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BIBLE LESSONSwritten by
MARGARET LAW (1985)
WEEK 10: JESUS IS …. THE VINE
AIM: That the children grasp the concept that we cannot grow as a Christian on ourown . It is because we are linked with Jesus, as the branch is linked with the vine, that
we grow and live lives that are pleasing to God.
OPENING IDEA:
Bring a branch from a fruit bearing tree or grape vine, if possible. Ask the children if it would grow fruit ifyou put it in a jar of water or in a pot of soil. (Hopefully, they will say ‘no’.) Ask them why it won’t produce(because it has been cut off from the life of the tree or vine which has
roots that bring moisture and nourishment to all the branches.Without this it will die.) Maybe you could bring the branch back thefollowing week to show the evidence of this fact. Follow this fact of
nature with a spiritual truth to show what Jesus meant in John 15.The following illustration will help.
Jesus is the Vine.
Those who believe in Him are the branches.
The Holy Spirit flows through the Vine to us while we stayattached to Jesus. This enables the branches to bear good fruit.
The fruit is the good things that comefrom our lives (Galatians 5:22-23).
MEMORY VERSE: John 15:5aJesus said, ‘I am the Vine, you are the branches…’
SUGGESTED PRESENTATION:The verse could be written on shapes of fruit, leaves or bunches
of grapes.
STORY: THE MESSENGER
This is a beautiful story, that reinforces the spiritualtruth of today’s lesson. It can be read by the children,
each reading a few sentences, or the teacher can readIt to the class, with the students reading the words inbold type with the teacher. Use a small white flower (fresh
or artificial) together with a large picture of a mass of flowerto visually aid the children as they listen to the story.
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Jesusis ...
Jesus Christ is the V _ _ _ ,
and we are the b _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
We cannot grow as Christians on our own. When
we stay attached to Jesus, and o _ _ _ Him, we
are like branches of a vine that grow g _ _ _
fruit. The good f _ _ _ _ in our lives is…….
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“I amthe
Vine”
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tw
as
abeauti
ful
spot
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y
and
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olive
dw
ith
their
two
babie
s,
ina
remote
valley
inBra
zil.
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y
was
ate
acher
inth
enew
lyform
ed
rura
l
Bib
leS
chool
and
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live
din
alitt
le
hom
ew
hic
hth
ey
pri
vate
lycalled
‘The
house
of
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nd
Fle
as’
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the
last
ow
ner
had
kept
pig
sunder
the
flo
or
and
rats
visi
ted
them
fre
quentl
y.
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they
were
very
happy,
and
were
warm
lyw
el-
com
ed
by
their
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zilia
nneig
hbours
.T
he
babie
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ddle
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bro
wn
as
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small
fri
ends.
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far
fro
mth
eir
hom
ew
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ra-
vine
spanned
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ara
ther
shaky
wooden
bri
dge.
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wit
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rive
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meast
tow
est
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banks
rose
steeply
on
eit
her
side.
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south
ern
bank
sloped
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nfro
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ecult
ivate
dfie
lds
and
was
a
gard
en
of
beauty
inS
pri
ng.
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sun
shone
on
itall
day
long,
and
the
deep
roots
of
the
pla
nts
gre
wdow
nto
ward
the
wate
r.T
he
flo
wers
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rious
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casc
aded
dow
nth
ebank
and
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butt
erf
lies
swarm
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above
them
.
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rive
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as
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bord
ere
dth
eju
ngle
,and
here
the
sun
neve
rsh
one.
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roots
of
the
gre
at
trees
dra
ined
the
soil
of
its
goodness
.N
oth
ing
gre
where
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—ju
stro
ots
and
eart
ham
id
the
cold
smell
of
decay.
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ft
hom
eearl
yone
morn
ing
ridin
g
his
mule
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ehad
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de
into
tow
n,
and
neve
rhad
the
morn
ing
seem
ed
more
beauti
ful.
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watc
hed
the
sunlight
cre
epin
gdow
nth
em
ounta
ins,
chasi
ng
the
shadow
s.A
cro
ssth
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lley,
an
ove
nbir
d
called
tohis
mate
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gm
anti
s
stood
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on
alo
wro
ck
as
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isin
g
God
for
such
am
orn
ing.
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eady,
the
wom
en
were
dow
nat
the
rive
r,w
ash
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their
clo
thes
while
the
childre
npla
yed
in
the
past
ure
s.
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he
got
half
way
acro
ssth
ebri
dge,
Harr
ynoti
ced
the
mir
acle
—clo
seto
the
bri
dge-p
ost
on
the
nort
hern
bank,
where
the
sun
neve
rsh
one,
was
aperf
ect
white
flower.
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ong
the
rough
tree
roots
and
dark
fungi,
itgle
am
ed
like
aw
hit
est
ar.
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y
tied
his
mule
toa
bra
nch
and
scra
mble
d
dow
nth
ebank
toin
vest
igate
.H
ew
as
no
bota
nis
t,but
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thought
itw
as
akin
dof
cle
mati
sflo
wer.
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lifte
dit
gentl
yand
it
cam
eaw
ay
fro
mth
eeart
hat
once.
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had
no
roots
,only
afra
ilsh
oot
that
was
entw
ined
aro
und
the
post
and
clu
ng
toth
eboard
son
the
low
er
side
of
the
bri
dge.
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afra
ilsh
oot,
soeasi
ly
snapped,
but
itw
as
doin
git
sw
ork
.O
ver
on
the
oth
er
side
where
the
flo
wers
blo
om
ed,
the
bir
ds
sang
and
the
sun
shone,
was
the
living
root
of
the
pare
nt
pla
nt,
pouri
ng
its
sap
out
into
all
the
tiny
shoots
,and
repro
ducin
git
slife
ina
cold
,
alien
clim
ate
.
And
ifth
at
flo
wer
could
have
spoken,
it
would
have
said
:‘I
have
no
power
of
my
own
toblo
om
inth
iscold
dark
soil,but
my
life
islinked
wit
ha
life
that
blo
om
sove
r
there
inth
eLand
of
Sunsh
ine.
Iam
part
of
the
pare
nt
root;
my
flo
wers
are
like
the
flo
wers
that
blo
om
ove
rth
ere
.I
have
bro
ught
all
the
beauty
of
that
life
ove
rin
toth
issa
ddead
pla
ce.
Iam
a
mess
enger
fro
mth
eLand
of
Sunsh
ine.’
Like
the
tin
yw
hit
efl
ower
that
dre
wit
sst
ren
gth
from
the
par
ent
pla
nt,
we
can
dra
wst
ren
gth
from
Jesu
sto
shin
efo
rH
imin
ad
ark
sin
ful
wor
ldw
hen
we
obey
the
Wor
dof
God
and
atta
chou
r-se
lves
toth
eH
oly
Spir
it.
Th
enH
islo
ve,
tru
than
dco
ura
gefl
ows
thro
ug
hu
s.W
eh
ave
no
pow
erof
our
own
,b
ut
we
can
dra
won
God
toh
elp
us
tod
o“a
llth
ing
sth
rou
gh
Ch
rist
wh
ost
ren
gth
ens
us.
”P
hil.4
:13
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