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Love, Friendship, and Bearing Fruit (John 15:9-17)

Pastor Adam Sinnett — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:59:37 +0000

Last week we looked at John 15:1-11 that speaks about abiding, pruning and bearing fruit for Jesus. There, Jesus tells us that the Christian life is akin to the relationship between the branch and the vine of a grape vine in that all life flows from the vine to the branch, which in turns bears fruit. Christians are called to a vital organic relationship with Jesus, by faith, through which we receive forgiveness of sin, relationship with God, lasting hope, true joy, transformation of character and ultimately a changed life. One massive change is how Christians are to love one another. Thus, this week we look at John 15:9-17, that speaks about love, friendship and bearing fruit (that abides).

For the King,

Pastor Adam

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Love, Friendship, and Bearing Fruit notes

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Abiding, Pruning, and Bearing Fruit (John 15:1-11)

Pastor Adam Sinnett — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:53:45 +0000

Given that we have just completed the 13-week Doctrine series on the central truths of the Christian faith, I thought it would be helpful to spend a couple weeks walking through the 15th chapter of the Gospel of John that describes a life that digests these truths, in faith, and lives them out day-by-day, moment-by-moment, in vital connection with Jesus Christ. Jesus describes this life in terms of abiding, pruning and bearing fruit. Given the richness of this section (15:1-17) we’ll be spending two weeks on it. The attached notes are from Sunday’s sermon, Abiding, Pruning and Bearing Fruit, covering John 15:1-11.

Grace and Peace,
Pastor Adam

Abiding, Pruning, and Bearing Fruit Notes (.pdf)

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