Peter Barnes | John 15:7-11
SERMON NOTES
Bearing Fruit in the Vine
Psalm 80:1-19; John 15:1-11
– fruit shows that we are in Christ (15:8)
1. Answered Prayer.
– 15:7; this is not How to Write Your Own Ticket with God
– prayer comes from abiding in Christ and having His words abide in us.
2. Love.
– 15:9; see 1 John 4:10; Rom.8:38-39
– Jonathan Edwards: ‘the essence of all true religion lies in holy love’.
3. Obedience to the commandments.
– 15:10; grace leads to works (Eph.2:8-10)
4. Joy.
– 15:11; ‘Joy is the serious business of Heaven’ (C. S. Lewis)
– John 3:29; 16:20-22