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Unity: Vine And Branches
Contributed by Minister Dachi on Nov 14, 2022 (message contributor)
Summary: Unity is the most necessary experience in the life of human society! Unity is not a religious doctrine, not a racial law, not a national law. Unity is one of the most important experiences of human life! Unity is a necessity! Unity is a social need! Not only that, unity – blessing!
Notice the last verse of Vs.5 – “Apart from me you can do nothing” Jesus said.
This is what Jesus is clearly saying - to bear fruit means that the vines must be grafted onto the vine. He said in that Drukpada.. "A string does not bear fruit by itself". We must remember that this is very important.
No believer survives or bears fruits with His/Her independence attitude, Unless they abide in Christ!
No believer can have a fruitful life by himself unless he is grafted and abiding in Christ!
Now the truth which is very clear – we have to bear fruit means that no fasts, penances, meditations, yogas, we will not bear fruit spiritually.
If we live our lives with our own or religious devotions, with the rituals of a religious acharya, we will not fail spiritually Andy!
Here the lords of Jesus are saying – “If you abide in me, you will not be fruitful”. He said, "If you remain in the vine, but you do not bear fruit of your own accord, you will not bear fruit either."
We must bear fruit - we must be grafted in Christ.
We need the experience of standing in Christ.
You should note in what sense this parable is brought before you.
It is the relationship we have with God that leads us to the relationship we have with others.
Very well the truth that we need to observe is – we do not have a good relationship with God and therefore we do not have a proper relationship with people/others/blood relations/relationships.
Sadhu Sunder Singh - told a story. One day a man with a broken leg came to a doctor. The person with broken leg is standing in front of Doctor and crying. Yay! Doctor, I can't bear this pain and suffering. First give me relief from this pain.
Then the Doctor said like this –
Do you know how you got this pain?
The reason why you feel this pain, the reason why you feel sad – is that your leg is broken!
So now, “This broken leg must be reattached”.
Your broken bone should be jointed again. Only then you get the complete freedom from this pain and suffering.
“The reason for your pain is – your bone is broken into two pieces. Unless we join that broken bone your pain will never go away from your body”
Yes, dear children of God.. Today our lives are fruitless, our families are dragged with sorrows and misunderstandings because our lives, which were tied to God, are separated from God, torn into pieces. That's why we have these differences, divisions, differences, fights, factions, grudges and hatreds.
If our relationship with God is reattached today, This External Pain will disappear form our bodies and lives. Only then all such external sufferings and pains will be removed at once.
The Lord said – "If you stand in Me, you will be fruitful."
Third – “You cannot do anything apart from me”.
How to bear fruit – means we bear fruit only if we abide in Him!
Q. What if the loss does not work? Who is the fruit of praise? Who is watching us? By what standard are we measured? Who is accountable? How to survive in this world?
Along with this the Lord says – John 15:6 – Anyone who does not remain in me will be thrown out like a vine and wither. So people smoke them and throw them in the fire and they burn.
