Sabtu, 24 Desember 2016

THE VINE AND THE BRANCHES

“I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener.
He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit,
     while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes
     so that it will be even more fruitful.
You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you
Remain in me, as I also remain in you
     No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain the vine.
     Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me

“I am the vine; you are the branches.
     If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit;
     Apart from me you can do nothing.
If you do not remain in me,
     you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers;
     such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned.
If you remain in me and my words remain in you,
     ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit,
     showing yourselves to be my disciples.

“As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you.
     Now remain in my love.
If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love,
     just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love.
I have told you this so that my joy may be in you
     And that your joy may be complete.
My command is this : Love each other as I have loved you.
Greater love has no one than this :
     to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.
You are my friends if you do what I command.
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.
You did not choose me, but I chose you
     And appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—
     fruit that will last—
     and so that whatever you ask in my name
     the Father will give you.

This is my command : Love each other 

“If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first.
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 hates you.

John 15 : 1-18


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