Identity in Christ Series: Week Twelve I Am A Branch in the Vine of Christ (Part 2)
Last week we started studying about being a branch in the Vine of Christ. To recap, we saw that the v inedresser graft s branches into an already established vine to protect them from disease , parasites, and insects by using the natural immunity of the established vine. We being grafted into the Vine of Christ have His Holiness as our immunity to the disease of sin. We must submit to the Lord and resis t the devil but then he has to flee. We also learned that the vinedresser prunes all of the vines. He cuts off any branch that will not bear fruit or that will hinder the fruit born by the other branches. Our Heavenly Vinedresser prunes our lives to allow us to grow the best quality fruit for His kingdom. He knows our weaknesses and is more than qua lified to prune us. Thirdly, we learned that vines need some stress in order to have proper fruit development. We read from James and Romans and discovered th...