"I Am...the Vine"

"I Am...the Vine"

• "The vineyard of the Lord is the house of Israel"
• "Yet I planted you a choice vine"
• "Israel is a luxuriant vine."
• "Degenerate and become a wild vine"

God's People

Useless Branches

• We can refuse to listen to Jesus Christ at all.
• We can listen to him, and then render him a lip service unsupported by any deeds
• We can accept him as Master, and then, in face of the difficulties of the way or the desire to do as we like, abandon him.

Abiding in Jesus