![]() This echoes the way God identified Himself to Moses from the burning bush (Exodus 3:14). Verses 1 and 5 of this chapter are the seventh of seven times (John 6:35 8:12 10:7–9, 11 11:25 14:6) where Jesus uses this specific "I Am" terminology in the gospel of John. True salvation cannot be lost, but those who have only an appearance of faith will be judged accordingly (Matthew 7:21–23). Let us never forget that the gospel of Christ is the power of God unto. The discarded branches Christ speaks about here are those who were never saved in the first place. ALL who remain part of the old fallen race of humanity will remain condemned. Those Who Remained (Hungarian: Akik maradtak) is a 2019 Hungarian drama film directed by Barnabás Tóth. In the context of this analogy, Jesus distinguishes between branches which are "in" the vine from those which truly "abide in" the vine. The process of growing from spiritual barrenness, to spiritual productivity, to spiritual abundance, is possible only through Christ. To celebrate the launch of Tin Hearts, which last week saw an animated prequel story narrated. That Christ will remain in those disciples that remain in him is a given. This is the end of a progression which began in verse 2. I am the vine, you are the branches he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing. ![]() But only branches truly connected to the source of life will produce fruit-just as only truly born-again Christians will produce spiritual fruit (John 15:4). And solitary survivors like Robinson Crusoe. Those "branches" merely associate with Christian faith, identify with believers, or attend a church. When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take care of me. In this context, these are the people Jesus refers to as "in me" but barren (John 15:2). Yet, they are not truly part of the life of the plant. Some branches are "in the vine," only in the sense that they're intertwined or touching the other branches. When it all ends, some whove stood with Gordon will be lost and those who remain pray that their sacrifices will usher in the new world theyve been. ![]() In this passage, Jesus has compared the abundant life He offers (John 10:10) to that relationship. Among Jesus' more famous analogies is that of the vine and branches.
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