In this sermon, Mike concludes a two-part lesson from John 15 in which Jesus uses a simple illustration using a vine, its branches, and the fruit that the vine produces.
The grape vine provided Jesus with the perfect analogy to illustrate his relationship to His people. In John 15, Jesus says (perhaps in comparison to a representation of a vine at the temple), “I am the true vine.” He sustains the branches (his people), causing those branches provide much fruit (the good works of our lives).
Jesus is the light of the world. The question is whether or not the world recognizes that light. In this lesson, Mike talks about the “Shekinah glory” of God and the way Jesus has represented the “light of the world” from the very beginning. When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I…