Saturday's Spiel

The vine and the branches John 15:1-8. A great illustration given by Jesus of how we are connected to God. Jesus is the vine, we are the branches, and God is the gardener, who prunes us so that we can bear more fruit. Those branches that do not produce any fruit are good for nothing and are not worthy of a having a place in the vine...these branches are thrown into the fire. The branches that do bear fruit are the ones that are abiding in the vine. Apart from the vine the branch can do nothing (vs. 5) likewise, apart from Christ, we can do nothing. In Christ we have our all, and can do all. I can only guess when it says in vs. 5 that we can do nothing, that it does not have the significance as far as God is concerned. What we do without God is nothing.