commands and remain in his love.’ (15:9-10)
We are walking into the night listening to Jesus teach His disciples about bearing fruit. He has told them that He is the True Vine and His Father is the Gardener who cuts out branches that do not bear fruit and prunes those that do. He has told them that they are the branches and that in order to bear fruit the must abide or remain in Him and one of the keys to that abiding are His words and that bearing fruit proves they are His disciples, to His Father’s Glory. Now He continues to expand on just what this abiding looks like.