So thus far we have examined two concepts as we have traveled through Hebrews, with the first being the basics of what is needed for salvation, the second being the difference between the believer and unbeliever. And now we move towards the believer and growth in Christ.
Let’s picture the church as a garden with Jesus as the gardener. Jesus uses a similar illustration when He calls Himself the vine with us being the fruit.
John 15:1-8
1“I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. 2 Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit. 3 You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. 4 Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear…
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