Garden and the vine
"I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing." ~ John 15:1-5
It seems that we are not quite so autonomous as we imagined. And that’s a good thing. The demand for autonomy has bred an epidemic of loneliness, despair, and alienation.
But we were not created to be self-sufficient. We were created to live connected to God and to each other.
The repeated use of “I am” suggests the name God gave to Moses by which to call Him: “I am who I am” (Ex. 3:14). Jesus is implying that He is the vine from which all life comes, that He is indeed God as the Son.
Every life in the created order came through Jesus (John 1:3), and the new life of the Kingdom now flows out of Him as well.
Jesus speaks of Himself as the true vine, the One who will bear good fruit to His Father’s approval and glory.
Now we understand a bit more about our verse at hand. Jesus is the vine, the true source of life for us believers. We are branches connected to Him, drawing that life from Him as branches draw the necessary nutrients to survive and flourish.
At first glance, we may assume that branches bear fruit, but in another sense, it’s really the vine that makes it all happen. The point is: there is such interconnectedness that while we are doing the work, Jesus is doing the work in us as well
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…………What Does "True Vine" Mean in the Bible?
The grapevine is a productive plant. A solitary plant can bear numerous grapes. In the Old Testament, grapes represented Israel’s productivity (fruitfulness) in tackling God’s job on earth (Psalm 80:8; Isaiah 5:1-7). During the Passover meal, God’s goodness and righteousness were represented by what the vine had produced, the fruit.
In the first 16 verses of the Book of John, we can see the content, the condition, and the consequences, of a fruitful vineyard.
………….https://www.christianity.com/wiki/jesus-christ/what-does-it-mean-that-jesus-is-the-true-vine-john-151.html
.https://www.crosswalk.com/faith/bible-study/what-jesus-means-by-i-am-the-vine-you-are-the-branches.html#:~:text=Jesus%20is%20the%20vine%2C%20the,that%20makes%20it%20all%20happen.
