No Root - No Fruit
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VINEYARD VISION
"No Root - No Fruit"
Pastor Duane Cross | 1.11.09
"Walking together as we experience the life-changing journey of knowing and living for Jesus."
I. CONNECTION WITH CHRIST IS CRUCIAL
"Yes, just as you can identify a tree by its fruit, so you can identify people by their actions. Not everyone who calls out to me, ‘Lord! Lord!' will enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Only those who actually do the will of my Father in heaven will enter. On judgment day many will say to me, ‘Lord! Lord! We prophesied in your name and cast out demons in your name and performed many miracles in your name.' But I will reply, ‘I never knew you. Get away from me, you who break God's laws.'" (Matthew 7:20-23 NLT)
II. CONTINUING WITH CHRIST IS CRITICAL
"And when people escape from the wickedness of the world by knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and then get tangled up and enslaved by sin again, they are worse off than before. It would be better if they had never known the way to righteousness than to know it and then reject the command they were given to live a holy life. They prove the truth of this proverb: "A dog returns to its vomit." And another says, "A washed pig returns to the mud." (2 Peter 2:20-22 NLT)
1. Our Passions Gets Twisted
2. Our Priorities Gets Twisted
3. Our Personal Lives Gets Twisted
III. CONNECTING WITH CHRIST CONNECTS US WITH EACH OTHER
"This is my commandment: Love each other in the same way I have loved you. There is no greater love than to lay down one's life for one's friends."
(John 15:12-13 NLT)
1. Community is God's answer to Loneliness
2. Community is God's answer to Fatigue
3. Community is God's answer to Defeat
4. Community is Gods' answer to Despair
"Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples."
(John 13:35 NLT)
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