John 14:13

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Discipleship

• John 151-8

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Jesus is the True Vine

• Root of discipleship John 151
• I am the true vine, and My Father is the
  vinedresser.

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Jesus is the True Vine

• Root of discipleship John 151
• Knowing His will John 717
• If anyone wants to do His will, he shall know
  concerning the doctrine, whether it is from God
  or whether I speak on My own authority.

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Jesus is the True Vine

• Root of discipleship John 151
• Knowing His will John 717
• Knowing He is the source of salvation
  John 666-69, Acts 412
• Nor is there salvation in any other, for there
  is no other name under heaven given among men by
  which we must be saved. (Acts 412)

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Jesus is the True Vine

• Root of discipleship John 151
• Knowing His will John 717
• Knowing He is the source of salvation
  John 666-69, Acts 412
• Motivated by eternal life Philippians 38-11

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We are the Branches

• We must grow 2 Peter 318
• New Christians 1 Peter 21-3
• Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit,
  hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking, as
  newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word,
  that you may grow thereby, if indeed you have
  tasted that the Lord is gracious.

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We are the Branches

• We must grow 2 Peter 318
• New Christians 1 Peter 21-3
• Mature Christians Hebrews 512-14
• No life apart from the vine John 155
• I am the vine, you are the branches. He who
  abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit for
  without Me you can do nothing.

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Romans 101-4

• Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for
  Israel is that they may be saved. For I bear them
  witness that they have a zeal for God, but not
  according to knowledge. For they being ignorant
  of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish
  their own righteousness, have not submitted to
  the righteousness of God. For Christ is the end
  of the law for righteousness to everyone who
  believes.

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Philippians 39-11

• And be found in Him, not having my own
  righteousness, which is from the law, but that
  which is through faith in Christ, the
  righteousness which is from God by faith that I
  may know Him and the power of His resurrection,
  and the fellowship of His sufferings, being
  conformed to His death, if, by any means, I may
  attain to the resurrection from the dead.

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We are the Branches

• We must grow 2 Peter 318
• New Christians 1 Peter 21-3
• Mature Christians Hebrews 512-14
• No life apart from the vine John 155
• Cannot serve in ignorance Romans 101-4
• Looking to the vine Philippians 39-11

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Father is the Vinedresser

• Renewal of disciples
• Dead branches cast off
• Falling away from the true vine Heb 64-6
  Galatians 54
• You have become estranged from Christ, you who
  attempt to be justified by law you have fallen
  from grace. (Galatians 54)

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Father is the Vinedresser

• Renewal of disciples
• Dead branches cast off
• Falling away from the true vine Heb 64-6
  Galatians 54
• Living branches are pruned
• Through correction and growth Heb 125-11

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Abiding in the Vine

• Continuing to live in Christ John 157
• If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you,
  you will ask what you desire, and it shall be
  done for you.

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Abiding in the Vine

• Continuing to live in Christ John 157
• Letting His word dwell in us Col 316
• Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in
  all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another
  in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing
  with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

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Abiding in the Vine

• Continuing to live in Christ John 157
• Letting His word dwell in us 1 John 224-25
• Therefore let that abide in you which you heard
  from the beginning. If what you heard from the
  beginning abides in you, you also will abide in
  the Son and in the Father. And this is the
  promise that He has promised us--eternal life.

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Abiding in the Vine

• Continuing to live in Christ John 157
• Letting His word dwell in us Col 316
  1 John 224-25
• So that we are made free from sin John 831-32
• Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him,
  "If you abide in My word, you are My disciples
  indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the
  truth shall make you free.

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Abiding in the Vine

• Continuing to live in Christ John 157
• Letting His word dwell in us Col 316
  1 John 224-25
• So that we are made free from sin John 831-32
• Remaining steadfast, abounding in work
  1 Cor 1558

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1 Corinthians 1558

• Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast,
  immovable, always abounding in the work of the
  Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in
  the Lord. (NKJV)

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Abiding in the Vine

• Continuing to live in Christ John 157
• Letting His word dwell in us Col 316
  1 John 224-25
• So that we are made free from sin John 831-32
• Remaining steadfast, abounding in work
  1 Cor 1558
• To receive our reward Col 121-23

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Colossians 121-23

• And you, who once were alienated and enemies in
  your mind by wicked works, yet now He has
  reconciled in the body of His flesh through
  death, to present you holy, and blameless, and
  above reproach in His sight-- if indeed you
  continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast,
  and are not moved away from the hope of the
  gospel which you heard, which was preached to
  every creature under heaven, of which I, Paul,
  became a minister.

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Result of Discipleship

• Bearing fruit
• Of the Spirit, not the flesh Gal 522-23
• But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,
  longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
  gentleness, self-control. Against such there is
  no law.

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Result of Discipleship

• Bearing fruit
• Of the Spirit, not the flesh Gal 522-23
• Walking worthy of being a Christian Col 110
• That you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully
  pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work
  and increasing in the knowledge of God

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Result of Discipleship

• Bearing fruit
• Of the Spirit, not the flesh Gal 522-23
• Walking worthy of being a Christian Col 110
• Influencing others Matthew 516
• Let your light so shine before men, that they
  may see your good works and glorify your Father
  in heaven.

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Result of Discipleship

• Bearing fruit
• Of the Spirit, not the flesh Gal 522-23
• Walking worthy of being a Christian Col 110
• Influencing others Matthew 516

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• Nor is there salvation in any other, for there
  is no other name under heaven given among men by
  which we must be saved. (Acts
  412 NKJV)
• If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out
  as a branch and is withered and they gather them
  and throw them into the fire, and they are
  burned. (John 156 NKJV)