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OT Background: Two vineyard songs: Isaiah 5:1-7 (the desolate vineyard) & Isaiah 27:2-6 (the fruitful vineyard).
NT Fulfillment: John 15:1-6
· What’s your favorite juice?
Synopsis: Jesus speaks of a vine, a common OT symbol for Israel (God’s people). The language of the unfruitful branches is tied to Israel as the desolate vineyard in Isaiah 5, but Jesus says the people of God have life and fruit now by being in him, as pictured in Isaiah 27:2-6. Jesus is not simply saying Christians are fruitful by resting in him, but He’s making the redemptive-historical claim He is the new Israel.
He both fulfills Israel’s destiny (because Israel never could) and is the one in whom the people of God find true, flourishing, fruitful life. He is the true and better Israel, succeeding where they failed, bringing flourishing life and fruit where they dried out and offered nothing on the vine.
READ John 15:1-7.
· How does the vine and branches metaphor relate to understanding fruit bearing in the kingdom of God?
READ Galatians 5:16-21.
· What are things that hinder us from connecting to the vine?
· How does an unconnected life compare to a connected life?
READ Galatians 5:22-23 & James 2:14-26.
· This is the fruitful vineyard!
· If a believer is truly connected to the vine, what sort of “fruit” manifests in their life?
· True or false: Any deed done in love is greater than simply doing a nice thing or an obligatory service?
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