WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:17.039 How many followers of Jesus do you think there are in the world today? At a guess, how many 00:00:17.039 --> 00:00:22.440 would you say? Well, according to the most recent figures, which have been published by 00:00:22.440 --> 00:00:32.200 Operation World in their book, the figures, and these are their statistics, are there are 546 million 00:00:32.200 --> 00:00:41.219 people. That's about 10% of the world's population are active disciples of Jesus Christ. It's staggering. 00:00:41.219 --> 00:00:52.299 The growth has been amazing. In China, over 10,000 people repent and turn to Christ every single day. 00:00:52.299 --> 00:01:05.859 In Kenya, almost 50% of the population are committed followers of Jesus. The highest rate of growth in the 00:01:05.859 --> 00:01:12.519 world today, not with the highest number, but the highest rate of growth is in Iran and Afghanistan, 00:01:12.519 --> 00:01:19.719 where persecution is at its worst. But it's not just other parts of the world. Ireland has also 00:01:19.719 --> 00:01:28.480 seen growth. 70,000 people, that's about 1% of the population, have turned to Jesus as their Lord 00:01:28.480 --> 00:01:40.299 and Saviour. It's incredible. Now, why is this? Well, it's all because of Jesus' promise to his disciples 00:01:40.299 --> 00:01:50.379 over 2,000 years ago. Listen to this promise. It's in verse 16. You did not choose me, but I chose you 00:01:50.379 --> 00:02:00.060 and appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that will last. That promise has been taking effect ever 00:02:00.060 --> 00:02:09.819 since, as disciples of Jesus around the world have taken his word seriously. 00:02:09.819 --> 00:02:17.819 Now in John's Gospel chapters 13 to 17, we have what commentators call the last discourse. 00:02:17.819 --> 00:02:26.060 It's the last few days of Jesus before his death, which he spends with his disciples. They chat, they have meals together. 00:02:26.060 --> 00:02:35.819 It's a very intimate and close time. It's just Jesus and his disciples. And throughout, Jesus is preparing his disciples 00:02:35.819 --> 00:02:47.819 for his going back to the Father. But as Jesus is going back to the Father, so he sends his people out. As Jesus leaves the world, 00:02:47.819 --> 00:02:57.500 the disciples begin to move out into the world. We see this at the very beginning and the end of this section. So in chapter 13, 00:02:57.500 --> 00:03:11.259 verse 20, Jesus says, I tell you the truth, whoever accepts anyone I send accepts me, and whoever accepts me accepts the one who sent me. 00:03:11.259 --> 00:03:22.939 And we see the same in chapter 17, verse 18. As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world. 00:03:22.939 --> 00:03:32.699 So there's this movement taking place. Jesus going, Jesus leaving, but the disciples going and being sent. 00:03:32.699 --> 00:03:40.299 And in chapter 15, at the very centre of this conversation, Jesus makes it crystal clear. 00:03:40.299 --> 00:03:49.539 Chapter 15, verse 8. This is to my Father's glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples. 00:03:50.379 --> 00:04:01.500 Jesus sends out his church to be fruitful. That people within our communities and all around the world would believe and trust in Christ. 00:04:01.500 --> 00:04:11.379 That's the fruit that Jesus is looking for. And that's the fruit that he has promised. People who will follow him. 00:04:12.819 --> 00:04:21.259 Now to help us understand what Jesus is saying, he uses three horticultural metaphors to explain it all. 00:04:22.300 --> 00:04:31.019 The first is the vine. In verse 1. I am the true vine. Jesus is the vine. That's the first metaphor. 00:04:31.019 --> 00:04:39.979 Then also in verse 1. We have the gardener. I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. 00:04:40.740 --> 00:04:44.959 So Jesus the vine, the Father, the gardener. And then down at verse 5. 00:04:45.740 --> 00:04:53.199 I am the vine, says Jesus, and you are the branches. The church are the branches in the vine. 00:04:53.199 --> 00:05:01.680 Now we're going to look at these three metaphors and see how we can go and bear fruit. Fruit that will last. 00:05:02.959 --> 00:05:06.719 First then, the vine, which is all about expanding mission. 00:05:07.159 --> 00:05:12.639 Jesus identifies himself very clearly as being the vine. Look at verse 1. 00:05:12.639 --> 00:05:17.659 I am the true vine. And verse 5. I am the vine. 00:05:18.379 --> 00:05:24.740 Now when we think of vine, don't think wine and all types of grapes. 00:05:25.419 --> 00:05:26.659 Think mission. 00:05:27.979 --> 00:05:29.939 Vine equals mission. 00:05:31.539 --> 00:05:35.219 To see this, have a look back at Isaiah chapter 5. 00:05:35.220 --> 00:05:41.920 Isaiah chapter 5, starting at verse 1. 00:05:43.860 --> 00:05:47.200 This is a picture of a vineyard. 00:05:47.360 --> 00:05:51.820 I will sing for the one I love a song about his vineyard. 00:05:52.860 --> 00:05:55.920 My loved one had a vineyard on a fertile hillside. 00:05:56.740 --> 00:06:03.060 He dug it up and cleared it of stones and planted it with the choicest of vines. 00:06:03.060 --> 00:06:05.379 Well, who is this vine? 00:06:05.800 --> 00:06:08.040 Well, we're told down at verse 7. 00:06:08.680 --> 00:06:15.420 The vineyard of the Lord Almighty is the house of Israel and the people of Judah. 00:06:16.699 --> 00:06:18.879 So the vineyard is God's people. 00:06:19.660 --> 00:06:21.079 And what's the purpose of this vine? 00:06:21.160 --> 00:06:23.840 Well, go back up to the rest of verse 2. 00:06:24.699 --> 00:06:27.579 He built a watchtower around it. 00:06:27.959 --> 00:06:29.920 Cut out a winepress as well. 00:06:29.920 --> 00:06:33.840 Then he looked for a good crop of grapes. 00:06:34.819 --> 00:06:37.480 But it yielded only bad fruit. 00:06:38.860 --> 00:06:43.400 God had rescued Israel from Egypt, from their slavery. 00:06:44.600 --> 00:06:46.180 He had taken them out of there. 00:06:46.480 --> 00:06:51.920 And now he had planted them amongst the nations in a new land, a fertile land. 00:06:51.920 --> 00:06:56.759 So as to bring his salvation to others. 00:06:57.180 --> 00:07:03.860 They would be the means of bringing others, other nations, other peoples into that relationship with God. 00:07:04.220 --> 00:07:08.280 But they bought only bad fruit. 00:07:09.280 --> 00:07:10.540 Look at the end of verse 7. 00:07:10.540 --> 00:07:15.720 He looked for justice, but saw bloodshed. 00:07:15.920 --> 00:07:21.060 He looked for righteousness, but he heard cries of distress. 00:07:22.520 --> 00:07:25.840 And in response, God judged the vine. 00:07:26.920 --> 00:07:27.800 Look at verse 4. 00:07:27.800 --> 00:07:32.540 What more could have been done for my vineyard than I have done for it? 00:07:32.860 --> 00:07:36.600 When I looked for good grapes, why did it yield only bad? 00:07:37.400 --> 00:07:40.819 Now I will tell you what I am going to do to my vineyard. 00:07:40.980 --> 00:07:43.840 I will take away its hedge and it will be destroyed. 00:07:44.000 --> 00:07:46.900 I will break down its walls and it will be trampled. 00:07:46.899 --> 00:07:51.019 I will make it a wasteland neither pruned nor cultivated. 00:07:51.500 --> 00:07:53.799 And briars and thorns will grow there. 00:07:54.019 --> 00:07:57.379 I will command the clouds not to rain on it. 00:07:58.599 --> 00:08:01.339 A judgment of God upon his people. 00:08:01.699 --> 00:08:08.579 Because they fail to be the fruit-bearing vine that he had called them to be. 00:08:09.959 --> 00:08:14.620 Now it seems from this that the vine, the vineyard, has been a failure. 00:08:14.620 --> 00:08:21.120 But God doesn't give up on his promise to reach the nations and bring his salvation. 00:08:22.259 --> 00:08:24.620 Flick on to Isaiah chapter 27. 00:08:25.540 --> 00:08:28.060 Because here we see a further promise. 00:08:28.199 --> 00:08:32.720 We could go to many different places, but this one I think helps sums it up. 00:08:34.200 --> 00:08:36.039 Isaiah 27 verse 2. 00:08:36.139 --> 00:08:37.820 Here is a promise of restoration. 00:08:39.100 --> 00:08:44.000 In that day, verse 2, sing about a fruitful vineyard. 00:08:44.620 --> 00:08:47.580 I, the Lord, watch over it. 00:08:47.840 --> 00:08:49.620 I water it continually. 00:08:50.120 --> 00:08:54.379 I guard it day and night so that no one may harm it. 00:08:55.299 --> 00:08:56.060 And verse 6. 00:08:57.039 --> 00:09:01.720 In days to come, Jacob, that's the people of Israel, will take root. 00:09:02.600 --> 00:09:11.000 Israel, my people, will bud and blossom and fill all the world with fruit. 00:09:11.000 --> 00:09:22.220 It's a wonderful picture of this vineyard spreading out its branches into all the world so that it bears fruit. 00:09:23.799 --> 00:09:27.799 Now that promise became a reality with the coming of Jesus. 00:09:27.799 --> 00:09:38.019 Jesus said, I am the true vine. 00:09:38.859 --> 00:09:45.099 Jesus came as the true vine sent by God and planted in the world. 00:09:45.100 --> 00:09:50.480 He came to replace or fulfil what Israel were meant to be. 00:09:52.060 --> 00:09:57.279 Now when we say Jesus has replaced Israel, it's not more of the same. 00:09:57.600 --> 00:09:59.240 It's completely different. 00:10:00.279 --> 00:10:02.899 Jesus is everything that Israel were not. 00:10:04.180 --> 00:10:06.440 Israel had been sent into the nations. 00:10:06.779 --> 00:10:08.040 They were planted there. 00:10:08.039 --> 00:10:10.500 They were to be a blessing to the others. 00:10:10.759 --> 00:10:12.059 But they had failed. 00:10:12.939 --> 00:10:16.299 Rather than lead people to God, they turned people away from God. 00:10:17.179 --> 00:10:21.199 And in contrast, Jesus the vine was sent into the world. 00:10:23.139 --> 00:10:25.740 Jesus came to die for us. 00:10:25.740 --> 00:10:35.240 And through his death, the way is now open for people from every race and every culture and every background, whoever they are, 00:10:35.740 --> 00:10:41.019 to receive the blessings of God, to receive forgiveness for all of their sin, 00:10:41.100 --> 00:10:44.740 to find peace with God and the hope of eternity with him. 00:10:44.740 --> 00:10:50.440 So Jesus comes as the true vine planted in the world, 00:10:50.860 --> 00:10:56.080 welcoming all who will come to him to find the new and eternal life. 00:10:56.840 --> 00:11:06.220 Jesus as the true vine comes into the world and he expands the mission of God out to the world and to the nations. 00:11:08.680 --> 00:11:12.139 So that is the true vine, the first metaphor. 00:11:12.139 --> 00:11:18.699 The second metaphor is of the gardener working among the vine. 00:11:19.580 --> 00:11:26.179 We can picture the gardener coming along, walking down through the vineyard and cutting and snipping away. 00:11:26.960 --> 00:11:28.860 That's what we have in verse 2. 00:11:29.939 --> 00:11:34.080 The Father cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, 00:11:34.639 --> 00:11:40.220 while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. 00:11:42.139 --> 00:11:44.980 Now can you see how all of this relates to us? 00:11:44.980 --> 00:11:46.259 Remember in verse 5 it says, 00:11:46.460 --> 00:11:47.679 We are the branches. 00:11:49.679 --> 00:11:54.179 The Father is the gardener, walking amongst his people. 00:11:54.519 --> 00:11:56.620 He's working in us. 00:11:56.620 --> 00:12:05.159 And it seems he has two roles, which is all about producing more fruit. 00:12:06.779 --> 00:12:08.600 First he is a negative one. 00:12:08.679 --> 00:12:09.860 He cuts off. 00:12:11.360 --> 00:12:12.740 Look at verse 2 again. 00:12:13.580 --> 00:12:17.460 He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit. 00:12:17.460 --> 00:12:21.019 If we want to see growth and we want to see fruit, 00:12:21.500 --> 00:12:25.200 then all the useless parts must be cut off and cleared away. 00:12:25.720 --> 00:12:27.519 Any gardener will tell you that. 00:12:28.340 --> 00:12:30.700 In winter and in spring all the dead branches, 00:12:31.200 --> 00:12:32.680 the ones without any life, 00:12:32.940 --> 00:12:36.000 are simply cut away, gathered, taken off, 00:12:36.400 --> 00:12:37.700 and then thrown away. 00:12:37.700 --> 00:12:40.200 The image is repeated for us in verse 6. 00:12:41.160 --> 00:12:42.800 If anyone does not remain in me, 00:12:42.860 --> 00:12:45.800 he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers. 00:12:46.200 --> 00:12:49.879 Such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire, and burned. 00:12:53.020 --> 00:12:54.980 Now it's quite a stark picture, 00:12:55.500 --> 00:12:59.040 but it's a very clear picture of what God will do 00:12:59.040 --> 00:13:02.000 with those who claim to be followers of Jesus, 00:13:02.360 --> 00:13:03.720 but are actually not. 00:13:03.720 --> 00:13:06.779 Now within this context here, 00:13:06.860 --> 00:13:09.019 the obvious example is Judas. 00:13:09.759 --> 00:13:11.340 Look back at chapter 13. 00:13:12.420 --> 00:13:14.980 He claimed to be a follower of Jesus. 00:13:15.940 --> 00:13:17.519 Chapter 13, verse 20. 00:13:18.519 --> 00:13:19.340 I tell you the truth, 00:13:19.440 --> 00:13:22.100 whoever accepts anyone I send accepts me, 00:13:22.540 --> 00:13:24.320 and whoever accepts me 00:13:24.320 --> 00:13:26.040 accepts the one who sent me. 00:13:26.980 --> 00:13:28.320 After he had said this, 00:13:28.420 --> 00:13:30.500 Jesus was troubled in spirit and testified, 00:13:30.980 --> 00:13:32.160 I tell you the truth, 00:13:32.159 --> 00:13:35.620 one of you is going to betray me. 00:13:36.799 --> 00:13:38.259 Down to verse 26. 00:13:39.199 --> 00:13:40.100 Jesus answered, 00:13:40.699 --> 00:13:44.259 It is the one to whom I will give this piece of bread 00:13:44.259 --> 00:13:45.919 when I have dipped it in the dish. 00:13:46.519 --> 00:13:48.019 Then dipping the piece of bread, 00:13:48.240 --> 00:13:50.799 he gave it to Judas Iscariot, son of Simon. 00:13:51.279 --> 00:13:52.919 As soon as Judas took the bread, 00:13:53.379 --> 00:13:54.719 Satan entered into him. 00:13:55.439 --> 00:13:57.100 What you are about to do, 00:13:57.500 --> 00:13:58.360 do quickly, 00:13:58.919 --> 00:13:59.919 Jesus told him. 00:13:59.919 --> 00:14:01.699 You see, 00:14:02.379 --> 00:14:04.879 Judas looked like a believer. 00:14:05.459 --> 00:14:07.679 He had been with Jesus for the last few years. 00:14:08.339 --> 00:14:10.079 He had been with the rest of the disciples. 00:14:10.240 --> 00:14:11.039 He read his Bible. 00:14:11.159 --> 00:14:12.439 He went to church like the rest of them. 00:14:12.459 --> 00:14:13.719 He did all kinds of good things. 00:14:13.959 --> 00:14:15.799 And they all thought he was a true disciple. 00:14:16.319 --> 00:14:19.019 But God knew his true heart. 00:14:19.019 --> 00:14:25.500 It was like he was cut away from the vine. 00:14:25.500 --> 00:14:29.419 Now this, of course, 00:14:29.740 --> 00:14:32.320 raises a very big question for us. 00:14:33.120 --> 00:14:34.179 Which is simply this. 00:14:34.419 --> 00:14:37.179 Can people who say they are Christians 00:14:37.179 --> 00:14:38.419 fall away from God? 00:14:38.600 --> 00:14:40.139 Can I be a Christian this year 00:14:40.139 --> 00:14:41.799 and then next year not be a Christian? 00:14:43.740 --> 00:14:45.419 Well, this cutting off 00:14:45.419 --> 00:14:47.779 is not meant to cause us doubt. 00:14:47.779 --> 00:14:51.360 Remember what Jesus has already said 00:14:51.360 --> 00:14:52.899 back in chapter 10 00:14:52.899 --> 00:14:57.419 verse 20 00:14:57.419 --> 00:15:03.679 Sorry, John chapter 10 verse 28 00:15:03.679 --> 00:15:07.039 Jesus says, 00:15:07.139 --> 00:15:08.819 I give them eternal life 00:15:08.819 --> 00:15:10.739 and they shall never perish. 00:15:11.539 --> 00:15:14.559 No one can snatch them out of my hand. 00:15:15.019 --> 00:15:17.359 My Father who has given them to me 00:15:17.359 --> 00:15:19.059 is greater than all. 00:15:19.519 --> 00:15:22.679 No one can snatch them out of my Father's hand. 00:15:22.679 --> 00:15:27.419 You see there, it's quite clear, isn't it? 00:15:28.799 --> 00:15:30.579 Jesus gives eternal life 00:15:30.579 --> 00:15:32.219 and he will keep those 00:15:32.219 --> 00:15:33.659 who he gives eternal life to. 00:15:33.779 --> 00:15:34.939 Nobody can take them away. 00:15:35.199 --> 00:15:36.359 They can't fall away. 00:15:36.459 --> 00:15:37.319 He will keep them. 00:15:38.699 --> 00:15:41.500 So the purpose of John chapter 15 00:15:41.500 --> 00:15:43.899 is not to cause us doubt 00:15:43.899 --> 00:15:44.359 and wonder, 00:15:44.599 --> 00:15:46.699 I wonder if I'm going to fall away as a Christian. 00:15:47.599 --> 00:15:49.199 But to remind us 00:15:49.199 --> 00:15:51.819 that all true disciples 00:15:51.820 --> 00:15:54.200 bear fruit. 00:15:55.480 --> 00:15:57.580 You can't be a disciple, 00:15:57.840 --> 00:15:59.940 you can't claim to be a disciple 00:15:59.940 --> 00:16:01.560 and not bear fruit. 00:16:02.320 --> 00:16:03.920 It's two sides of the one coin. 00:16:04.200 --> 00:16:05.300 Disciple and fruit. 00:16:06.240 --> 00:16:07.820 You can't have one without the other. 00:16:08.640 --> 00:16:11.140 As it says in 15 verse 8 00:16:11.140 --> 00:16:12.660 This is to my Father's glory 00:16:12.660 --> 00:16:13.840 that you bear much fruit 00:16:13.840 --> 00:16:15.340 showing yourselves 00:16:15.340 --> 00:16:17.300 to be my disciples. 00:16:18.300 --> 00:16:20.760 So if you have trusted Christ 00:16:20.759 --> 00:16:22.679 and you are following him 00:16:22.679 --> 00:16:24.819 the promise is 00:16:24.819 --> 00:16:26.939 people will come to Christ 00:16:26.939 --> 00:16:28.819 people will trust Christ 00:16:28.819 --> 00:16:30.200 because of you. 00:16:30.200 --> 00:16:35.200 We'll come back to that 00:16:35.200 --> 00:16:36.640 in a little while. 00:16:37.720 --> 00:16:38.620 But that's the first rule. 00:16:38.680 --> 00:16:39.320 He cuts away. 00:16:39.420 --> 00:16:40.480 It's a negative one. 00:16:40.720 --> 00:16:42.000 Then there's a positive one. 00:16:43.740 --> 00:16:45.240 Look at the rest of verse 2. 00:16:47.360 --> 00:16:48.820 He cuts off every branch 00:16:48.820 --> 00:16:49.900 in me that bears no fruit 00:16:49.900 --> 00:16:51.980 and while every branch 00:16:51.980 --> 00:16:53.280 that does bear fruit 00:16:53.280 --> 00:16:54.200 he prunes 00:16:54.200 --> 00:16:55.920 so that it will be 00:16:55.920 --> 00:16:57.140 even more fruitful. 00:16:57.139 --> 00:16:59.939 Now being fruitful 00:16:59.939 --> 00:17:01.480 is not about perfection. 00:17:01.799 --> 00:17:02.639 He doesn't call us 00:17:02.639 --> 00:17:03.399 to be perfect. 00:17:03.840 --> 00:17:05.039 It's about pruning. 00:17:05.900 --> 00:17:06.339 And again 00:17:06.339 --> 00:17:07.940 the imagery is striking. 00:17:09.039 --> 00:17:10.220 Where the gardener 00:17:10.220 --> 00:17:11.019 sees life 00:17:11.019 --> 00:17:12.900 where he sees 00:17:12.900 --> 00:17:14.099 bunches of grapes 00:17:14.099 --> 00:17:15.059 where he sees 00:17:15.059 --> 00:17:15.900 a lot happening 00:17:15.900 --> 00:17:17.160 he works on it 00:17:17.160 --> 00:17:17.859 even more. 00:17:18.059 --> 00:17:19.220 He cuts it back. 00:17:19.319 --> 00:17:20.240 He snips away 00:17:20.240 --> 00:17:20.839 all the bits 00:17:20.839 --> 00:17:21.440 that are no good. 00:17:21.440 --> 00:17:23.160 He cuts it back 00:17:23.160 --> 00:17:25.160 so that it will be 00:17:25.160 --> 00:17:26.160 more fruitful. 00:17:28.019 --> 00:17:29.740 But notice how he does it. 00:17:29.840 --> 00:17:30.360 Verse 3. 00:17:32.039 --> 00:17:33.420 You are already clean 00:17:33.420 --> 00:17:34.380 because of the word 00:17:34.380 --> 00:17:36.180 that I have spoken to you. 00:17:37.400 --> 00:17:39.240 The word of Christ 00:17:39.240 --> 00:17:41.920 has already cleaned 00:17:41.920 --> 00:17:42.720 the disciples. 00:17:42.860 --> 00:17:43.700 We'll come back to that 00:17:43.700 --> 00:17:44.539 in a minute. 00:17:44.920 --> 00:17:45.980 But that's what the word does. 00:17:46.019 --> 00:17:46.960 It cleans us. 00:17:47.759 --> 00:17:49.400 The gospel has taken effect 00:17:49.400 --> 00:17:50.380 in their lives. 00:17:50.680 --> 00:17:52.320 But it doesn't stop there. 00:17:53.360 --> 00:17:54.280 God's word also 00:17:54.280 --> 00:17:55.780 has a pruning effect 00:17:55.780 --> 00:17:56.820 in our lives. 00:17:57.560 --> 00:17:58.420 We see this in 00:17:58.420 --> 00:17:59.540 chapter 17 00:17:59.540 --> 00:18:01.900 verse 17. 00:18:04.740 --> 00:18:05.900 John 17 00:18:05.900 --> 00:18:06.600 verse 17 00:18:06.600 --> 00:18:07.019 it says 00:18:07.019 --> 00:18:08.540 sanctify them. 00:18:08.780 --> 00:18:09.860 That word means 00:18:09.860 --> 00:18:11.600 to make holy 00:18:11.600 --> 00:18:13.220 to set apart 00:18:13.220 --> 00:18:16.680 to purify. 00:18:16.680 --> 00:18:18.759 So he says 00:18:18.759 --> 00:18:20.680 sanctify them 00:18:20.680 --> 00:18:22.500 by the truth. 00:18:23.500 --> 00:18:24.740 Your word 00:18:24.740 --> 00:18:26.500 is truth. 00:18:27.700 --> 00:18:28.100 You see 00:18:28.100 --> 00:18:28.920 God's word 00:18:28.920 --> 00:18:30.120 not just 00:18:30.120 --> 00:18:30.779 cleans us 00:18:30.779 --> 00:18:31.539 and makes it right 00:18:31.539 --> 00:18:32.160 with God 00:18:32.160 --> 00:18:33.460 but it goes on 00:18:33.460 --> 00:18:34.259 working in us 00:18:34.259 --> 00:18:35.380 cleaning us 00:18:35.380 --> 00:18:36.380 pruning us 00:18:36.380 --> 00:18:38.019 purifying us. 00:18:39.460 --> 00:18:40.500 God's word 00:18:40.500 --> 00:18:41.620 works in our life 00:18:41.620 --> 00:18:42.600 taking away 00:18:42.600 --> 00:18:43.160 the bits 00:18:43.160 --> 00:18:43.980 that are useless 00:18:43.980 --> 00:18:44.740 the bits 00:18:44.740 --> 00:18:45.620 that are no good 00:18:45.620 --> 00:18:46.380 so that we 00:18:46.380 --> 00:18:46.980 become more 00:18:46.980 --> 00:18:47.500 like Christ 00:18:47.500 --> 00:18:47.960 so that we 00:18:47.960 --> 00:18:48.579 become more 00:18:48.579 --> 00:18:49.120 fruitful. 00:18:50.380 --> 00:18:51.440 So if we want 00:18:51.440 --> 00:18:52.099 to see more 00:18:52.099 --> 00:18:53.299 fruit in our lives 00:18:53.299 --> 00:18:54.299 if we want 00:18:54.299 --> 00:18:55.339 to see more 00:18:55.339 --> 00:18:56.019 people come 00:18:56.019 --> 00:18:56.720 to Christ 00:18:56.720 --> 00:18:58.400 then we must 00:18:58.400 --> 00:18:58.900 be people 00:18:58.900 --> 00:18:59.440 who take 00:18:59.440 --> 00:19:00.200 God's word 00:19:00.200 --> 00:19:01.299 seriously. 00:19:02.019 --> 00:19:02.799 It's not just 00:19:02.799 --> 00:19:03.579 something we turn 00:19:03.579 --> 00:19:04.799 to in a time 00:19:04.799 --> 00:19:05.339 of trouble 00:19:05.339 --> 00:19:06.599 or just on a 00:19:06.599 --> 00:19:06.940 Sunday. 00:19:07.900 --> 00:19:08.480 It's got to be 00:19:08.480 --> 00:19:09.039 part of our 00:19:09.039 --> 00:19:09.599 appetite 00:19:09.599 --> 00:19:10.259 part of our 00:19:10.259 --> 00:19:10.720 diet 00:19:10.720 --> 00:19:11.440 every day. 00:19:11.440 --> 00:19:14.460 of course 00:19:14.460 --> 00:19:15.200 pruning is 00:19:15.200 --> 00:19:15.759 painful 00:19:15.759 --> 00:19:16.380 isn't it? 00:19:16.559 --> 00:19:17.000 If you could 00:19:17.000 --> 00:19:17.680 ask a branch 00:19:17.680 --> 00:19:18.240 what it's like 00:19:18.240 --> 00:19:18.720 when they get 00:19:18.720 --> 00:19:19.100 cut 00:19:19.100 --> 00:19:20.279 it's painful 00:19:20.279 --> 00:19:22.640 and so it 00:19:22.640 --> 00:19:23.000 is 00:19:23.000 --> 00:19:24.299 when God's 00:19:24.299 --> 00:19:24.880 word takes 00:19:24.880 --> 00:19:25.559 effect in our 00:19:25.559 --> 00:19:25.740 life 00:19:25.740 --> 00:19:26.820 nobody likes 00:19:26.820 --> 00:19:27.440 the spirit 00:19:27.440 --> 00:19:28.019 of God 00:19:28.019 --> 00:19:29.680 showing us 00:19:29.680 --> 00:19:30.240 through his 00:19:30.240 --> 00:19:30.680 word 00:19:30.680 --> 00:19:31.840 the areas 00:19:31.840 --> 00:19:32.460 of our lives 00:19:32.460 --> 00:19:32.960 that need 00:19:32.960 --> 00:19:33.820 cleaned up 00:19:33.820 --> 00:19:34.640 and cut 00:19:34.640 --> 00:19:35.019 off. 00:19:35.820 --> 00:19:36.320 It's not 00:19:36.320 --> 00:19:37.220 nice to be 00:19:37.220 --> 00:19:38.380 shown things 00:19:38.380 --> 00:19:38.980 that are wrong 00:19:38.980 --> 00:19:40.240 and how we 00:19:40.240 --> 00:19:40.819 should be 00:19:40.819 --> 00:19:43.140 but as the 00:19:43.140 --> 00:19:43.920 word of God 00:19:43.920 --> 00:19:44.920 takes effect 00:19:44.920 --> 00:19:45.880 in our lives 00:19:45.880 --> 00:19:47.440 the positive 00:19:47.440 --> 00:19:48.079 is that he 00:19:48.079 --> 00:19:48.880 is changing 00:19:48.880 --> 00:19:49.360 us and 00:19:49.360 --> 00:19:50.180 transforming 00:19:50.180 --> 00:19:51.839 us so 00:19:51.839 --> 00:19:52.360 that we 00:19:52.360 --> 00:19:52.920 can become 00:19:52.920 --> 00:19:53.779 more fruitful. 00:19:55.839 --> 00:19:56.779 So the 00:19:56.779 --> 00:19:57.700 father comes 00:19:57.700 --> 00:19:58.039 as the 00:19:58.039 --> 00:19:58.680 gardener 00:19:58.680 --> 00:19:59.839 walking 00:19:59.839 --> 00:20:00.599 amongst his 00:20:00.599 --> 00:20:00.980 vine 00:20:00.980 --> 00:20:01.700 walking 00:20:01.700 --> 00:20:02.500 amongst his 00:20:02.500 --> 00:20:02.980 people 00:20:02.980 --> 00:20:05.140 cutting off 00:20:05.140 --> 00:20:05.880 those who 00:20:05.880 --> 00:20:06.259 do not 00:20:06.259 --> 00:20:06.680 bear fruit 00:20:06.680 --> 00:20:07.160 because they 00:20:07.160 --> 00:20:07.480 are not 00:20:07.480 --> 00:20:08.279 true disciples. 00:20:08.980 --> 00:20:10.120 and pruning 00:20:10.120 --> 00:20:10.940 those who 00:20:10.940 --> 00:20:11.660 are fruitful 00:20:11.660 --> 00:20:12.099 so that 00:20:12.099 --> 00:20:12.440 they can 00:20:12.440 --> 00:20:13.339 be even 00:20:13.339 --> 00:20:14.400 more fruitful. 00:20:17.079 --> 00:20:17.920 So we 00:20:17.920 --> 00:20:18.240 have the 00:20:18.240 --> 00:20:18.579 vine 00:20:18.579 --> 00:20:19.860 we have 00:20:19.860 --> 00:20:20.059 the 00:20:20.059 --> 00:20:20.779 gardener 00:20:20.779 --> 00:20:22.480 and the 00:20:22.480 --> 00:20:23.200 last metaphor 00:20:23.200 --> 00:20:24.000 is that 00:20:24.000 --> 00:20:24.279 of the 00:20:24.279 --> 00:20:24.799 branches. 00:20:25.339 --> 00:20:25.539 Look at 00:20:25.539 --> 00:20:26.079 verse 5 00:20:26.079 --> 00:20:26.720 Jesus says 00:20:26.720 --> 00:20:27.140 I am 00:20:27.140 --> 00:20:27.559 the vine 00:20:27.559 --> 00:20:28.680 and you 00:20:28.680 --> 00:20:29.700 are the 00:20:29.700 --> 00:20:30.160 branches. 00:20:31.579 --> 00:20:32.120 Now while 00:20:32.120 --> 00:20:32.660 the branches 00:20:32.660 --> 00:20:33.700 are important 00:20:33.700 --> 00:20:35.140 they must 00:20:35.140 --> 00:20:35.779 be seen 00:20:35.779 --> 00:20:36.779 in relation 00:20:36.779 --> 00:20:37.200 to the 00:20:37.200 --> 00:20:37.519 vine. 00:20:37.519 --> 00:20:38.700 they're 00:20:38.700 --> 00:20:39.139 connected 00:20:39.139 --> 00:20:41.200 and first 00:20:41.200 --> 00:20:41.599 we must 00:20:41.599 --> 00:20:42.400 see that 00:20:42.400 --> 00:20:42.900 we the 00:20:42.900 --> 00:20:43.680 branches are 00:20:43.680 --> 00:20:44.240 connected 00:20:44.240 --> 00:20:45.400 through Christ. 00:20:46.859 --> 00:20:47.599 Jesus as 00:20:47.599 --> 00:20:48.039 we've seen 00:20:48.039 --> 00:20:48.960 is the 00:20:48.960 --> 00:20:49.599 true vine. 00:20:49.980 --> 00:20:50.240 He has 00:20:50.240 --> 00:20:51.079 replaced the 00:20:51.079 --> 00:20:51.599 old. 00:20:52.599 --> 00:20:53.259 So it's 00:20:53.259 --> 00:20:53.940 our response 00:20:53.940 --> 00:20:54.559 to Jesus 00:20:54.559 --> 00:20:55.559 that determines 00:20:55.559 --> 00:20:56.279 whether we are 00:20:56.279 --> 00:20:57.180 actually connected 00:20:57.180 --> 00:20:57.720 to the vine. 00:20:57.960 --> 00:20:58.559 We have to 00:20:58.559 --> 00:20:59.039 ask that 00:20:59.039 --> 00:20:59.720 question am I 00:20:59.720 --> 00:21:00.180 in the vine 00:21:00.180 --> 00:21:00.579 or am I 00:21:00.579 --> 00:21:00.960 not? 00:21:01.859 --> 00:21:02.619 What's my 00:21:02.619 --> 00:21:03.359 response to 00:21:03.359 --> 00:21:03.660 Jesus? 00:21:04.379 --> 00:21:04.879 And how 00:21:04.879 --> 00:21:05.940 can I be 00:21:05.940 --> 00:21:06.500 in the vine? 00:21:06.759 --> 00:21:07.059 Well look 00:21:07.059 --> 00:21:07.720 at verse 3 00:21:07.720 --> 00:21:09.860 You are 00:21:09.860 --> 00:21:10.299 already 00:21:10.299 --> 00:21:11.259 clean because 00:21:11.259 --> 00:21:11.660 of the 00:21:11.660 --> 00:21:12.259 word I 00:21:12.259 --> 00:21:12.860 have spoken 00:21:12.860 --> 00:21:13.380 to you. 00:21:14.080 --> 00:21:14.779 It's the 00:21:14.779 --> 00:21:15.220 word of 00:21:15.220 --> 00:21:15.640 God that 00:21:15.640 --> 00:21:16.779 cleans us 00:21:16.779 --> 00:21:18.080 that makes 00:21:18.080 --> 00:21:19.220 us acceptable 00:21:19.220 --> 00:21:19.940 to God 00:21:19.940 --> 00:21:21.700 that makes 00:21:21.700 --> 00:21:22.259 us part 00:21:22.259 --> 00:21:22.820 of the vine. 00:21:23.960 --> 00:21:24.620 Let's have 00:21:24.620 --> 00:21:24.880 a look at 00:21:24.880 --> 00:21:25.400 this in 00:21:25.400 --> 00:21:25.940 more detail 00:21:25.940 --> 00:21:26.420 go back 00:21:26.420 --> 00:21:26.840 to chapter 00:21:26.840 --> 00:21:27.420 13 00:21:27.420 --> 00:21:28.160 verse 6 00:21:28.160 --> 00:21:29.300 You see 00:21:29.300 --> 00:21:30.120 this whole 00:21:30.120 --> 00:21:30.540 section 00:21:30.540 --> 00:21:31.160 13 to 00:21:31.160 --> 00:21:31.460 17 00:21:31.460 --> 00:21:32.400 is all 00:21:32.400 --> 00:21:33.380 intertwined 00:21:33.380 --> 00:21:35.580 chapter 13 00:21:35.580 --> 00:21:36.300 verse 6 00:21:36.300 --> 00:21:39.140 This is at 00:21:39.140 --> 00:21:40.180 the Passover 00:21:40.180 --> 00:21:40.779 meal 00:21:40.779 --> 00:21:42.360 and they're 00:21:42.360 --> 00:21:42.840 just about 00:21:42.840 --> 00:21:43.400 to sit down 00:21:43.400 --> 00:21:43.900 and have 00:21:43.900 --> 00:21:45.080 dinner together 00:21:45.080 --> 00:21:46.680 and as was 00:21:46.680 --> 00:21:47.360 custom 00:21:47.360 --> 00:21:48.460 after their 00:21:48.460 --> 00:21:49.060 walk and 00:21:49.060 --> 00:21:49.460 their dirty 00:21:49.460 --> 00:21:49.940 feet they 00:21:49.940 --> 00:21:50.279 would be 00:21:50.279 --> 00:21:50.700 washed. 00:21:52.500 --> 00:21:53.140 So Jesus 00:21:53.140 --> 00:21:53.460 came 00:21:53.460 --> 00:21:53.940 verse 6 00:21:53.940 --> 00:21:54.400 to Simon 00:21:54.400 --> 00:21:54.840 Peter 00:21:54.840 --> 00:21:55.800 who said 00:21:55.800 --> 00:21:56.160 to him 00:21:56.160 --> 00:21:57.460 Lord are 00:21:57.460 --> 00:21:57.820 you going 00:21:57.820 --> 00:21:58.279 to wash 00:21:58.279 --> 00:21:58.940 my feet? 00:22:01.360 --> 00:22:01.960 Jesus 00:22:01.960 --> 00:22:02.460 replied 00:22:02.460 --> 00:22:03.080 You do 00:22:03.080 --> 00:22:03.800 not realise 00:22:03.800 --> 00:22:04.320 now what 00:22:04.320 --> 00:22:04.880 I am doing 00:22:04.880 --> 00:22:05.900 but later 00:22:05.900 --> 00:22:06.620 you will 00:22:06.620 --> 00:22:07.279 understand. 00:22:09.180 --> 00:22:10.060 No said 00:22:10.060 --> 00:22:10.320 Peter 00:22:10.320 --> 00:22:10.779 you shall 00:22:10.779 --> 00:22:11.580 never wash 00:22:11.580 --> 00:22:12.180 my feet. 00:22:13.100 --> 00:22:13.340 Jesus 00:22:13.340 --> 00:22:13.800 answered 00:22:13.800 --> 00:22:14.720 Unless I 00:22:14.720 --> 00:22:15.420 wash you 00:22:15.420 --> 00:22:16.720 you have 00:22:16.720 --> 00:22:17.540 no part 00:22:17.540 --> 00:22:18.259 with me. 00:22:19.460 --> 00:22:20.200 Then Lord 00:22:20.200 --> 00:22:20.860 Simon Peter 00:22:20.860 --> 00:22:21.259 replied 00:22:21.259 --> 00:22:21.960 not just 00:22:21.960 --> 00:22:22.480 my feet 00:22:22.480 --> 00:22:22.779 and my 00:22:22.779 --> 00:22:23.080 hands 00:22:23.080 --> 00:22:23.800 but my 00:22:23.800 --> 00:22:24.320 head 00:22:24.320 --> 00:22:25.160 as well. 00:22:26.160 --> 00:22:26.519 Jesus 00:22:26.519 --> 00:22:26.900 answered 00:22:26.900 --> 00:22:27.400 A person 00:22:27.400 --> 00:22:27.740 who has 00:22:27.740 --> 00:22:28.040 had a 00:22:28.040 --> 00:22:28.320 bath 00:22:28.320 --> 00:22:28.560 needs 00:22:28.560 --> 00:22:28.740 only 00:22:28.740 --> 00:22:29.120 to wash 00:22:29.120 --> 00:22:29.460 his feet 00:22:29.460 --> 00:22:30.140 his whole 00:22:30.140 --> 00:22:30.440 body 00:22:30.440 --> 00:22:30.980 is clean. 00:22:35.600 --> 00:22:36.460 Of course 00:22:36.460 --> 00:22:37.120 Jesus 00:22:37.120 --> 00:22:37.779 didn't mean 00:22:37.779 --> 00:22:38.380 here a 00:22:38.380 --> 00:22:38.759 physical 00:22:38.759 --> 00:22:39.279 cleaning. 00:22:39.960 --> 00:22:40.160 As he 00:22:40.160 --> 00:22:40.360 said 00:22:40.360 --> 00:22:41.019 it wasn't 00:22:41.019 --> 00:22:41.380 about 00:22:41.380 --> 00:22:42.180 having a 00:22:42.180 --> 00:22:42.500 bath 00:22:42.500 --> 00:22:42.960 or a 00:22:42.960 --> 00:22:43.240 shower. 00:22:44.200 --> 00:22:44.840 He was 00:22:44.840 --> 00:22:45.820 talking about 00:22:45.820 --> 00:22:46.100 being 00:22:46.100 --> 00:22:47.040 spiritually 00:22:47.040 --> 00:22:47.519 clean. 00:22:48.800 --> 00:22:49.060 And the 00:22:49.060 --> 00:22:49.500 cleaning 00:22:49.500 --> 00:22:50.440 that Jesus 00:22:50.440 --> 00:22:51.140 would do 00:22:51.140 --> 00:22:52.480 would happen 00:22:52.480 --> 00:22:52.840 when he 00:22:52.840 --> 00:22:53.320 goes to 00:22:53.320 --> 00:22:53.960 the cross 00:22:53.960 --> 00:22:55.819 where he 00:22:55.819 --> 00:22:56.579 would clean 00:22:56.579 --> 00:22:57.319 them of 00:22:57.319 --> 00:22:57.759 their sin. 00:22:58.000 --> 00:22:58.299 He would 00:22:58.299 --> 00:22:58.980 take their 00:22:58.980 --> 00:22:59.299 sin, 00:22:59.420 --> 00:23:00.140 their failure 00:23:00.140 --> 00:23:01.019 upon himself 00:23:01.019 --> 00:23:01.440 and he 00:23:01.440 --> 00:23:01.840 would take 00:23:01.840 --> 00:23:02.400 the blame 00:23:02.400 --> 00:23:02.880 for that. 00:23:03.160 --> 00:23:03.440 And through 00:23:03.440 --> 00:23:04.160 trust in him 00:23:04.160 --> 00:23:05.019 we could be 00:23:05.019 --> 00:23:05.600 clean. 00:23:07.340 --> 00:23:08.600 So it's 00:23:08.600 --> 00:23:09.160 how we 00:23:09.160 --> 00:23:09.940 respond to 00:23:09.940 --> 00:23:11.120 Jesus and 00:23:11.120 --> 00:23:11.880 his death 00:23:11.880 --> 00:23:12.620 for us 00:23:12.620 --> 00:23:14.140 that determines 00:23:14.140 --> 00:23:14.960 whether we are 00:23:14.960 --> 00:23:15.840 connected to 00:23:15.840 --> 00:23:16.279 Christ. 00:23:17.240 --> 00:23:17.759 Those who 00:23:17.759 --> 00:23:18.660 trust Christ, 00:23:18.960 --> 00:23:19.400 those who 00:23:19.400 --> 00:23:20.259 look to him 00:23:20.259 --> 00:23:20.680 for that 00:23:20.680 --> 00:23:21.200 cleaning, 00:23:21.319 --> 00:23:21.920 that inner 00:23:21.920 --> 00:23:22.380 cleaning, 00:23:22.980 --> 00:23:24.800 are connected 00:23:24.800 --> 00:23:25.220 to the 00:23:25.220 --> 00:23:25.539 vine. 00:23:26.620 --> 00:23:27.500 They become 00:23:27.500 --> 00:23:28.279 the branches. 00:23:28.660 --> 00:23:28.880 They are 00:23:28.880 --> 00:23:30.160 like grafted 00:23:30.160 --> 00:23:30.440 in. 00:23:35.140 --> 00:23:35.960 So we are 00:23:35.960 --> 00:23:36.360 connected 00:23:36.360 --> 00:23:37.160 through Christ. 00:23:37.519 --> 00:23:37.820 Now the 00:23:37.820 --> 00:23:38.480 purpose of 00:23:38.480 --> 00:23:39.160 being connected 00:23:39.160 --> 00:23:39.860 to the vine 00:23:39.860 --> 00:23:41.560 is fruitfulness. 00:23:43.700 --> 00:23:44.360 So the 00:23:44.360 --> 00:23:44.820 question we 00:23:44.820 --> 00:23:45.340 need to ask 00:23:45.340 --> 00:23:45.840 is, well 00:23:45.840 --> 00:23:46.620 how can we 00:23:46.620 --> 00:23:47.160 be fruitful 00:23:47.160 --> 00:23:47.580 if we're 00:23:47.580 --> 00:23:48.200 branches in 00:23:48.200 --> 00:23:48.519 the vine 00:23:48.519 --> 00:23:49.600 how can 00:23:49.600 --> 00:23:50.100 we bring 00:23:50.100 --> 00:23:50.779 about fruit? 00:23:51.920 --> 00:23:53.680 Well fruit 00:23:53.680 --> 00:23:54.519 bearing is 00:23:54.519 --> 00:23:55.519 ultimately the 00:23:55.519 --> 00:23:56.640 responsibility and 00:23:56.640 --> 00:23:57.100 work of 00:23:57.100 --> 00:23:57.400 Jesus. 00:23:58.660 --> 00:23:59.259 It's not 00:23:59.259 --> 00:23:59.660 us. 00:23:59.759 --> 00:24:00.019 Look at 00:24:00.019 --> 00:24:00.539 verse 4 00:24:00.539 --> 00:24:02.240 chapter 15. 00:24:04.140 --> 00:24:04.660 Remain in 00:24:04.660 --> 00:24:05.740 me and I 00:24:05.740 --> 00:24:06.200 will remain 00:24:06.200 --> 00:24:06.560 in you. 00:24:06.660 --> 00:24:07.240 No branch 00:24:07.240 --> 00:24:07.680 can bear 00:24:07.680 --> 00:24:08.300 fruit by 00:24:08.300 --> 00:24:08.680 itself. 00:24:08.940 --> 00:24:09.480 It must 00:24:09.480 --> 00:24:10.220 remain in 00:24:10.220 --> 00:24:10.620 the vine. 00:24:11.080 --> 00:24:11.560 Neither can 00:24:11.560 --> 00:24:11.920 you bear 00:24:11.920 --> 00:24:12.580 fruit unless 00:24:12.580 --> 00:24:13.140 you remain 00:24:13.140 --> 00:24:13.620 in me. 00:24:14.519 --> 00:24:15.160 I am 00:24:15.160 --> 00:24:15.640 the vine, 00:24:15.920 --> 00:24:16.300 you are 00:24:16.300 --> 00:24:16.820 the branches. 00:24:17.160 --> 00:24:17.460 If a 00:24:17.460 --> 00:24:18.320 person remains 00:24:18.320 --> 00:24:18.900 in me and 00:24:18.900 --> 00:24:19.440 I in him, 00:24:19.700 --> 00:24:20.140 you will 00:24:20.140 --> 00:24:20.720 bear much 00:24:20.720 --> 00:24:21.100 fruit. 00:24:21.099 --> 00:24:21.959 apart from 00:24:21.959 --> 00:24:22.299 me you 00:24:22.299 --> 00:24:22.639 can do 00:24:22.639 --> 00:24:23.019 nothing. 00:24:24.480 --> 00:24:24.879 Now we 00:24:24.879 --> 00:24:25.219 don't need 00:24:25.219 --> 00:24:25.519 to know 00:24:25.519 --> 00:24:26.439 anything about 00:24:26.439 --> 00:24:27.639 gardening to 00:24:27.639 --> 00:24:28.000 get the 00:24:28.000 --> 00:24:28.599 point here. 00:24:29.519 --> 00:24:30.139 A branch 00:24:30.139 --> 00:24:30.539 that is 00:24:30.539 --> 00:24:31.259 connected to 00:24:31.259 --> 00:24:31.719 the vine 00:24:31.719 --> 00:24:32.419 will be 00:24:32.419 --> 00:24:32.799 fruitful, 00:24:33.419 --> 00:24:34.079 but a 00:24:34.079 --> 00:24:34.599 branch that 00:24:34.599 --> 00:24:35.419 is disconnected 00:24:35.419 --> 00:24:36.639 will be 00:24:36.639 --> 00:24:37.439 fruitless. 00:24:38.980 --> 00:24:39.539 Look what it 00:24:39.539 --> 00:24:40.079 says in 00:24:40.079 --> 00:24:40.679 verse 4. 00:24:40.859 --> 00:24:41.719 No branch 00:24:41.719 --> 00:24:42.559 can bear 00:24:42.559 --> 00:24:43.399 fruit by 00:24:43.399 --> 00:24:44.000 itself. 00:24:44.159 --> 00:24:44.379 End of 00:24:44.379 --> 00:24:44.839 verse 5. 00:24:45.199 --> 00:24:45.980 Apart from 00:24:45.980 --> 00:24:46.839 me you 00:24:46.839 --> 00:24:47.299 can do 00:24:47.299 --> 00:24:48.179 nothing. 00:24:48.180 --> 00:24:48.240 vine. 00:24:49.039 --> 00:24:49.279 In 00:24:49.279 --> 00:24:49.480 other 00:24:49.480 --> 00:24:49.740 words, 00:24:50.039 --> 00:24:50.259 it's 00:24:50.259 --> 00:24:50.960 the vine 00:24:50.960 --> 00:24:51.279 that 00:24:51.279 --> 00:24:51.840 produces 00:24:51.840 --> 00:24:52.740 the fruit. 00:24:53.200 --> 00:24:53.560 That's 00:24:53.560 --> 00:24:53.900 where the 00:24:53.900 --> 00:24:54.700 life comes 00:24:54.700 --> 00:24:54.980 from. 00:24:55.160 --> 00:24:55.539 It comes 00:24:55.539 --> 00:24:55.880 from the 00:24:55.880 --> 00:24:56.340 vine, 00:24:56.519 --> 00:24:57.820 from the 00:24:57.820 --> 00:24:58.580 main part. 00:24:59.400 --> 00:24:59.620 The 00:24:59.620 --> 00:25:00.259 source of 00:25:00.259 --> 00:25:00.860 life is 00:25:00.860 --> 00:25:01.320 Christ. 00:25:01.660 --> 00:25:02.039 He is 00:25:02.039 --> 00:25:02.320 the one 00:25:02.320 --> 00:25:02.980 who brings 00:25:02.980 --> 00:25:03.640 salvation 00:25:03.640 --> 00:25:04.420 into people's 00:25:04.420 --> 00:25:04.580 lives. 00:25:04.880 --> 00:25:05.500 It flows 00:25:05.500 --> 00:25:05.960 out through 00:25:05.960 --> 00:25:06.480 the branches 00:25:06.480 --> 00:25:07.220 to others, 00:25:07.320 --> 00:25:07.539 but it 00:25:07.539 --> 00:25:07.980 comes from 00:25:07.980 --> 00:25:08.420 Christ. 00:25:10.440 --> 00:25:11.039 So is 00:25:11.039 --> 00:25:11.480 that it? 00:25:12.560 --> 00:25:13.140 What do 00:25:13.140 --> 00:25:13.460 we do? 00:25:13.460 --> 00:25:14.440 If Christ 00:25:14.440 --> 00:25:14.759 is the 00:25:14.759 --> 00:25:15.039 one who 00:25:15.039 --> 00:25:15.340 does it 00:25:15.340 --> 00:25:15.460 all, 00:25:15.779 --> 00:25:16.259 what do 00:25:16.259 --> 00:25:16.700 I do? 00:25:17.720 --> 00:25:18.000 Well, 00:25:18.039 --> 00:25:18.299 again, 00:25:18.380 --> 00:25:18.880 we can't 00:25:18.880 --> 00:25:19.240 miss the 00:25:19.240 --> 00:25:19.700 point in 00:25:19.700 --> 00:25:20.200 these verses. 00:25:20.340 --> 00:25:20.559 Look at 00:25:20.559 --> 00:25:21.039 verse 4. 00:25:21.440 --> 00:25:21.799 It says, 00:25:22.059 --> 00:25:23.120 remain in 00:25:23.120 --> 00:25:23.539 me. 00:25:24.740 --> 00:25:25.900 Remain in 00:25:25.900 --> 00:25:26.440 the vine. 00:25:26.960 --> 00:25:27.200 It's 00:25:27.200 --> 00:25:28.259 repeated over 00:25:28.259 --> 00:25:28.700 and over. 00:25:29.120 --> 00:25:30.019 It's vital 00:25:30.019 --> 00:25:30.740 that we 00:25:30.740 --> 00:25:31.900 remain close 00:25:31.900 --> 00:25:32.779 and intimate 00:25:32.779 --> 00:25:33.319 in our 00:25:33.319 --> 00:25:33.799 relationship 00:25:33.799 --> 00:25:34.680 with Christ. 00:25:35.980 --> 00:25:36.600 And how 00:25:36.600 --> 00:25:36.980 do we do 00:25:36.980 --> 00:25:37.360 that? 00:25:38.200 --> 00:25:38.500 Well, 00:25:38.519 --> 00:25:38.940 we have a 00:25:38.940 --> 00:25:39.120 clue, 00:25:39.240 --> 00:25:39.559 don't we, 00:25:39.600 --> 00:25:40.319 in verse 7. 00:25:40.319 --> 00:25:43.220 if you 00:25:43.220 --> 00:25:43.819 remain in 00:25:43.819 --> 00:25:44.939 me and 00:25:44.939 --> 00:25:45.879 my words 00:25:45.879 --> 00:25:46.859 remain in 00:25:46.859 --> 00:25:47.299 you. 00:25:48.899 --> 00:25:49.419 You see, 00:25:49.500 --> 00:25:49.899 there's the 00:25:49.899 --> 00:25:50.519 clue to 00:25:50.519 --> 00:25:50.980 remaining 00:25:50.980 --> 00:25:51.679 in Christ 00:25:51.679 --> 00:25:53.859 is connected 00:25:53.859 --> 00:25:55.000 with remaining 00:25:55.000 --> 00:25:55.539 or being 00:25:55.539 --> 00:25:56.679 dependent upon 00:25:56.679 --> 00:25:57.419 his word. 00:25:59.539 --> 00:26:00.279 If you 00:26:00.279 --> 00:26:01.200 like, 00:26:01.279 --> 00:26:01.899 God's word 00:26:01.899 --> 00:26:03.019 is the 00:26:03.019 --> 00:26:03.779 nutrients, 00:26:04.000 --> 00:26:04.279 the 00:26:04.279 --> 00:26:05.379 fertilizer 00:26:05.379 --> 00:26:06.759 that will 00:26:06.759 --> 00:26:07.359 cause us 00:26:07.359 --> 00:26:07.960 to grow 00:26:07.960 --> 00:26:08.639 and be 00:26:08.639 --> 00:26:09.279 fruitful. 00:26:10.319 --> 00:26:11.500 Just like 00:26:11.500 --> 00:26:12.039 a gardener 00:26:12.039 --> 00:26:12.339 will put 00:26:12.339 --> 00:26:12.740 down all 00:26:12.740 --> 00:26:13.179 kinds of 00:26:13.179 --> 00:26:13.980 compost to 00:26:13.980 --> 00:26:14.899 make his 00:26:14.899 --> 00:26:15.779 garden grow, 00:26:16.059 --> 00:26:16.559 so the 00:26:16.559 --> 00:26:17.179 word is 00:26:17.179 --> 00:26:18.359 the nutrients 00:26:18.359 --> 00:26:19.019 that will 00:26:19.019 --> 00:26:19.539 help us 00:26:19.539 --> 00:26:19.980 to grow. 00:26:21.179 --> 00:26:21.519 And so 00:26:21.519 --> 00:26:21.879 if we 00:26:21.879 --> 00:26:22.579 remain, 00:26:22.879 --> 00:26:23.200 if we 00:26:23.200 --> 00:26:23.939 stay close 00:26:23.939 --> 00:26:24.399 to Christ, 00:26:24.579 --> 00:26:24.939 if we 00:26:24.939 --> 00:26:26.200 are taking 00:26:26.200 --> 00:26:26.460 him, 00:26:26.599 --> 00:26:27.319 absorbing 00:26:27.319 --> 00:26:27.839 him, 00:26:29.039 --> 00:26:29.639 we will 00:26:29.639 --> 00:26:30.480 bear fruit. 00:26:31.579 --> 00:26:32.379 In fact, 00:26:32.460 --> 00:26:32.819 there's a 00:26:32.819 --> 00:26:33.240 promise. 00:26:33.599 --> 00:26:34.019 If we're 00:26:34.019 --> 00:26:34.759 remaining in 00:26:34.759 --> 00:26:35.000 Christ, 00:26:35.079 --> 00:26:35.399 we can 00:26:35.399 --> 00:26:36.039 pray to 00:26:36.039 --> 00:26:36.539 God for 00:26:36.539 --> 00:26:37.019 people to 00:26:37.019 --> 00:26:37.460 come to 00:26:37.460 --> 00:26:37.759 Christ. 00:26:37.839 --> 00:26:38.079 Look at 00:26:38.079 --> 00:26:38.639 verse 7. 00:26:38.640 --> 00:26:39.440 If you 00:26:39.440 --> 00:26:40.000 remain in 00:26:40.000 --> 00:26:40.160 me, 00:26:40.220 --> 00:26:40.500 and my 00:26:40.500 --> 00:26:41.080 words remain 00:26:41.080 --> 00:26:41.500 in me, 00:26:41.780 --> 00:26:41.980 you, 00:26:42.320 --> 00:26:43.120 ask whatever 00:26:43.120 --> 00:26:43.620 you wish, 00:26:43.780 --> 00:26:44.040 and it 00:26:44.040 --> 00:26:44.360 will be 00:26:44.360 --> 00:26:45.259 given you. 00:26:46.560 --> 00:26:46.759 The 00:26:46.759 --> 00:26:47.380 whatever you 00:26:47.380 --> 00:26:48.080 wish here 00:26:48.080 --> 00:26:48.720 doesn't 00:26:48.720 --> 00:26:49.040 mean, 00:26:49.440 --> 00:26:49.560 well, 00:26:49.580 --> 00:26:49.840 I can 00:26:49.840 --> 00:26:50.200 ask for 00:26:50.200 --> 00:26:50.720 a car 00:26:50.720 --> 00:26:51.120 or for 00:26:51.120 --> 00:26:51.400 a new 00:26:51.400 --> 00:26:51.780 job. 00:26:52.000 --> 00:26:52.340 We can 00:26:52.340 --> 00:26:52.700 ask for 00:26:52.700 --> 00:26:53.060 those things, 00:26:53.100 --> 00:26:53.300 but it's 00:26:53.300 --> 00:26:54.060 not guaranteed. 00:26:54.240 --> 00:26:54.540 He's not 00:26:54.540 --> 00:26:54.800 saying, 00:26:54.880 --> 00:26:55.060 you know, 00:26:55.120 --> 00:26:55.480 whatever you 00:26:55.480 --> 00:26:55.960 like. 00:26:56.680 --> 00:26:56.880 No, 00:26:56.920 --> 00:26:57.340 the whatever 00:26:57.340 --> 00:26:57.860 you wish 00:26:57.860 --> 00:26:58.300 has to 00:26:58.300 --> 00:26:58.860 be related 00:26:58.860 --> 00:26:59.280 to the 00:26:59.280 --> 00:27:00.020 fruit that 00:27:00.020 --> 00:27:00.680 Jesus has 00:27:00.680 --> 00:27:01.160 promised. 00:27:02.500 --> 00:27:02.940 In 00:27:02.940 --> 00:27:03.300 prayer, 00:27:03.440 --> 00:27:03.980 we ask 00:27:03.980 --> 00:27:04.440 God to 00:27:04.440 --> 00:27:05.000 work through 00:27:05.000 --> 00:27:05.540 us so that 00:27:05.540 --> 00:27:06.020 people will 00:27:06.020 --> 00:27:06.460 come to 00:27:06.460 --> 00:27:06.680 Christ. 00:27:06.680 --> 00:27:07.320 it's the 00:27:07.320 --> 00:27:07.680 same in 00:27:07.680 --> 00:27:08.519 verse 16, 00:27:09.440 --> 00:27:09.759 where he 00:27:09.759 --> 00:27:10.200 tells them 00:27:10.200 --> 00:27:10.720 to go and 00:27:10.720 --> 00:27:11.220 bear fruit, 00:27:11.340 --> 00:27:12.240 fruitful last. 00:27:12.519 --> 00:27:12.900 That will 00:27:12.900 --> 00:27:13.240 last. 00:27:13.640 --> 00:27:14.140 Then the 00:27:14.140 --> 00:27:14.600 Father will 00:27:14.600 --> 00:27:14.980 give you 00:27:14.980 --> 00:27:15.500 whatever you 00:27:15.500 --> 00:27:16.160 ask in 00:27:16.160 --> 00:27:16.680 my name. 00:27:16.680 --> 00:27:18.039 It's about 00:27:18.039 --> 00:27:18.799 fruit. 00:27:19.279 --> 00:27:19.840 That's the 00:27:19.840 --> 00:27:20.140 promise. 00:27:20.380 --> 00:27:21.000 Ask him 00:27:21.000 --> 00:27:21.880 to work in 00:27:21.880 --> 00:27:22.340 people's 00:27:22.340 --> 00:27:22.660 lives, 00:27:23.160 --> 00:27:23.700 and God 00:27:23.700 --> 00:27:24.140 will do 00:27:24.140 --> 00:27:24.460 it. 00:27:33.460 --> 00:27:33.860 The 00:27:33.860 --> 00:27:34.380 church 00:27:34.380 --> 00:27:36.500 around the 00:27:36.500 --> 00:27:36.880 world 00:27:36.880 --> 00:27:38.180 has seen 00:27:38.180 --> 00:27:39.540 huge growth. 00:27:40.160 --> 00:27:40.680 We saw 00:27:40.680 --> 00:27:41.140 that at the 00:27:41.140 --> 00:27:41.620 beginning from 00:27:41.620 --> 00:27:42.460 just a few 00:27:42.460 --> 00:27:43.100 people who 00:27:43.100 --> 00:27:43.600 are following 00:27:43.600 --> 00:27:43.980 him. 00:27:45.140 --> 00:27:45.820 At his 00:27:45.820 --> 00:27:46.100 death, 00:27:46.140 --> 00:27:46.460 they all 00:27:46.460 --> 00:27:47.080 deserted. 00:27:49.080 --> 00:27:49.720 Whereas 00:27:49.720 --> 00:27:50.180 today, 00:27:50.600 --> 00:27:52.620 546 00:27:52.619 --> 00:27:54.059 million people 00:27:54.059 --> 00:27:55.079 around the 00:27:55.079 --> 00:27:55.539 world, 00:27:56.339 --> 00:27:58.399 such huge 00:27:58.399 --> 00:27:58.939 growth. 00:27:59.619 --> 00:28:00.199 Disciples 00:28:00.199 --> 00:28:01.239 are and 00:28:01.239 --> 00:28:01.819 have been 00:28:01.819 --> 00:28:02.339 through the 00:28:02.339 --> 00:28:02.759 centuries 00:28:02.759 --> 00:28:03.739 bearing fruit 00:28:03.739 --> 00:28:04.399 as he 00:28:04.399 --> 00:28:04.939 promised. 00:28:06.219 --> 00:28:07.179 But as 00:28:07.179 --> 00:28:08.079 encouraging as 00:28:08.079 --> 00:28:08.739 that is, 00:28:09.939 --> 00:28:11.219 over 60% 00:28:11.219 --> 00:28:11.679 of the 00:28:11.679 --> 00:28:12.079 world's 00:28:12.079 --> 00:28:12.719 population 00:28:12.719 --> 00:28:13.739 has never 00:28:13.739 --> 00:28:14.539 been introduced 00:28:14.539 --> 00:28:15.259 to Jesus 00:28:15.259 --> 00:28:15.839 Christ. 00:28:16.379 --> 00:28:16.959 Not that 00:28:16.959 --> 00:28:18.459 they've heard 00:28:18.459 --> 00:28:18.799 and not 00:28:18.799 --> 00:28:19.339 responded. 00:28:20.439 --> 00:28:21.159 They have 00:28:21.159 --> 00:28:21.779 never been 00:28:21.779 --> 00:28:22.420 introduced. 00:28:22.539 --> 00:28:22.839 They don't 00:28:22.839 --> 00:28:23.220 know anything 00:28:23.220 --> 00:28:24.099 about him. 00:28:26.099 --> 00:28:26.700 In 00:28:26.700 --> 00:28:27.220 Ireland, 00:28:28.220 --> 00:28:28.680 while 00:28:28.680 --> 00:28:29.440 thousands 00:28:29.440 --> 00:28:30.000 have turned 00:28:30.000 --> 00:28:30.579 to Christ, 00:28:31.220 --> 00:28:31.700 we can 00:28:31.700 --> 00:28:32.220 say that 00:28:32.220 --> 00:28:32.960 millions 00:28:32.960 --> 00:28:34.359 have not 00:28:34.359 --> 00:28:34.779 yet 00:28:34.779 --> 00:28:35.460 turned to 00:28:35.460 --> 00:28:35.899 Christ. 00:28:37.579 --> 00:28:38.180 And 00:28:38.180 --> 00:28:38.799 closer to 00:28:38.799 --> 00:28:39.160 home, 00:28:40.039 --> 00:28:40.680 we have 00:28:40.680 --> 00:28:41.139 friends, 00:28:41.279 --> 00:28:41.680 don't we? 00:28:42.379 --> 00:28:42.920 People 00:28:42.920 --> 00:28:43.379 within our 00:28:43.379 --> 00:28:44.079 family who 00:28:44.079 --> 00:28:44.559 are not 00:28:44.559 --> 00:28:44.819 yet 00:28:44.819 --> 00:28:45.379 disciples 00:28:45.379 --> 00:28:45.680 and 00:28:45.680 --> 00:28:46.059 followers 00:28:46.059 --> 00:28:46.319 of 00:28:46.319 --> 00:28:46.599 Jesus. 00:28:49.599 --> 00:28:50.119 What's 00:28:50.119 --> 00:28:50.399 going to 00:28:50.400 --> 00:28:50.700 happen? 00:28:52.540 --> 00:28:53.120 Well, 00:28:53.440 --> 00:28:54.460 we have 00:28:54.460 --> 00:28:55.420 been sent 00:28:55.420 --> 00:28:56.140 by Jesus. 00:28:57.100 --> 00:28:57.680 We have 00:28:57.680 --> 00:28:58.820 been planted 00:28:58.820 --> 00:28:59.560 out into 00:28:59.560 --> 00:29:00.280 the community. 00:29:00.720 --> 00:29:01.140 We are the 00:29:01.140 --> 00:29:01.840 branches that 00:29:01.840 --> 00:29:02.620 are spreading 00:29:02.620 --> 00:29:03.140 out into 00:29:03.140 --> 00:29:03.580 the vine 00:29:03.580 --> 00:29:04.519 in all the 00:29:04.519 --> 00:29:04.780 different 00:29:04.780 --> 00:29:05.560 places where 00:29:05.560 --> 00:29:05.980 we are, 00:29:06.140 --> 00:29:06.860 our work, 00:29:07.140 --> 00:29:08.040 our neighbourhoods, 00:29:08.200 --> 00:29:08.840 the families 00:29:08.840 --> 00:29:09.320 where we are. 00:29:09.460 --> 00:29:09.840 We are 00:29:09.840 --> 00:29:10.759 branching 00:29:10.759 --> 00:29:11.180 out. 00:29:12.560 --> 00:29:13.320 We have a 00:29:13.320 --> 00:29:14.420 purpose where 00:29:14.420 --> 00:29:14.960 we have been 00:29:14.960 --> 00:29:15.519 sent. 00:29:16.220 --> 00:29:16.800 And with 00:29:16.800 --> 00:29:17.460 that purpose 00:29:17.460 --> 00:29:18.400 comes a 00:29:18.400 --> 00:29:18.860 promise. 00:29:20.259 --> 00:29:20.840 It's not 00:29:20.840 --> 00:29:21.440 a mistake 00:29:21.440 --> 00:29:22.200 where each 00:29:22.200 --> 00:29:22.940 one of us 00:29:22.940 --> 00:29:24.059 are planted. 00:29:25.539 --> 00:29:25.960 And here's 00:29:25.960 --> 00:29:26.440 the promise, 00:29:26.579 --> 00:29:27.200 verse 16, 00:29:27.600 --> 00:29:28.059 you did 00:29:28.059 --> 00:29:28.660 not choose 00:29:28.660 --> 00:29:29.000 me, 00:29:29.680 --> 00:29:30.319 but I 00:29:30.319 --> 00:29:31.259 chose you 00:29:31.259 --> 00:29:32.059 and I 00:29:32.059 --> 00:29:32.819 appointed you 00:29:32.819 --> 00:29:33.400 to go 00:29:33.400 --> 00:29:34.000 and bear 00:29:34.000 --> 00:29:34.519 fruit, 00:29:35.279 --> 00:29:35.840 fruit 00:29:35.840 --> 00:29:36.559 that 00:29:36.559 --> 00:29:36.740 will 00:29:36.740 --> 00:29:37.340 last. 00:29:38.900 --> 00:29:39.680 That's the 00:29:39.680 --> 00:29:40.279 promise that 00:29:40.279 --> 00:29:40.840 each one of 00:29:40.840 --> 00:29:41.259 us has 00:29:41.259 --> 00:29:41.980 wherever we 00:29:41.980 --> 00:29:42.279 are. 00:29:43.680 --> 00:29:44.079 This is 00:29:44.079 --> 00:29:44.539 ultimately 00:29:44.539 --> 00:29:45.160 God's 00:29:45.160 --> 00:29:45.500 mission. 00:29:45.500 --> 00:29:46.359 this is 00:29:46.359 --> 00:29:47.079 his 00:29:47.079 --> 00:29:47.619 work. 00:29:49.180 --> 00:29:49.640 But yet 00:29:49.640 --> 00:29:50.180 he works 00:29:50.180 --> 00:29:50.859 through people 00:29:50.859 --> 00:29:51.420 like you 00:29:51.420 --> 00:29:51.759 and me 00:29:51.759 --> 00:29:52.220 with all 00:29:52.220 --> 00:29:52.599 our ups 00:29:52.599 --> 00:29:53.160 and downs 00:29:53.160 --> 00:29:53.539 and our 00:29:53.539 --> 00:29:53.960 failures 00:29:53.960 --> 00:29:55.200 and all 00:29:55.200 --> 00:29:55.420 our 00:29:55.420 --> 00:29:56.039 difficulties. 00:29:58.000 --> 00:29:58.599 And he 00:29:58.599 --> 00:29:59.079 will work 00:29:59.079 --> 00:29:59.579 through us 00:29:59.579 --> 00:29:59.960 to bring 00:29:59.960 --> 00:30:00.460 about that 00:30:00.460 --> 00:30:00.680 fruit. 00:30:01.259 --> 00:30:01.539 But yet 00:30:01.539 --> 00:30:02.200 he calls 00:30:02.200 --> 00:30:02.660 us to 00:30:02.660 --> 00:30:03.500 remain in 00:30:03.500 --> 00:30:03.799 him, 00:30:04.319 --> 00:30:04.839 to stay 00:30:04.839 --> 00:30:05.519 close to 00:30:05.519 --> 00:30:05.740 him, 00:30:05.859 --> 00:30:06.599 to follow 00:30:06.599 --> 00:30:06.839 him, 00:30:06.940 --> 00:30:07.420 to obey 00:30:07.420 --> 00:30:07.660 him, 00:30:07.880 --> 00:30:08.799 to absorb 00:30:08.799 --> 00:30:09.480 through our 00:30:09.480 --> 00:30:10.440 roots the 00:30:10.440 --> 00:30:11.440 very nutrients, 00:30:11.599 --> 00:30:12.220 the words 00:30:12.220 --> 00:30:12.839 of God, 00:30:12.839 --> 00:30:14.939 so that 00:30:14.939 --> 00:30:15.399 we become 00:30:15.399 --> 00:30:15.939 more like 00:30:15.939 --> 00:30:16.459 Christ, 00:30:17.419 --> 00:30:18.139 so that 00:30:18.139 --> 00:30:18.859 more fruit 00:30:18.859 --> 00:30:19.480 will come. 00:30:21.240 --> 00:30:21.819 We 00:30:21.819 --> 00:30:22.220 mightn't 00:30:22.220 --> 00:30:22.579 see it 00:30:22.579 --> 00:30:23.439 for ourselves. 00:30:25.079 --> 00:30:25.639 We 00:30:25.639 --> 00:30:26.099 might not 00:30:26.099 --> 00:30:26.659 even see 00:30:26.659 --> 00:30:27.019 it in 00:30:27.019 --> 00:30:27.379 our own 00:30:27.379 --> 00:30:28.000 lifetime. 00:30:29.220 --> 00:30:29.759 That's 00:30:29.759 --> 00:30:30.059 the way 00:30:30.059 --> 00:30:30.879 God works 00:30:30.879 --> 00:30:31.579 at times. 00:30:32.720 --> 00:30:33.539 But the 00:30:33.539 --> 00:30:34.220 promise 00:30:34.220 --> 00:30:35.299 remains 00:30:35.299 --> 00:30:35.720 true. 00:30:37.899 --> 00:30:38.459 I 00:30:38.459 --> 00:30:38.959 chose 00:30:38.959 --> 00:30:39.240 you, 00:30:39.439 --> 00:30:39.559 I 00:30:39.559 --> 00:30:40.139 appointed 00:30:40.139 --> 00:30:40.519 you, 00:30:41.240 --> 00:30:41.699 I've 00:30:41.699 --> 00:30:42.179 cleaned 00:30:42.180 --> 00:30:42.480 you, 00:30:42.779 --> 00:30:43.060 I'm 00:30:43.060 --> 00:30:43.580 pruning 00:30:43.580 --> 00:30:44.100 you, 00:30:44.900 --> 00:30:45.580 to go 00:30:45.580 --> 00:30:46.320 and bear 00:30:46.320 --> 00:30:46.900 fruit, 00:30:47.620 --> 00:30:48.220 fruit that 00:30:48.220 --> 00:30:48.920 will last. 00:30:50.440 --> 00:30:51.200 So let's 00:30:51.200 --> 00:30:51.640 go, 00:30:52.600 --> 00:30:53.000 let's 00:30:53.000 --> 00:30:53.980 be sent, 00:30:55.060 --> 00:30:55.880 and as 00:30:55.880 --> 00:30:56.440 we go, 00:30:57.220 --> 00:30:57.779 be full 00:30:57.779 --> 00:30:58.460 of confidence 00:30:58.460 --> 00:30:59.180 that we 00:30:59.180 --> 00:30:59.740 will bear 00:30:59.740 --> 00:31:00.279 fruit, 00:31:01.360 --> 00:31:02.680 fruit that 00:31:02.680 --> 00:31:03.480 will last. 00:31:12.180 --> 00:31:13.060 well, 00:31:13.060 --> 00:31:29.220 and as 00:31:29.220 --> 00:31:30.019 we're 00:31:30.019 --> 00:31:34.580 선 00:31:34.580 --> 00:31:35.480 and so 00:31:35.480 --> 00:31:35.720 are 00:31:35.720 --> 00:31:35.920 00:31:42.180 --> 00:32:12.160 Thank you.