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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.
Jesus continues to make clear who is the source and who is the recipient. Jesus is the vine (the source of life) to the branches (us-his followers) that are sustained by the vine. Jesus makes it clear that the vine and the branches have to stay connected but if they do we will bear fruit. He goes on to say without this close connection we will not be bearing the fruit because of no connection to the source of all good things. At the very end of the verse, reality sets.Without connection with Christ(the vine), we can do nothing. What does that mean? I believe what it says, nothing! Nothing that is valuable in God’s economy can be accomplished without walking in the Lord’s presence and adhering to his teachings
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