John 15:1-8 1 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. 2 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. 3 You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. 4 Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. 5 “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. 6 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. 7 If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. 8 This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.
Here the Lord Jesus said that He is the true vine, and the Father is the gardener, He cuts every branch that does not bear fruit. The branch does not bear fruit because it does not abide in the vine, and a man does not bear fruit because it does not abide in the Lord. The branches must abide in the vine in order to bear fruit, we must abide in the Lord in order to bear fruit. We cannot bear fruit by ourselves, we must abide in the Lord, reply on the Lord to bear fruit, and without the Lord we cannot do anything. every branch that does bear fruit the Father prunes so that it will produce more fruit, prune means cleanse, the disciples were cleansed because of the words of the Lord Jesus. If we abide in the Lord and the Lord abides in us, that is, we have the Lord’s presence and the Lord’s words abide in us. The Lord answers our prayers. When we bear much fruit, the Father is glorified, and we bear fruit to the glory of God. So what does the fruit represent?
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. (Galatians 5:22-23)
Here it talks about the fruit of the Holy Spirit, and the fruit mentioned earlier on one hand represents the fruit of the Holy Spirit.
10 so that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, (Colossians 1:10)
Fruit here means good work, good deeds.
In the parable of the sower, it is said that good soil bears the fruit many times more, and of course the fruit includes helping people to know the Lord by relying on the Lord.
May God bless you and your family. 🙏😀
