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I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinegrower. He… John 15:1-2

I am the true vine,
and my Father is the vinegrower.
He removes every branch
that does not bear fruit,
and every branch that does
he prunes to make it bear even more.
John 15:1-2 fruitfulness sin obedience
After this, he said to the crowd, “Take care to be on your guard against all kinds of greed. Life does not depend upon an abundance of one’s possessions.”
Luke 12:15 money greed materialism

If anyone is rich in worldly possessions
and sees a brother in need
but refuses to open his heart,
how can the love of God abide in him?
1 John 3:17 money neighbor compassion
And whoever does not provide for relatives, especially for those who are living with him, has disowned the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
1 Timothy 5:8 family relationships children
However, whoever lives by the truth
comes to the light
so that it may be clearly seen
that his deeds have been done in God.
John 3:21 light truth obedience
The one who eats everything must not look contemptuously on the one who does not, and the one who abstains must not pass judgment on the one who eats, for God has welcomed both.
Romans 14:3 judgment food
Whoever believes in him is not condemned,
but whoever does not believe in him
already stands condemned,
because he has not believed in the name
of the only-begotten Son of God.
John 3:18 faith judgment
When someone sins and does any of the things that the Lord has forbidden, even if he does not realize he did it, he has still committed an offense and must bear his guilt.
Leviticus 5:17 sin law punishment
However, the one who looks intently at the perfect law of freedom and perseveres—not forgetting what he has heard but putting it into practice—will be blessed in everything he does.
James 1:25 law blessing listening
And so now, O Israel, what does the Lord, your God, require of you but to fear the Lord, your God, to walk in all of his ways, to love him, to serve the Lord, your God, with all your heart and all your soul, and to observe the commandments and the statutes that I am giving you today for your own good.
Deuteronomy 10:12-13 law awe blessing
You can eat any water creature that has fins and scales; those you can eat. Whatever does not have fins or scales, you are not to eat. It is unclean for you.
Deuteronomy 14:9-10 food
See what love
the Father has bestowed on us,
enabling us to be called the children of God,
and that is what we are.
If the world does not recognize us,
that is because it did not know him.
1 John 3:1 love Father children
Everyone who hears these words of mine and acts in accordance with them will be like a wise man who constructed his house on a rock foundation.
Matthew 7:24 Word of God wisdom listening
He brought you low, allowing you to suffer from hunger. He then fed you with manna, something with which your fathers were not familiar, so that you might come to know that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by every word that comes forth from the mouth of the Lord.
Deuteronomy 8:3 suffering Word of God life
Jesus answered, “As it is written:
‘Man does not live by bread alone,
but by every word that comes forth from the mouth of God.’ ”
Matthew 4:4 food Word of God listening
If the Lord does not build the house,
those who construct it labor in vain.
If the Lord does not guard the city,
those who keep watch over it do so in vain.
Psalm 127:1 God dependence
If anyone thinks that he is religious but does not restrain his tongue, he is deceiving himself, and his religion is worthless.
James 1:26 speaking
However, if the wicked renounce all of the sins that they have committed and keep all my statutes and do what is right and just, they shall surely live; they shall not die.
Ezekiel 18:21 conversion sin law
Whoever denies the Son
does not have the Father,
but whoever acknowledges the Son
has the Father also.
1 John 2:23 Jesus Father acknowledging
Just as water reflects one’s face,
so does one human heart reflect another.
Proverbs 27:19 life heart
Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life;
whoever does not believe in the Son will not see life,
but the wrath of God rests upon him.
John 3:36 eternal life faith obedience
And so does kindness, O Lord.
You reward each person
in accordance with his deeds.
Psalm 62:13 love reward
If someone says, “I love God,”
but at the same time hates his brother,
he is a liar.
For whoever does not love the brother
whom he has seen
cannot love God whom he has not seen.
1 John 4:20 love God family
Such hope will not be doomed to disappointment, because the love of God has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us.
Romans 5:5 hope heart Spirit
Where many words are spoken, sin is not absent,
but whoever restrains his tongue is prudent.
Proverbs 10:19 sin speaking

You might say to yourself, “How can we know that the Lord did not speak the message?” If what the prophet proclaims in the name of the Lord is not true and it does not happen, then the message was not proclaimed by the Lord. The prophet has spoken presumptuously, you should not fear him.

Bible verse of the day

Behold, he is coming with the clouds;
every eye will see him,
even those who pierced him.
All the peoples of the earth will mourn him.
So shall it be. Amen.

Revelation 1:7 Jesus second coming crucifixion