The Upper Room – Week 5 (10-5-25)
The Upper Room
Abide in Me
October 5, 2025
Everywhere we look — growth requires pruning.
Fruit doesn’t come from trying harder.
It comes from abiding in Jesus.
John 15:1-4
“I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. 2 He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. 3 You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. 4 Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.
ego eimi “I AM”
Meno = Abide or Remain (Tabernacle language)
John 15:5
“I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.”
Fruit doesn’t come from trying harder. It comes from abiding in Jesus.
What is the fruit Jesus refers to?
(“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. 35 By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” John 13:34-35)
John 15:9-1313; 16-17
“As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. 10 If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love. 11 I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. 12 My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. 13 Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.
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16 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you. 17 This is my command: Love each other.
What is the fruit Jesus refers to?
The rest of the fruit of the spirit…
Joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness, faithfulness, self-control…
Fruit doesn’t come from trying harder. It comes from abiding in Jesus.