How many times does God, whenever I'm not being fruitful, by pruning bag, he'll chasten me because he loves me.

You ever think about that?

And part of the pruning is chasing in tooth so that you can bring forth more fruit.

He's always willing to work with us and with our lives.

I am falling, I am falling in love. I am falling in love. I am falling in love. I am falling to have you along as we are. Welcome to somebody lives your radio. The Bible teaching ministry of Roll Rees in Diamond Bar, California.

It is good to have you along as we continue our series focused on nurturing a close personal

relationship with Jesus. Exploring the symbolism of a vine with fruit-filled branches,

Rawl will challenge us to live a more abundant Christ-centered life.

It's true that habitual sin will hamper your spiritual growth, but as you stay with us today,

you'll see that your faith will be evident to everyone when you abide in Jesus and obey God's

word. In John chapter 15, here's Raall Reese with the message, abiding.

He says, I am the true vine, and my father is the vine dresser. Notice that. Every branch in me, who's every branch?

Every branch is from Jew to Gentile.

That's you and me.

We are the branches.

Jesus is the vine.

And his father is the vine dresser.

Every branch in me that does not bear fruit, he takes away.

And every branch that bears fruit, he prunes that it may bear more fruit. Notice what he's saying. He's giving you now the whole gospel. What a child of God's supposed to be like. Now when he uses the word here in chapter 15 beginning with verse 2 every branch notice every branch

in me that does not bear fruit he takes away now again historically and culturally because i'm not a farmer

but i read on it what they used to do is that usually when a vine would not give any longer fruit,

the branches in the vine would be cut off and they would be thrown out.

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