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JESUS CHRIST: THE TRUE VINE, TRUE SOURCE OF LIFE
SATURDAY, AUGUST 5
John 15:1-5
Colossians 3:4
“Christ, who is our life.”
JESUS CHRIST:
THE TRUE VINE, TRUE SOURCE OF LIFE
The farmer is only happy when he sees the good harvest from his fields. God had done what He could for His people and expected them to bear good fruit of righteousness so that they might be His witnesses and a blessing to the world. He gave them the law, the promises, the covenants, and the worship of God, and sent His servants, the prophets, to instruct them and guide them in His way, but they persecuted His prophets. In the end, God sent His only begotten Son, the Lord Jesus, to teach them God’s Word and bring them to true worship in spirit and in truth, but they despised, rejected, and crucified Him on the Cross. Through the failure of Adam and Eve as well as that of the people of Israel, we know that human beings with their sinful nature can never please God nor obey His Word. “Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God” (Rom 8:6-8). Then who can save us and help us produce good fruit of obedience, holiness and godliness?
Thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord! What does Jesus mean when He says, “I am the true vine”? First, He is the covenant God, Jehovah, “I AM THAT I AM” (Exod 3:14), the eternal, unchangeable, and faithful God. He is the same I AM, yesterday, today and forever as He says, “Before Abraham was, I am” (John 8:58; Heb 13:8). Religious leaders are only human beings. They cannot save us nor give us new life. Second, Jesus, as the true Vine, is the only true Source of spiritual life and eternal life. Religious leaders can give empty promises and dead teachings, but they can never give life. Without Jesus, no one can live a true Christian life! Finally, Jesus Himself, the living Divine Person (not a thing) is our new life. Only when we have the Lord Himself do we have His life (1 John 5:11‑12). Shall we not rely on Him always to have Life?
THOUGHT: Without Christ, no one can live a true Christian life.
PRAYER: Father, help me rely on Thee always to have Thy true Life.