The
Vine And The Branches
'I
am the True Vine and My Father is the Gardener.
2
He cuts off every branch In Me that bears no fruit,
While
every branch that does bear fruit He trims clean
So
that it will be even more fruitful.
3
You are already clean because of the Word I have spoken to you.
4
REMAIN IN ME, AND I WILL REMAIN IN YOU.
NO
BRANCH CAN BEAR FRUIT BY ITSELF;
IT
MUST REMAIN IN THE VINE.
NEITHER
CAN YOU BEAR FRUIT UNLESS YOU REMAIN IN ME.
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'I AM THE 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.
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'If anyone does not remain In Me,
He
is like a branch that is thrown away and withers;
Such
branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned.
7
If you remain In Me and My Words remain in you,
Ask
whatever you wish, and it will be given you.
8
This is to My Father's Glory, that you bear much fruit,
Showing
yourselves to be My Disciples.
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'As the Father has loved Me, so I have loved you.
Now
remain in My Love.
10
If you Obey My Commands, you will remain in My Love,
Just
as I have Obeyed My Father's Commands
And
remain in His Love.
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I have told you this so that My Joy may be In yourselves
And
that your Joy may be Complete.
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My Command is this:
LOVE
EACH OTHER AS I HAVE LOVED YOU.
13
Greater Love has no one than this,
That
one lay down his life for his friends.
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YOU ARE MY FRIENDS IF YOU DO WHAT I COMMAND.
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I NO LONGER CALL YOU SERVANTS,
Because
a Servant does not know his master's business.
Instead,
I have called you Friends,
For
everything that I learned from My Father
I
have made known to you.
16
YOU DID NOT CHOOSE ME, BUT I CHOSE YOU
TO
GO AND BEAR FRUIT—FRUIT THAT WILL LAST.
Then
the Father will give you whatever you ask in My Name.
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THIS IS MY COMMAND: LOVE EACH OTHER.
The
World Hates The Disciples
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'IF THE WORLD HATES YOU,
KEEP
IN MIND THAT IT HATED ME FIRST,
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If you belonged to the World,
It
would love you as its own.
AS
IT IS, YOU DO NOT BELONG TO THE WORLD,
BUT
I HAVE CHOSEN YOU OUT OF THE WORLD.
THAT
IS WHY THE WORLD HATE YOU.
20
Remember the Words I spoke to you:
'No
Servant is greater than his master.'
IF
THEY PERSECUTED ME, THEY WILL PERSECUTE YOU ALSO.
If
they Obeyed My Teaching, they will Obey yours also.
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THEY WILL TREAT YOU THIS WAY BECAUSE OF MY NAME,
FOR
THEY DO NOT KNOW THE ONE WHO SENT ME.
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If I had not come and spoken to them,
They
would not be Guilty of Sin.
Now,
however, they have No Excuse for their Sin.
23
HE WHO HATES ME HATES MY FATHER AS WELL.
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If I had not done among them what No One else did,
They
would not be Guilty of Sin.
But
now they have seen these miracles,
AND
YET THEY HAVE HATED BOTH ME AND MY FATHER.
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This is to fulfill what is written in their Law:
THEY
HATED ME WITHOUT REASON.'
26
'When the Counselor comes,
Whom
I will send to you from the Father,
The
Spirit of Truth Who goes out from the Father,
He
will Testify about Me;
27
BUT YOU ALSO MUST TESTIFY,
For
you have been with Me from the beginning.
(John
15:1-27)
American
Christians have forgotten
That
America is part of the World,
And
America and the World Hate Christ Jesus, God the Father,
And
All who follow Christ Jesus and His Word.
The
Church has Pretended that America is a beneficent place,
When
it is not.
It is
ruled by the “god” of this Age
As is
every other part of the World.
If we
Obey the Commands of Christ, we do not belong to the World.
If we
do not Obey the Commands of Christ, we are part of the World.
We
Love each other if we Obey the Commands of Christ Jesus;
If we
do not Obey His Commands, we do not Love each other.
'This
is Love: That we walk in Obedience to His Commands.' (2 John 6)
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