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Every branch in me that beareth...The Pruning-Knife<br /><br />Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it,<br />that it may bring forth more fruit. – John 15:2<br /><br />Christ taught many lessons on the sin and doom of uselessness. One of His parables told of a tree that bore<br />no fruit. The soil was good, and the tree was carefully planted and well tended; still, when the mater came at<br />the proper season, expecting to find fruit, he found none. Fruitlessness is cursed. The tree with nothing but<br />leaves is made to wither. There is no place in the Lord’s kingdom for uselessness. <br /><br />We must notice here that it is the fruitful branch that is pruned. The husbandman does not prune the unfruitful<br /> branch; it would do it no good. It is the true Christian that the Father chastens and causes sometimes to suffer<br /> under sore discipline. The wicked are let alone; but in their luxuriance there is no spiritual fruit.<br /><br />Another thing to be noticed here is, that the object of the Father’s pruning is that the branch may be made to bear<br /> more fruit. It seems sometimes as if the pruning were destructive; but He who holds the knife knows that what He<br />is doing will make the vine far more luxuriant in the end, and its fruit sweeter and more luscious. The aim of God in<br />all His pruning is greater fruitfulness.<br /><br />Now the pruning, sharp, unsparing, <br /> Scattered blossom, bleeding shoot; <br />Afterward the plenteous bearing <br /> Of the Master’s pleasant fruit.<br /><br />If we would but remember this when we find ourselves suffering under God’s chastening hand, it would help us to<br />bear the pain with patience, and also to co-operate with God in His design of blessing for us. Earthly prosperity<br />often is to the Christian like the luxuriance which the vine-dresser must cut away to save the vine’s life.GG2013https://www.blogger.com/profile/01180358618816519694noreply@blogger.com