Summary: Or we're not done talking yet? Okay. Jesus illustrates Himself as a true vine, from which His disciples' power flows. The fruit that vine bears is love, and only fruitful branches from that vine remain; others are pulled out and are only as good as kindling. Jesus also warns His disciples that, just as the world hates Him, it will also hate them.
Response: Jesus is, again, testifying to His power, and sneakily to His coming sacrifice. He changes an old piece of biblical imagery (the vine) from fruitless to fruitful, and therefore even more useful and impressive than the imagery that had been biblically used for a Messiah, a cedar tree.
I am hearing that my home church has been going through pruning to soon bear more fruit. I only hope and pray I can be a part of the next harvest.
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