I Am the True Vine (John 15, Ezekiel 15) | Orthodox Cross with Grape Vine | Photocopy Effect | Orthodox Christian Canvas Wall ArtI Am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit. John 15: 1 2 +++ Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying: Son of man, how is the wood of the vine better than any other wood, the vine branch which is among the trees of the forest? Is wood taken from it to make any object? Or can men make a peg from it to hang

and His train filled the temple

blast of tempest

Irenaeus of Lyons

the devil brought to shame

and the devil

The same law is with the Lord now

the need to be born will pass away

” says the Lord

then is not Christ raised: And if Christ be not raised

the prayer “Thy Kingdom come” has also been understood as an invocation of the Holy Spirit to dwell in God’s people

By speaking up for the Master and exhorting us to virtue

let us be sober