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I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, Ephesians 4:1 February 12, 2012 Rev. David B. Hanson Deaf Liberty Baptist church Overland Park, Kansas. Worthiness of Christian Walk. John 15:1
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I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, Ephesians 4:1 February 12, 2012 Rev. David B. Hanson Deaf Liberty Baptist church Overland Park, Kansas Worthiness of Christian Walk
John 15:1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Jesus is the true vine
John 15:1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. God the Father is the husbandman
John 15:5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. The Christians are the branches
John 15:4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. A Christian’s fruitful walk
John 15:2-3 2Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. 3Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. God’s purging
Hebrews 12:5 And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: God’s Discipline
Three Levels of God’s Discipline • Level 1: Rebuke • A verbal warning • Level 2: Chasten • Painful as anxiety, frustration, or distress • Level 3: Scourge • Extreme physical pain God’s Discipline