LIKE A BRANCH THAT IS THROWN AWAY / JOHN 15:6

(KJV) John 15:6

If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.

This symbolic word picture of the vine and branches makes it very clear that a person can be cut off from the “true vine” (Jesus) if he or she does not personally choose to stay connected to the “true vine.” The Lord never taught that once we are saved, we would always remain saved. Rather, Jesus gave His disciples a solemn but loving warning of the fact that it is possible for true believers to abandon their faith, turn their backs on Jesus and fail to remain in a relationship with Him. As a result, they are cut off and will be thrown into the fire of hell. 

1. This passage teaches one of the most basic principles about the saving relationship between Christ and those who believe in Him. One’s relationship with Jesus is never static (passive or unchanging); it is either growing or dying – strengthening or declining. A follower of Christ cannot rely on a past decision or experience to keep him or her connected to Christ. A truly committed relationship with Jeus must continually be progressing and developing as God’s Spirit lives in the believer and shares Christ’s life with him or her (John 17:3; Colossians 3:4; 1 John 5:11; 1 John 5:12; 1 John 5:13).
2. This illustration teaches three important truths: (a) Though no outside circumstances of forces can remove true believers from God’s hand (John 10:28-29), it is still their responsibility to stay devoted to Christ and not remove themselves from His purpose and care (John 15:4). They must continually choose to remain in a vital and well-connected relationship with Him – a relationship that began when they received Christ’s forgiveness and new life. (b) Remaining in Christ results in Jesus continually living in and through His followers (John 15:4), spiritual fruitfulness (John 15:5), effective prayer (John 15:7) and a fulfilling sense of joy (John 15:11). (c)The consequences of failing to remain in Christ are fruitlessness (John 15:4-5), removal from Christ and personal destruction (John 15:2; John 15:6).

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1. REMAIN IN ME / JOHN 15:4
2. EVERY BRANCH / JOHN 15:2
3. WE WILL … MAKE OUR HOME WITH HIM / JOHN 14:23
4. I AM THE TRUE VINE / JOHN 15:1
5. HOLY SPIRIT / JOHN 14:26
6. HE WHO DOES NOT LOVE ME / JOHN 14:24
7. WE WILL … MAKE OUR HOME WITH HIM / JOHN 14:23
8. WHOEVER HAS MY COMMANDS / JOHN 14:21
9. I WILL COME TO YOU / JOHN 14:18
10. THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH – WITH YOU AND WILL BE IN YOU / JOHN 14:17
11. I WILL ASK THE FATHER – COUNSELOR / JOHN 14:16
12. IF YOU LOVE ME YOU WILL OBEY / JOHN 14:15
13. ASK IN MY NAME / JOHN 14:13
14. GREATER THINGS / JOHN 14:12
15. I AM THE WAY AND THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE / JOHN 14:6
16. I WILL COME BACK / JOHN 14:3
17. MY FATHER’S HOUSE / JOHN 14:1-4
18. LOVED PRAISE FROM MEN / JOHN 12:42-43
19. KNOW THAT YOU ARE MY DISCIPLES / JOHN 13:35
20. LOVE ONE ANOTHER / JOHN 13:34
21. AT A LOSS TO KNOW WHICH OF THEM HE MEANT / JOHN 13:22
22. WASH ONE ANOTHER’S FEET / JOHN 13:14
23. UNLESS I WASH YOU / JOHN 13:8
24. WASH HIS DISCIPLES FEET /JOHN 13:5
25. LOVED PRAISE FROM MEN / JOHN 12:42-43
26. THEY COULD NOT BELIEVE / JOHN 12:39-40
27. DRAW ALL MEN TO MYSELF / JOHN 12:32
28. PRINCE OF THIS WORLD WILL BE DRIVEN OUT / JOHN 12:31
29. WHOEVER SERVES ME / JOHN 12:26
30. HATES HIS LIFE IN THIS WORLD / JOHN 12:25
31. SON OF MAN … GLORIFIED / JOHN 12:23-24
32. MARY … POURED IT ON JESUS’ FEET / JOHN 12:3
33. FOR THE SCATTERED CHILDREN OF GOD / JOHN 11:52
34. THE DEAD MAN CAME OUT / JOHN 11:44
35. JESUS WEPT / JOHN 11:35
36. DEEPLY MOVED IN SPIRIT / JOHN 11:33
37. I BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE THE CHRIST / JOHN 11:27
38. I AM THE RESURRECTION / JOHN 11:25-26
39. STAYED WHERE HE WAS TWO MORE DAYS / JOHN 11:6
40. JESUS LOVED MARTHA AND HER SISTER AND LAZARUS / JOHN 11:5
41. SICKNESS … FOR GOD’S GLORY / JOHN 11:4
42. THEY SHALL NEVER PERISH / JOHN 10:28
43. YOU ARE GODS? / JOHN 10:34
44. THEY SHALL NEVER PERISH / JOHN 10:28
45. MY SHEEP LISTEN TO MY VOICE / JOHN 10:27
46. I KNOW MY SHEEP / JOHN 10:14-15
47. I AM THE GOOD SHEPHERD / JOHN 10:11
48. THE THIEF COMES … I HAVE COME / JOHN 10:10
49. I AM THE GATE / JOHN 10:9
50. JESUS THE GOOD SHEPHERD / JOHN 10:1
51. THOSE WHO SEE WILL BECOME BLIND / JOHN 9:39
52. THEY THREW HIM OUT / JOHN 9:34
53. WORK OF GOD MIGHT BE DISPLAYED / JOHN 9:3
54. BEFORE ABRAHAM WAS BORN, I AM / JOHN 8:58
55. HE IS A LIEAR AND THE FATHER OF LIES / JOHN 8:44
56. IF GOD WERE YOUR FATHER / JOHN 8:42
57. YOU WILL BE FREE INDEED / JOHN 8:36
58. EVERYONE WHO SINS / JOHN 8:34
59. THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE / JOHN 8:32
60. IF YOU HOLD TO MY TEACHING / JOHN 8:31
61. I PASS JUDGMENT ON NO ONE / JOHN 8:15
62. I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD / JOHN 8:12
63. NEITHER DO I CONDEMN YOU / JOHN 8:11
64. IF ANY ONE OF YOU IS WITHOUT SIN / JOHN 8:7
65. GAIN HONOR FOR HIMSELF / JOHN 7:18
66. JESUS HAD NOT YET BEEN GLORIFIED / JOHN 7:39
67. AS THE SCRIPTURE HAS SAID – STREAMS OF LIVING WATER / JOHN 7:38
68. GAIN HONOR FOR HIMSELF / JOHN 7:18
69. IF ANYONE CHOOSES TO DO GOD’S WILL / JOHN 7:17
70. IT HATES ME / JOHN 7:6-7
71. FEAST OF TABERNACLES / JOHN 7:2-3
72. JESUS HAD KNOWN FROM THE BEGINNING / JOHN 6:64
73. EATS MY FLESH AND DRINKS MY BLOOD / JOHN 6:54
74. THE FATHER … DRAWS HIM / JOHN 6:44
75. MY FATHER’S WILL / JOHN 6:40
76. I WILL NEVER DRIVE AWAY / JOHN 6:37
77. I AM THE BREAD OF LIFE / JOHN 6:35
78. MIRACLES / JOHN 6:1-2
79. DO NOT BELIEVE WHAT HE WROTE / JOHN 5:47
80. ACCEPT PRAISE FROM ONE ANOTHER / JOHN 5:44
81. YOU DILIGENTLY STUDY / JOHN 5:39-40
82. THOSE WHO HAVE DONE GOOD – RISE TO LIVE – THOSE WHO HAVE DONE EVIL / JOHN 5:29
83. HAS GRANTED THE SON TO HAVE LIFE IN HIMSELF / JOHN 5:26
84. HEARS … BELIEVES – WILL NOT BE CONDEMNED / JOHN 5:24
85. MAKING HIMSELF EQUAL WITH GOD / JOHN 5:18-24
86. PERSECUTED HIM / JOHN 5:16
87. STOP SINNING / JOHN 5:14
88. THE MAN WAS CURED / JOHN 5:9
89. THIRTY-EIGHT YEARS / JOHN 5:5
90. SIGNS AND WONDERS / JOHN 4:48
91. CROP FOR ETERNAL LIFE / JOHN 4:36
92. SURPRISED TO FIND HIM TALKING WITH A WOMAN / JOHN 4:27
93. TRUTH / JOHN 4:24
94. WORSHIP … IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH / JOHN 4:23-24
95. SAMARITANS WORSHIP WHAT YOU DO NOT KNOW / JOHN 4:22
96. WATER … ETERNAL LIFE / JOHN 4:14
97. SAMARITAN WOMAN / JOHN 4:7
98. WHOEVER REJECTS / JOHN 3:36
99. LOVED DARKNESS INSTEAD OF LIGHT / JOHN 3:19
100. GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD / JOHN 3:16
101. JUST AS MOSES LIFTED UP THE SNAKE / JOHN 3:14-15
102. THE WIND … THE SPIRIT / JOHN 3:8
103. BORN OF WATER / JOHN 3:5
104. DROVE ALL FROM THE TEMPLE AREA / JOHN 2:15
105. SIGNS / JOHN 2:11
106. CHOICE WINE – HAD TOO MUCH TO DRINK / JOHN 2:10
107. WINE – THEY HAVE NOT MORE WINE / JOHN 2:3
108. YOU SHALL SEE HEAVEN OPEN / JOHN 1:51
109. CEPHAS … PETER / JOHN 1:42
110. THE FIRST THING ANDREW DID / JOHN 1:41
111. WILL BAPTIZE WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT / JOHN 1:33
112. LAMB OF GOD / JOHN 1:29
113. GRACE AND TRUTH / JOHN 1:17
114. THE WORD BECAME FLESH / JOHN 1:14
115. BORN NOT OF … HUMAN DECISION / JOHN 1:13
116. RECEIVED … BELIEVED / JOHN 1:12
117. THE WORLD DID NOT RECOGNIZE HIM / JOHN 1:10
118. GIVES LIGHT TO EVERY MAN / JOHN 1:9
119. LIGHT SHINES IN THE DARKNESS /JOHN 1:5
120. LIFE WAS THE LIGHT OF MEN / JOHN 1:4
121. WITH GOD IN THE BEGINNING / JOHN 1:2
122. THE WORD / JOHN 1:1
123. TAKING FROM WHAT IS MINE / JOHN 16:14
124. REMAIN IN MY LOVE / JOHN 15:9-10
125. ETERNAL LIFE / JOHN 17:3
126. SANCTIFY THEM BY THE TRUTH / JOHN 17:17
127. GUIDED BY GRACE ABOUT

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