I Am the True Vine: John 15:1-17

I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener.

I AM—the final of the seven great I AM statements in John. Jesus is the vine. God the Father tends the vineyard.

Israel had been called God's vine throughout the Old Testament. But they had become a wild vine, producing sour grapes. Jesus is the true vine—what Israel was meant to be.

He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful.