(John 15:1-9)
1 - I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. 2 - Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. 3 - Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. 4 - Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. 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. 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. 7 - If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. 8 - Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples. 9 - As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.

In this parable Jesus is comparing the "True Vine" with His "true church". His true church is a flowing and serving Spiritual body. It is the evangelical "body of Christ" which can be found wheresoever our Lord Jesus' great commandment is being individually, personally, and actively obeyed. ~~~ (Read His great commandment in Matthew 28:18-20, Mark 16:15-20, and Acts 1:8)

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