The love Christ introduced is agape love. “The vine and the vineyard were old sacred imaged in Judaism,” the NIV Application Commentary explains, “The vine represented the covenant people of God, planted and tended by him so that Israel would produce fruit.” “ I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener,” John recorded Jesus saying. Christ Jesus used the illustration of a good gardener pruning plants so they produce good fruit. This phrase occurs during Jesus’ sermon about the Vine and the Branches. What Is the 'No Greater Love Is This' Spoken of in John 15? Through Jesus, we embrace this greater love and allow it to flow through our lives, by His power. Jesus came to earth, love incarnate, on a mission to define love, walk out love, and die out of love. Imperfect people befriending imperfect people is complicated and hard, but Jesus assures us it’s possible to love each other as He loved us. “ Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” John 15:13
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