The true Vine 

 Every 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. John 15:2

Every branches of a Vine is dependent on their Vine for survival, growth , to flourish and to bear fruits. Christ has demonstrated himself to be a Vine and his people the branches. He referred to God as a gardener that often check on the Vine if there be any branch that has fallen off from the Vine or that doesn’t bear fruits or  that is weakly attached to the stem of the Vine (John 15:1) “ I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman”.; the Scripture has made us to understand that every branch that bears no fruit God takes away.

Every believer are to be rooted in the love of Christ Jesus that is the only way they can be fruitful in him. There are more than to be called a Christian, we shouldn’t just be a receiver of the word only but we should be a doer; thereby the ones that are yet to receive him will see these attributes of Christ in us and then they would be convinced that we are a follower of Him. We should know that a branch of a Vine that receives all nutrients from the Vine and doesn’t bear any fruits is not different from  Christians that receive the word of God daily without giving any results expected from them; the scripture has described them not useful and that they would be uprooted from the Vine.

Conclusion:

To bear fruits, we need the Vine which is Christ Jesus. We can’t do without him just as a branch can’t grow and bear fruits without its Vine.