You Must Remain in Me

Could there be fruit without its tree, bush or vine? The plant is the fruit's source of nutrition, the only source by which fruit can be born, Likewise, if we do not remain a part of our Vine, there will be no life within us. We are by nature barren, for we cannon product anything good from our own branches. John 15:4 states that "Just as a branch cannot product fruit unless it stays joined to the vine, you cannon produce fruit unless you stay joined to me."

Jesus Christ is that blessed Root which shoots up that "sap of grace" into His branches. The Pelagians tells us we have sufficiency of ourselves to bring forth good fruit; but how improper is this? Does not the root contribute to the branches? Is it not of Christ's precious fullness that we receive (John 1:16)? Therefore it is observable that Christ calls the spouse's grace His grace. Song of Solomon 5:1: "I have gathered My myrrh with My spice." Christ does not say, "your myrrh," but "My myrrh." If the saints bear any spiritual fruit, they are indebted to Christ for it; it is His myrrh. Hosea 14:8: "From Me is your fruit found."

We can only bear good fruit when we are attached the good Vine, received all of our needed nutrition from it. What type of nutrients we are fed determines the fruit that we bear, so to be fruitful, remember to remain in the Vine that produces the most precious of all fruits.

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