Every Branch in Me that beareth not fruit, He taketh it away.—Ver. 2. HERE we have one of the chief words of the parable—Branch. A vine needs branches: without branches it can do nothing, can bear no fruit. As important as it is to know about the Vine, and the Husbandman, it is to realise what the Branch is. Before we listen to what Christ has to say about it, let us first of all take in what a branch is, and what it teaches us of our life in Christ. A branch is simply a bit of
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