John 15:1-4 and 9-11

We must abide, live in and through, Jesus Christ. In Him all the world is justified. Through His birth, death and resurrection, in His blood, we are cleansed and made whole. Man is not capable of this on his own. Joy in the Lord and in salvation gives us the strength to endure the troubles that are common to mankind.

In Him, with Him and in the unity of Holy Spirit we are reserved here and  for eternity!

John 15:1-4 and 9-11

15 “I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. 2 Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit. 3 You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. 4 Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me.

9 “As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love. 10 If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love.

11 “These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full.

Jesus is the center of the Christian faith—He is the source of life and the way to eternal life.

Grapevines are more plentiful if pruned. The pruning may refer to hardship that (eventually) produces faithfulness and closer relationship with God, such as the disciples are about to experience. Jesus also could be referring to the pruning of dead branches, which would entail removing what is undesirable.

Jesus, showed His love by being willing to sacrifice His life for them. The Spirit will be their guide in this process. Faithlife Bible.

With such a vinedresser, the branches can experience complete confidence and security.

Every branch is said to be in Christ. Paul uses the phrase “in Christ” to speak of a Christian’s legal and family position as a result of God’s grace. The emphasis of in Me in this passage, however, is on deep, abiding fellowship. Jesus’ purpose was to move His disciples from servants to friends. This would involve a process of discipline in regard to His commandments. No plant produces fruit instantaneously; fruit is the result of a process. Such is also the case with believers. Once the fruit is on the vine, the vinedresser cleanses the fruit of bugs and diseases. The spiritual counterpart is cleansing which is done through the Word. For the branch to produce more fruit, it must abide, which means to dwell, to stay, to settle in, to sink deeper. The way to abide in Christ is to obey. The believer who lovingly obeys the Word of God produces much fruit. 

The love of God the Father for God the Son is the measure of the love of the Son for believers.

Christ loves believers unconditionally. But as believers obey Christ’s Word and abide in His love, they come to experience and understand His love for them more and more. That your joy may be full is an expression peculiar to John. It describes a believer’s experience of Christ’s love: complete joy. NKJ Bible.

John 5:20  For the Father loves the Son, and shows Him all things that He Himself does; and He will show Him greater works than these, that you may marvel.

John 14:15  “If you love Me, keep My commandments.

John 16:24  Until now you have asked nothing in My name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.

John 17:26  And I have declared to them Your name, and will declare it, that the love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them.”

1 John 1:4  And these things we write to you that your joy may be full.