2009-10-02T09:57:24-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/i+am+the+vine/ http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%2015:5&version=NIV 2009-10-02T09:57:24-05:00 Just as a branch separated from its supporting vine cannot live, let alone produce any fruit, so we are helpless when were not connected to Jesus, the source of our hope and salvation. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%2015:1&version=NIV 2009-08-04T16:57:38-05:00 Jesus compared himself to a vine, to which his followers are attached and out of which they grow. God is described as the gardener--the one who waters and tends to the entire plant.