John 15:5-6

[Pet]

If we abide in Jesus, we will bear fruit.
If we do not abide in Him, we wither and will eventually burn.

We are cleansed by His Word (v.3)

Without Jesus, we can do nothing.

 

[Matthias]

Who is the gardener?

In our rush to extol Jesus, we must not forget the gardener.

 

[mailmandan]

In John 15:2-6, the branches that bear fruit and remain are genuine believers (like the remaining 11 disciples). The self-attached branches that bear no fruit and do not remain are not genuine believers (like Judas Iscariot). In John 15:2, Jesus mentions branches that bear no fruit and branches that bear fruit but Jesus says nothing about branches that bear fruit but then later stop bearing fruit.

Greek scholar AT Robertson points out that there are two kinds of connections with Christ as the vine (the merely cosmic which bears no fruit, the spiritual and vital which bears fruit). Probably (Bernard) Jesus here refers to Judas. - https://www.biblestudytools.com/commentaries/robertsons-word-pictures/john/john-15

 

[Matthias]

Who is the gardener?

In our rush to extol Jesus, we must not forget the gardener.

The gardener is the vine’s Father (John 15:1).

 

[Matthias]

So Jesus explained, “I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself. He does only what he sees the Father doing. Whatever the Father does, the Son also does.”

(John 5:19, NLT)