What does it Mean to Abide in the Vine?

Abiding in the vine is the antidote to independence, and the remedy to barrenness.

Every believer knows these words of Jesus. “Abide in me, and I in you” (John 15:4). But what did he mean and how do we do it?

Jesus gives us this word-picture:

I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing. (John 15:5)

Many look at this verse and see “abiding = bearing much fruit.” They draw a terrible conclusion:...