Sermon Tone Analysis

From Seed to Harvest

A. Dad planted corn and my sister and I collected and sold at the Argyle corner.

We sold the corn for two dollars for a bakers dozen.

When the customers came to collect the corn they always picked the biggest and freshest cobs of corn.

What was left at the end of the day were the small cobs.

(Me)

Back when I was a little kid, my dad would plant

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B. Isn’t is true whenever we shop.

We always want the largest and healthiest fruits and vegetables?

The best looking ones are delightful to the eye.

While we leave the bruised, puny fruit on the shelf.

(Me)

Considering that, local farmers boast about the size of their largest crop or a gardener will take their largest crop to the fair.

But no one takes pride over ugly looking fruit or vegetables.

Not only do farmers or gardeners want a great harvest, but so does God.

He truly is the first farmer of creation.

After the fall, he would plant a seed that would save us all.

C. God implanted a life giving seed which crush the head of the enemy.

C. God implanted a life giving seed which crush the head of the enemy and will produce a better vine.

D. Plants his chosen seed (Israel) produced a ugly branch filled of wild grapes.

Isaiah

D. God implanted a life giving seed which crush the head of the enemy and will produce a better vine.

Life in the New Garden

Life in the New Garden

A. Jesus the True Vine, Father the Vinedresser, and us the Branches (All have a unique purpose)

The vinedresser prunes the branches in two ways: he cuts away dead wood that can breed disease and insects, and he cuts away living tissue so that the life of the vine will not be so dissipated that the quality of the crop will be jeopardized.

In fact, the vinedresser will even cut away whole bunches of grapes so that the rest of the crop will be of higher quality.

God wants both quantity and quality.

Jesus replaces the old vine Isreal, God the Father is pruning those attached to the new vine and the branches represent his church.

This pruning process is the most important part of the whole enterprise, and the people who do it must be carefully trained or they can destroy an entire crop.

Some vineyards invest two or three years in training the “pruners” so they know where to cut, how much to cut, and even at what angle to make the cut.

The greatest judgment God could bring to a believer would be to let him alone, let him have his own way.

Because God loves us, He “prunes” us and encourages us to bear more fruit for His glory.

If the branches could speak, they would confess that the pruning process hurts; but they would also rejoice that they will be able to produce more and better fruit.

Your Heavenly Father is never nearer to you than when He is pruning you.

Sometimes He cuts away the dead wood that might cause trouble; but often He cuts off the living tissue that is robbing you of spiritual vigor.

Pruning does not simply mean spiritual surgery that removes what is bad.

It can also mean cutting away the good and the better so that we might enjoy the best.

Yes, pruning hurts, but it also helps.

We may not enjoy it, but we need it.

How does the Father prune us?

Sometimes He simply uses the Word to convict and cleanse us.

(The word translated “purge” in is the same as “clean” in .

See .)

Sometimes He must chasten us ().

At the time, it hurts when He removes something precious from us; but as the “spiritual crop” is produced, we see that the Father knew what He was doing.

The more we abide in Christ, the more fruit we bear; and the more fruit we bear, the more the Father has to prune us so that the quality keeps up with the quantity.

Left to itself, the branch might produce many clusters, but they will be inferior in quality.

God is glorified by a bigger crop that is also a better crop.

B. Branches are good either for producing fruit or to be burned.

In Jerusalem, vine branches are too small to be used for building, so it’s only purpose is either to grow and produced or be burnt up in a fire.

C. Jesus makes us clean and the Father prunes you who are abiding in Christ (Making you into a glorious vine)

God makes us clean through faith, repentance, confession, and baptism.

The vinedresser prunes the branches in two ways: he cuts away dead wood that can breed disease and insects, and he cuts away living tissue so that the life of the vine will not be so dissipated that the quality of the crop will be jeopardized.

In fact, the vinedresser will even cut away whole bunches of grapes so that the rest of the crop will be of higher quality.

God wants both quantity and quality.

This pruning process is the most important part of the whole enterprise, and the people who do it must be carefully trained or they can destroy an entire crop.

Some vineyards invest two or three years in training the “pruners” so they know where to cut, how much to cut, and even at what angle to make the cut.

The greatest judgment God could bring to a believer would be to let him alone, let him have his own way.

Because God loves us, He “prunes” us and encourages us to bear more fruit for His glory.

If the branches could speak, they would confess that the pruning process hurts; but they would also rejoice that they will be able to produce more and better fruit.

Your Heavenly Father is never nearer to you than when He is pruning you.

Sometimes He cuts away the dead wood that might cause trouble; but often He cuts off the living tissue that is robbing you of spiritual vigor.

Pruning does not simply mean spiritual surgery that removes what is bad.

It can also mean cutting away the good and the better so that we might enjoy the best.

Yes, pruning hurts, but it also helps.

We may not enjoy it, but we need it.

How does the Father prune us?

Sometimes He simply uses the Word to convict and cleanse us.

(The word translated “purge” in is the same as “clean” in .

See .)

Sometimes He must chasten us ().

At the time, it hurts when He removes something precious from us; but as the “spiritual crop” is produced, we see that the Father knew what He was doing.

The more we abide in Christ, the more fruit we bear; and the more fruit we bear, the more the Father has to prune us so that the quality keeps up with the quantity.

Left to itself, the branch might produce many clusters, but they will be inferior in quality.

God is glorified by a bigger crop that is also a better crop.

This pruning process is the most important part of the whole enterprise, and the people who do it must be carefully trained or they can destroy an entire crop.

Some vineyards invest two or three years in training the “pruners” so they know where to cut, how much to cut, and even at what angle to make the cut.

The greatest judgment God could bring to a believer would be to let him alone, let him have his own way.

Because God loves us, He “prunes” us and encourages us to bear more fruit for His glory.

If the branches could speak, they would confess that the pruning process hurts; but they would also rejoice that they will be able to produce more and better fruit.

Your Heavenly Father is never nearer to you than when He is pruning you.

Sometimes He cuts away the dead wood that might cause trouble; but often He cuts off the living tissue that is robbing you of spiritual vigor.

Pruning does not simply mean spiritual surgery that removes what is bad.

It can also mean cutting away the good and the better so that we might enjoy the best.

Yes, pruning hurts, but it also helps.

We may not enjoy it, but we need it.

How does the Father prune us?

Sometimes He simply uses the Word to convict and cleanse us.

(The word translated “purge” in is the same as “clean” in .

See .)

Sometimes He must chasten us ().

At the time, it hurts when He removes something precious from us; but as the “spiritual crop” is produced, we see that the Father knew what He was doing.

The more we abide in Christ, the more fruit we bear; and the more fruit we bear, the more the Father has to prune us so that the quality keeps up with the quantity.

Left to itself, the branch might produce many clusters, but they will be inferior in quality.

God is glorified by a bigger crop that is also a better crop.

The Branch abiding in the Vine

The Branch abiding in the Vine

A. Abiding in his word and his commandments