The Vine

Can we continue our existence without our Savior?

The answer is… yes, BUT only if you choose to want to exist without Him and only desire to live whatever few days you have until the Lord returns, or you enter the long sleep which will only end in your permanent death, and ultimately your non-existence.

The world is FULL of people who choose to deny Jesus Christ, the Son of God. You wouldn't have to go far in a poll of the people living around you to find one who will say and believe that Jesus Christ is nothing. Either He's a fabricated lie for the weak to grasp, a fable made up by men to control people, He's an ordinary man that was very charismatic,  He was a prophet, but no Son of God, and the list goes on.  Full, the world is FULL of people believing this way.  

When we realize that we are NOT forced to believe in Jesus Christ, but can choose to do so, we are taking a stand for something a lot of people reject.  Don't get me wrong, a lot of people also do believe but more do not, than do. Billions may claim belief, but billions more will deny.

Choosing to believe isn't enough though, because Jesus is going to say to MANY when He returns to bring those who are His home with Him,  that HE DOES NOT KNOW THEM. 

Shocking? It should be! You choose to make a stand and believe in Jesus Christ only to find out He doesn't know you and you are not going to heaven where He's prepared a place for those who are His. 

How can we know- He knows us?

Joh 15:5  I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.

We have to LIVE IN CHRIST. LIVE IN CHRIST! 

Every breath we take must belong to Him. Every thought we think must belong to Him. There is NOTHING in our lives we can hide from our Savior, not a single thing and we mustn't even try to hide anything!  And when we realize that we don't set Jesus aside and pick Him up when we pray, or worship for an hour or two, we know that He is everything!  How can He know anyone who chooses to believe in Him and love Him at their own convenience?

Can a single branch come into existence without a vine?  People will say that a branch can be broken off a vine and still live and thrive, only to grow into a vine all it's own and that's true, however a branch needs to EXIST first to be broken off.

With JESUS being our vine and we being the branches upon the vine we are safest abiding in HIM. We dare not risk being lopped off and grafted back on, because NO branch grown on it's own after being broken from the vine will ever be a part of the vine again easily, if ever.  This analogy can be taken in many different directions but what our Savior is telling us is that we have to LIVE in HIM if we will bear any fruit. WITHOUT our SAVIOR WE CAN DO NOTHING that truly matters. If we are not bringing glory to God but to ourselves or others, it's empty, it's void of real meaning no matter how it appears on the outside.

All the humanitarian efforts by any one, done outside of Christ are facades even if they appear to be marvelous.  Those who deny God and yet seem to be the kindest, best, big-hearted people are mere puppets of Satan to deceive, to steal eternity.  And my just saying this could have many outraged because to them it proves God is not a God of love when He doesn't accept all without exception no matter who they believe in or if they believe in anyone.  The thing is, God will accept those who have FAITH in HIM, but how can He force Himself on those who have no faith and desire no faith in Him?  He will force NO ONE!

We can be a branch on the Vine, we can abide in the Vine and produce fruit, fruit the Vine allows us to produce.  Fruit ONLY survives on the vine. If you take the fruit off the vine before it is fully fruit, if you pluck the flower that will turn into the fruit, it will never be fruit.  We must remain upon the Vine that is Christ and live in HIM in all things so we through HIM will produce what He needs us to produce for Him.

Please, Father, please bless us in YOU. Help us to be branches upon the Vine that is Christ and through the Spirit produce the fruit You desire.

Bless us, keep us, forgive us, love us, know us!

All through Jesus Christ our Lord, our Savior!

Amen.