works.” This absolute dependence had as its blessed counterpart the most blessed confidence that He had nothing to fear: the Father could not disappoint Him. With such a Husbandman as His Father, He could enter death and the grave. He could trust God to raise Him up. All that Christ is and has, He has, not in Himself, but from the Father. My Father is the Husbandman. That is as blessedly true for us as for Christ. Christ is about to teach His disciples about their being Branches. Before He ever uses