Abide in Me
Apart from Christ we can do nothing! This means that we cannot be productive in bearing fruit by being apart from Christ. Just like a branch that has been cut off from the vine cannot bear fruit – neither can we. Just like the branch, we would wither and die. As we know the branch gets its nourishment from the tree or vine. We have been grafted into the vine by our faith in Jesus. It is vital to remain grafted into the vine and receive the nourishment from the vine, to grow and produce the fruit we were designed to produce.
It is God’s desire for us to produce much (abundant) fruit. And we can if we abide in Christ.
We need to stay grafted into the vine To produce the fruit for which we were designed