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Without Jesus, we are nothing but branches for the fire. So don’t drop off the vine, but remain in His word.

BibleGateway: John 15:1-8

ESV Text: John 15:1-8


KJV Text:

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     1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. 2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. 3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. 4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. 5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. 6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. 7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. 8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.(KJV)


Hymn: TLH 342:
Chief of Sinners, Though I Be

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1. Chief of sinners though I be, 
Jesus shed His blood for me; 
Died that I might live on high, 
Lived that I might never die, 
As the branch is to the vine, 
I am His, and He is mine. 

2. Oh, the height of Jesus’ love! 
Higher than the heavens above, 
Deeper than the depths of sea, 
Lasting as eternity. 
Love that found me–wondrous thought!– 
Found me when I sought Him not. 

3. Jesus only can impart 
Balm to heal the smitten heart; 
Peace that flows from sin forgiven, 
Joy that lifts the soul to heaven; 
Faith and hope to walk with God 
In the way that Enoch trod. 

4. Chief of sinner though I be, 
Christ is All in all to me; 
All my wants to Him are known, 
All my sorrows are His own. 
Safe with Him from earthly strife, 
He sustains the hidden life. 

5. O my Savior, help afford 
By Thy Spirit and Thy Word! 
When my wayward heart would stray, 
Keep me in the narrow way; 
Grace in time of need supply 
While I live and when I die.