{"id":1695,"date":"2024-04-28T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-28T09:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mgc.ca\/YM\/?p=1695"},"modified":"2024-04-25T23:02:46","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T23:02:46","slug":"sermon20240428","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mgc.ca\/YM\/sermon20240428\/","title":{"rendered":"Remain in My Love"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"sermonNotes2024\">\n<p>2024 Church Theme: Ready, Set, Grow: Journeying Together to Build Up the Church<br \/>\nScripture: John 15:1-11 (ESV)<\/p>\n<p>Speaker: Rev. Paul Lee<\/p>\n<div class=\"audio-container\"><audio controls=\"controls\"><source src=\"https:\/\/www.mgc.ca\/mp3\/English\/2024_0428_E.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><\/audio><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">John 15:1-11 (ESV)<\/span><br \/>\n<sup class=\"versenum\">1 <\/sup><span class=\"text Matt-4-1\"><span class=\"text John-15-1\"><span class=\"woj\">\u201cI am the\u00a0true vine, and my Father is\u00a0the vinedresser.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-ESV-26690\" class=\"text John-15-2\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">2\u00a0<\/sup>Every branch in me that does not bear fruit\u00a0he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes,\u00a0that it may bear more fruit.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-ESV-26691\" class=\"text John-15-3\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">3\u00a0<\/sup>Already\u00a0you are clean\u00a0because of the word that I have spoken to you.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-ESV-26692\" class=\"text John-15-4\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">4\u00a0<\/sup>Abide\u00a0in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-ESV-26693\" class=\"text John-15-5\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">5\u00a0<\/sup>I am the vine;\u00a0you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that\u00a0bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-ESV-26694\" class=\"text John-15-6\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">6\u00a0<\/sup>If anyone does not abide in me\u00a0he is thrown away like a branch and withers;\u00a0and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-ESV-26695\" class=\"text John-15-7\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">7\u00a0<\/sup>If\u00a0you abide in me, and my words abide in you,\u00a0ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-ESV-26696\" class=\"text John-15-8\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">8\u00a0<\/sup>By this my Father is glorified, that you\u00a0bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-ESV-26697\" class=\"text John-15-9\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">9\u00a0<\/sup>As the Father has loved me,\u00a0so have I loved you. Abide in my love.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-ESV-26698\" class=\"text John-15-10\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">10\u00a0<\/sup>If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as\u00a0I have kept\u00a0my Father&#8217;s commandments and abide in his love.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-ESV-26699\" class=\"text John-15-11\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">11\u00a0<\/sup>These things I have spoken to you,\u00a0that my joy may be in you, and that\u00a0your joy may be full.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2024 Church Theme: Ready, Set, Grow: Journeying Together to Build Up the Church Scripture: John 15:1-11 (ESV) Speaker: Rev. Paul Lee John 15:1-11 (ESV) 1 \u201cI am the\u00a0true vine, and my Father is\u00a0the vinedresser.\u00a02\u00a0Every branch in me that does not bear fruit\u00a0he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes,\u00a0that it may &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mgc.ca\/YM\/sermon20240428\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Remain in My Love&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2024-sermon","category-pastor-aaron-garcia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mgc.ca\/YM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mgc.ca\/YM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mgc.ca\/YM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mgc.ca\/YM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mgc.ca\/YM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1695"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mgc.ca\/YM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1695\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1696,"href":"https:\/\/www.mgc.ca\/YM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1695\/revisions\/1696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mgc.ca\/YM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mgc.ca\/YM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mgc.ca\/YM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}