We read John 15:1–6 and unpack what it means to abide in the vine, to be pruned, and to bear fruit.  Fruit that is often quiet and unseen. We challenge the idea that church roles equal fruit and point to everyday acts of love as the true mark of life in Christ.

• The vine, branches, and gardener explained.
• Fruit as the outcome of abiding in the vine, not performance.
• Pruning as removal of distractions for growth.
• Quiet acts of service as real spiritual fruit.

Thank you for listening to the Christ Quarter Extra, and please contact me if you have any questions or comments.

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John 15:1-6
15 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.

2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.

3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.

4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.

5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.

6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.

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