The Gardner

John 15: 1-4
1"I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. 2He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes[a] so that it will be even more fruitful. 3You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. 4Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself.

The Lord is at work in each of us daily. We like a fruit bearing vine need trimming from time to time. We are human, not everything we do is right, we do not always stay on the narrow path. through the grace of the Lord we are trimmed of the non fruit bearing branches.

I think a lot of people miss the point behind keeping in Jesus. Many think that we follow the teachings of Christ to save ourselves from hell. That is far from the point. We follow the Lord for our salvation. The law of man saves us from sin. If we follow the law of man, nothing happens. By following those laws, our life will not improve one bit. However when we follow the law of God we receive eternal life. The pay off is not that we "do not go to hell". The payoff is going on to our salvation.

We are saved in Christ already, all he asks is that we follow in his teachings.


Peace
Rev.T