“I am the vine; you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.” [1]
“Christ makes me a new plant, one that is grafted on Him the Vine and grows from Him. I bear fruit in Him and through Him. This fruit is not mine; it is the Vine’s. Christianity is a new birth brought about by God’s Word and Spirit. When the heart is born anew in Christ, fruits will follow naturally.” [2]
[1] John 15:5
[2] Martin Luther, Luther’s Works, Vol. 24: Sermons on the Gospel of St. John: Chapters 14-16, ed. Jaroslav Jan Pelikan, Hilton C. Oswald and Helmut T. Lehmann (Saint Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1999), John 15:5.
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