The Vine & The Branch Relationship

‘I am The (True) Vine; you are the branches.  Whoever lives in Me and I in him bears much (abundant) fruit.  However, apart from Me (cut off from vital union with Me) you can do nothing’ (John 15:5 AMP).

Our relationship with Christ is like ‘Vine & The Branch’.  This shows our union and fellowship with Christ.  Paul wrote in 1 Cor 6: 17, ‘but he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him.’  We are one spirit with Him! Awesome! Jesus said in Mat 12:33, ‘either make the tree good and its fruit good, or else make the tree bad and its fruit bad; for a tree is known by its fruit.’ 

Our relationship with Him is a living and abiding relationship to be fruitful.  We become the partakers of His Life.  As Jesus said in the parable about the prodigal son’s story, ‘and he said to him, ‘Son you are ALWAYS with me, and all that I HAVE IS YOURS’ (Luke 15:31).  All that Christ has is ours! We are partakers of All that He has.

In Rom 11: 16 says, ‘for if the first-fruit is holy, the lump is also holy; and if the root is holy, so are the branches.’ As branches we enjoy the fatness of the Vine.  We are holy because the root is holy!  We are partakers of the Divine Life!

Just be a branch in the abiding relationship with Christ.  Continue in His Word, the sound doctrines of Christ.  We are fruitful and productive because we share the richness of the Vine. Richness of the Vine is seen in the fruit the branch produce.  What a privilege to be a branch in the True Vine Jesus Christ!

Don’t strive or struggle, just abide in Him!

Confession:  I am energized and nourished to be productive and be fruitful in my union with Christ. 

Further Study:  John 15: 1-8; Colossians 2: 3,6,9,10; 2 Pet 1: 3,4