THE VINE.

FOR I AM THE VINE - YOU ARE THE BRANCHES.

FOR HAVE GRAFTED YOU INTO THE LIVING VINE - GRAFTED YOU INTO THE TREE OF LIFE.

JEW - GENTLE - MALE - FEMALE - SLAVE AND FREE - YES I HAVE JOINED YOU ALL ONTO THE ROOT.

THOSE BRANCHES WHICH PRODUCES GOOD FRUIT IN DUE SEASON I WILL CULTIVATE AND PRUNE SO THAT THEY MAY BECOME EVEN MORE FRUITFUL IN THE SEASONS TO COME.

BUT THOSE BRANCHES THAT DO NOT PRODUCE ANY GOOD FRUIT - I WILL CUT THEM OFF AND THROW THEM INTO THE FIRE TO BE BURNED - FOR ON THAT DAY THERE WILL BE WEEPING - WAILING AND GNASHING OF TEETH FOR THOSE THAT HAVE NOT OBEYED ME.

YES EVEN THE MEMORY OF THOSE WILL BE NO MORE BEFORE ME - FOR IT IS A FEARFUL THING TO FALL INTO HANDS OF THE LIVING GOD.

BUT THOSE THAT FULLY OBEY ME - I WILL INVITE TO SIT WITH ME AT THE TABLE OF MY GOD.

FOR I HAVE GONE HEAD AND PREPARED A PLACE FOR SUCH AS THESE - FOR I HAVE GONE AHEAD OF YOU.

FOR WHERE YOUR HEART IS - THERE WILL BE YOUR TREASURE.

FOR IN A SHORT WHILE I WILL BEGIN TO SPERATE THE WHEAT FROM THE CHAFF FOR I WILL SIFT YOU WITH FIRE SAYS THE LORD.

FOR NOT EVERYBODY WHO SAYS LORD - LORD WILL ENTER HEAVEN - IS SENT FROM ME.

SO CONSIDER THIS - CONSIDER WHAT YOU ARE DOING - CONSIDER WHY YOU ARE DOING IT - FOR I ASK YOU - ARE YOU WORKING TO BUILD YOUR OWN KINGDOM - OR WORKING TO BUILD MY KINGDOM.

FOR EACH MANS WORK WILL BE TESTED BY FIRE - ALL THE WOOD - HAY AND STUBBLE - THE WORKS OF THE FLESH - THAT WHICH YOU HAVE DONE TO BUILD YOUR OWN KINGDOM WILL BE DESTROYED BY MY FIRE.

BUT THAT WHICH HAS BEEN DONE FOR THE BUILDING OF MY KINGDOM - THE WORKS OF MY SPIRIT ALL THE DIAMONDS - GOLD AND PRECIOUS STONES WILL COME THROUGH THE FIRE AND SHINE FOREVER IN MY PRESENCE SAYS THE LORD.

FOR I AM THE VINE - YOU ARE THE BRANCHES - THOSE THAT PRODUCE GOOD FRUIT WILL GO ON TO BECOME EVEN MORE FRUITFUL - BUT THOSE THAT DO NOT - I WILL CUT OFF SAYS THE LORD

FOR I AM THE GARDENER..

CONSIDER THIS CAREFULLY SAYS THE LORD.

DAVE 5.11.1999.