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2009-10-02T09:59:50-05:00GCIinfo@gospel.com/feeds/topics/vine/True vine - a Christian perspectivehttp://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%2015:1-2&version=NIV2009-10-02T09:59:50-05:00
Jesus is compared to a vine, from which his followers--the "branches"--draw life. God the Father regularly "prunes" the branches to discipline and correct His church, shaping it in the way that He sees fit. "Vine" in the Bible: John 15:5http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%2015:5&version=NIV2009-10-02T09:57:24-05:00
Just as a branch separated from its supporting vine cannot live, let alone produce any fruit, so we are helpless when were not connected to Jesus, the source of our hope and salvation. I am the vine - a Christian perspectivehttp://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%2015:1&version=NIV2009-08-04T16:57:38-05:00
Jesus compared himself to a vine, to which his followers are attached and out of which they grow. God is described as the gardener--the one who waters and tends to the entire plant. "I am the Way" in the Bible: John:14.6http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John.14.6&version=NIV2009-07-14T10:49:39-05:00
Who was Jesus? In this passage, he makes it clear who he is and why we need him: it is through Jesus, and Jesus alone, and we can be restored to a relationship with God. This passage makes it clear that salvation is available only through Jesus, and not through any other source or religion.