Oakwood Church
Fruit - John 15:5-11
Locations & Times
Oakwood Community Church
11209 Casey Rd, Tampa, FL 33618, USA
Sunday 8:00 AM
“I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.”
John 15:5
John 15:5
The Fruit of Change:
● Loving Jesus more
● Becoming more like Jesus
● Loving Jesus more
● Becoming more like Jesus
The Fruit of Change:
● Loving Jesus more
“If anyone does not abide in me he is thrown away like a branch and withers; and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned.”
John 15:6
● Loving Jesus more
“If anyone does not abide in me he is thrown away like a branch and withers; and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned.”
John 15:6
The Fruit of Change:
● Loving Jesus more
o Treasure His teachings
“If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.”
John 15:7
● Loving Jesus more
o Treasure His teachings
“If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.”
John 15:7
The Fruit of Change:
● Loving Jesus more
o Put God First
“By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples.”
John 15:8
● Loving Jesus more
o Put God First
“By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples.”
John 15:8
The Fruit of Change:
● Loving Jesus more
o Put God First
“By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples.”
John 15:8
● Loving Jesus more
o Put God First
“By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples.”
John 15:8
The Fruit of Change:
● Loving Jesus more
o Experience His love continually
“As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love.”
John 15:9
● Loving Jesus more
o Experience His love continually
“As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love.”
John 15:9
The Fruit of Change:
● Loving Jesus more
o Treasure His teachings
o Put God First
o Experience His love continually
● Loving Jesus more
o Treasure His teachings
o Put God First
o Experience His love continually
The Fruit of Change:
● Becoming more like Jesus
o Obey His commands
“If you keep my commandments you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love.”
John 15:10
● Becoming more like Jesus
o Obey His commands
“If you keep my commandments you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love.”
John 15:10
The Fruit of Change:
● Becoming more like Jesus
o Overflow with love and joy
“These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.”
John 15:11
● Becoming more like Jesus
o Overflow with love and joy
“These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.”
John 15:11
“Love begins to be a demon the moment he begins to be a god… Every human love, at its height, has a tendency to claim for itself a divine authority.”
∼ C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves
∼ C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves
The Fruit of Change:
● Becoming more like Jesus
o Overflow with love and joy
“These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.”
John 15:11
● Becoming more like Jesus
o Overflow with love and joy
“These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.”
John 15:11
“As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love.”
John 15:9
John 15:9