It’s slowly starting to warm up and
everything around us will soon be green. Isn't it nice to see green in the
spring? Green is a sign of life. While everything outside might seem dead in
the winter months, spring rain and the warming temperatures bring back those
plants and trees to life. The green that you see outside is a sign of life.
In our gospel lesson this morning, Jesus
uses the picture of a vine and its branches that are full of life when he says
in our lesson – “I am the true vine…you are the branches. If a man
remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do
nothing.”
Jesus uses
this picture of himself as a vine to show us a powerful lesson about life. For
example, we see all sorts of green outside now, but among the green are dead
plants. You’ll do your spring clean up and cut back those trees or shrubs or
may even get rid of some of them completely so that life can continue to grow.
It’s how we keep things healthy and green. Jesus teaches us that spiritually
speaking - it is a matter of life and death. In order to stay alive spiritually
– to be a fruitful branch in his kingdom – is that we must remain connected to
him. This morning we’ll want to consider how “A Connected Branch is a Fruitful Branch.”
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