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Sermon outline

1. Lessons from my Grapevine
   1. Grapevines take a lot of pruning
   2. Pruning takes discernment
   3. Pruning never stops
2. The Vine and the Gardener
   1. Intro (Jn 15:1, Mt 21:40)
   2. Why is the Father pictured this way? (Jn 15:1)
   3. Why is Jesus Pictured as the true vine? (Jn 15:1)
   4. What does that make us? (Jn 15:2)
3. Pruning and Cutting off (Jn 15:2, 6)
   1. Cutting –= Removing false believers like Judas from Church (Jn 15:6, Mt 13;39-49)
   2. Pruning –Removing parts of our life that don’t align and look like Jessu.
      1. An example –
      2. Sometimes the pruning comes from experiencing the effects of our own sin, or the sin of another.(Rom 5:3-5)
4. What Kind of Fruit is the Father looking for? (Jn 15:7-8)
   1. Answered prayer is part of the fruit that God desires
   2. But it isn’t just any prayer you prayer.
   3. the fruit of the Spirit. (Gal 5:22-23)
   4. Mt 3:8 implies that a changed life, that flees sin and pursues righteousness is the fruit of repentance.
   5. Mt 12:31-34 makes our words the fruit of our life.
   6. Jn 4:36 tells us people ready to be reaped for conversion are fruit.
   7. Rom 6:22 tells us that fruit is sanctification leading to eternal life.
   8. Eph 5:9 tells us the fruit of light is what is good, right and true.
   9. Phil 1:11, Heb 12:11 refers to it as fruit of righteousness.
   10. Heb 13:15 speaks of the sacrifice of praise to God as fruit of lips acknowledging him.
   11. Isaiah 5 is a common // passages for understanding John 15.
5. How is fruit produced? (Jn 15:4-5)
   1. Resting in Jesus (Jn 15:4)
   2. Keeping commandments (Jn 15:10)
6. Joy is the result of a fruitful life (Jn 15:11)