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Jesus used the metaphor of the Vine when speaking to His disciples in John 15. He described himself as the Vine, and his followers as the branches. In the same way that a branch cannot bear fruit apart from the vine, we too cannot bear fruit on our own, or apart from Him.

As long as the branch remains/abides/lives connected to the Vine it will be in a position to receive the Life the Vine provides. This will produce the Fruit the Vine desires through the branch.

This is the only way the branch can produce fruit. The branch cannot produce fruit apart from the Life of the Vine flowing through it, no matter how hard it tries.

It's not the branch that produces the fruit, it is only the Life of the Vine. 

What is the fruit that the Vine produces through/in the branch? The Vine produces the Fruit of its Life, otherwise known as the Fruit of the Spirit. (Galatians 5)

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"God's love for you has nothing to do with how you've acted today, yesterday...or ever. His love for you has nothing to do with you. It has everything to do with Him. He loves you because of who He is.

He IS love!"

 Disappointment is an emotional response to an unexpected event or

outcome. Does God ever encounter unexpected events

or outcomes in your life?

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Our Father invites us to join Him on an adventurous journey of learning to partner with Him as He impacts the world around us and through us through His Love!

I had been on a decades-long journey of learning how to follow a series of religious rules and trying to act like Jesus or doing the best I knew how. That eventually brought little more than frustration and burnout because there is NO LIFE in following a Religious System! Life only comes from Him and through learning to cooperate with Him!

2 Cor 5:15 He died for all so that those who live should no longer live for themselves but live to Him who died for them.

Jn 14:20 In that day [after the HS has come to you] you will know that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you.

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NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE OR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE…

You have ALWAYS been the object of the love which flows from God’s Father Heart toward His creation. (John 3:16)

Does God still love the world today as much as when He gave

“His only begotten Son” to become the savior of the “World?”

The parable of the prodigal son is a snapshot of God’s loving heart for His creation. This POV provoked the religious people of Jesus’ day, and STILL provokes the religious crowd of our day.

All creation is held together in Christ, and if separated from Him, would cease to exist. (Col. 1:17)

Our religion has taught us that only some people are actually loved & accepted by God; those who have jumped through the right hoops. The others can become loved by God if they jump through the right hoops too. This sets up a barrier that those who are addicted to religion can hide behind. “I’ve jumped through the right hoops to gain God’s love & acceptance…they can jump through the right hoops too to gain God’s love & acceptance too.”

Becoming a child of God (through believing/trust/faith) speaks about the “Way of your being”(expression of your life) not the “Truth of your being” which is the Core Truth of your Identity.

 Existential Experience (the Expression of your Life- which is how you act in the moment) compared to Ontological Reality (Your Core Identity which God establishes).

What about “you’re of your father the devil?”  Was Jesus saying they were demons? Or was it similar to when He said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan?” Was he saying Peter wasn’t a child of God? Was He saying the religious leaders were NOT children of Israel and God’s people? No, I don’t think so. He was saying, “The way you are acting is more like Satan’s children than God’s. Get your stuff together!”

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Some Books Related To The Early Church 

Pagan Christianity- Frank Viola & George Barna

Reimagining Church- Frank Viola

Finding Organic Church- Frank Viola

Paul's Idea of Community- Robert J. Banks

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