Without me, you can do nothing. Such as.

True, but God is gracious enough to do the same for those who are not in Christ. So that wouldn't apply.
Don't you have some example or testimony of what God did for or through you, that you could not have done or would not have come about without Him? Something that would glorify God?
No one gave any personal testimony of what God did through or for them.
Can we, who are in Christ, now receive answered prayer? Could we have received anything from God before we received Christ in our hearts?
But Jesus asked if "WE" can do anything, accept we abide in Him, and I stress the word, "anything".
Wouldn't that fall under the same scripture that says, "I can do all things through Christ, which strengthens, enables, and empowers me."
I think a more accurate translation for the word "through", would be "in" Christ, as some versions put it.
So what does God strengthen, enable, and empower us to be able to do, that we couldn't do before we were in Christ Jesus?

Joh 15:1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
Joh 15:2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
Joh 15:3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.
Joh 15:4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
Joh 15:5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
Joh 15:6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
Joh 15:7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
Joh 15:8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.

What kind of fruit do you produce now that you are born again, that you couldn't do before?

Jesus said we can do "nothing" without Him, what do you think He means, when He says, nothing?

The Greek describes the word, nothing as, "not even ONE thing".

Anybody know what Jesus is talking about? It would have to be something you couldn't do before you received Jesus in your life, that brings glory to God.

Is it love or forgiveness, the ability to escape sin's hold, go to heaven, or is it something bigger?

I have thought on this Scripture several times and I end up wondering.......

If it is completely true......in that the bad fruit we produce is done WITH CHRIST, hmm..............

I know we can (when we try to do things ourselves) really mess things up when we don't let Christ work through us, but, this particular passage sounds as if even when we do mess things up, it's Him working though us

Does that make sense?

Anyhoo

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I mean, this could end up with someone saying:

Hey, DON'T BLAME ME, it was Christ working through me that caused all that mess..........I can not be held responsible for what I do IF it was really Christ doing it can I?

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1noone can live without God, saved or not. What u just said makes no sense. It applies ro all the creation.
2 my whole life is s testimony, my ability to be here and have the time to type this is a testimony
3. Im alive

I have thought on this Scripture several times and I end up wondering.......

If it is completely true......in that the bad fruit we produce is done WITH CHRIST, hmm..............

I know we can (when we try to do things ourselves) really mess things up when we don't let Christ work through us, but, this particular passage sounds as if even when we do mess things up, it's Him working though us

Does that make sense?

Anyhoo

(edited to add)

I mean, this could end up with someone saying:

Hey, DON'T BLAME ME, it was Christ working through me that caused all that mess..........I can not be held responsible for what I do IF it was really Christ doing it can I?

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No one has yet to give a single account of something God did through them that glorified Him.
From what I read, we should be producing much fruit, which gives glory to God.
Doesn't anyone have a single supernatural account that they can brag on God about?
Being alive or simply existing, does not constitute, fruit the vine produces.

A good tree CANNOT produce bad fruit.

No one has yet to give a single account of something God did through them that glorified Him.
From what I read, we should be producing much fruit, which gives glory to God.
Doesn't anyone have a single supernatural account that they can brag on God about?
Being alive or simply existing, does not constitute, fruit the vine produces.

The world does not have and lives without God.
He upholds all things by the word of His power, but He has not taken up residence in them.
Old bottles cannot handle new wine.
Neither have they both eaten and drank Jesus' flesh and blood, respectively.
They have no live in them. For it is written, "he who has Christ has life, and he that does not, does not have life.
So Jesus is not speaking to all creation but to the believers.
As for being alive and your life being a testimony... The world can say the same. No glory to God there.
If you ready what is written, AS IT IS WRITTEN, then you would see that Jesus was talking about those who remain or abide in Him and producing the kind of fruit only the vine can produce, vs those who do NOT REMAIN OR ABIDE in Christ and/or fail to produce fruit or good fruit.
And when Jesus said, "without me ye can do nothing", He was talking about those who fail to abide in the vine/Him will not be able to produce ANY good fruit.
I am guessing that you, along with many others, believe, once in Christ, always in Christ. Am I correct?
I no longer wonder what kind of fruit the vine produces, but I still ponder what causes us to remain or abide in Christ and what the determining factor is that would cause us not to remain in Him.
That is for me, because that is what I believe, based on my understanding of what is written.

Agreed, but I still think there's more to that statement Jesus made than what's done within us.
He said, "Ye can DO nothing...", as in, we doing something in Jesus' name, or God doing through us, such as being a doer of the word that we hear, the word of God, or the word of faith, and then God providing the power to cause it to manifest or to be done.
I've pondered this for a couple of months now, and it just comes across as something bigger, something more.

About 10 years ago I was trying to be perfect before the Lord. I was taking all my thoughts captive, like the bible said to do.

Well all my thoughts were evil continually. I didn't want them to be. I wanted to be perfect before the Lord. But I couldn't stop. All these thoughts came to me un-bidden, or like they were an automatic habit. If it wasn't lustful thoughts I was having it would switch to covetous thoughts and vice versa. But it was always one of those two.

So I prayed. I first of all asked the Lord why I couldn't even be good or righteous even for a few moments. Then I asked the Lord for help. I did not understand the magnitude of the help that I was asking for at the time.

But I received Help. And it was a whole lot more help than what I was expecting. I received Rest from my work at trying to be Righteous before God. Instead I was given a New Way. A way of abiding in Christ and Leaning on His Power and Wisdom instead of my own. I received Peace. I received Joy. I received Love. I received Deliverance. I received Salvation.

Now I could dwell on the Righteous thoughts and Righteous teaching of Scripture asking the Lord to help bring it to mind instead of filling my mind with my own way of un-righteousness and evil continually.

Now, scripture and the Words of the Lord come un-bidden into my mind instead of the lustful and covetous thoughts. Not that I'm perfect now, because I'm not. But I'm not trapped in my own ways and my own thoughts. I have a Way to repent towards now. I have something to Abide in that I didn't before. I have someone to Rest in who is more Powerful than I am. Who is more Wise than I am. Whose Way is much better than mine.

Joh 15:1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
Joh 15:2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
Joh 15:3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.
Joh 15:4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
Joh 15:5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
Joh 15:6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
Joh 15:7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
Joh 15:8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.

What kind of fruit do you produce now that you are born again, that you couldn't do before?

Jesus said we can do "nothing" without Him, what do you think He means, when He says, nothing?

The Greek describes the word, nothing as, "not even ONE thing".

Anybody know what Jesus is talking about? It would have to be something you couldn't do before you received Jesus in your life, that brings glory to God.

Is it love or forgiveness, the ability to escape sin's hold, go to heaven, or is it something bigger?

Joh 15:1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
Joh 15:2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
Joh 15:3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.
Joh 15:4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
Joh 15:5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
Joh 15:6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
Joh 15:7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
Joh 15:8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.

What kind of fruit do you produce now that you are born again, that you couldn't do before?

Jesus said we can do "nothing" without Him, what do you think He means, when He says, nothing?

The Greek describes the word, nothing as, "not even ONE thing".

Anybody know what Jesus is talking about? It would have to be something you couldn't do before you received Jesus in your life, that brings glory to God.

Is it love or forgiveness, the ability to escape sin's hold, go to heaven, or is it something bigger?

This is why we must place and maintain our Faith exclusively in our Perfect Sacrifice Jesus Christ and the Cross of Calvary where the victory was one so we stay in His death, burial, and resurrection and are, therefore, victorious (It is His life that brings victory). That is the only way we are triumphant in Christ (II Cor. 2:14). And that is the only way He can work in us both to will (change their desires), and to do (give them the power of the Holy Spirit) (Phil. 2:13), so we can overcome sin, the world, and the flesh, and the Devil. This is the only way believers can yield themselves as God’s servants (slaves) of obedience instead of being slaves to sin unto death (Rom. 6:16). The Holy Spirit recognize the Believer as a humble servant in the heart when the Believer recognize their moral and spiritual poverty. For they know that in them (that is, in their flesh) dwells no good thing. It is of the LORD mercies that we are not consumed, because His compassion fails not. O wretched and vile Believer that I am! At our best state is altogether vanity. We know we are am unable to serve Him in our own power, self-will, strength, ability, and power. Without Jesus we can do nothing!

This is why we must place and maintain our Faith exclusively in our Perfect Sacrifice Jesus Christ and the Cross of Calvary where the victory was won so we stay in His death, burial, and resurrection and are, therefore, victorious (It is His life that brings victory). That is the only way we are triumphant in Christ (II Cor. 2:14). And that is the only way He can work in us both to will (change their desires), and to do (give them the power of the Holy Spirit) (Phil. 2:13), so we can overcome sin, the world, and the flesh, and the Devil. This is the only way believers can yield themselves as God’s servants (slaves) of obedience instead of being slaves to sin unto death (Rom. 6:16). The Holy Spirit recognize the Believer as a humble servant in the heart when the Believer recognize their moral and spiritual poverty. For they know that in them (that is, in their flesh) dwells no good thing. It is of the LORD mercies that we are not consumed, because His compassion fails not. O wretched and vile Believer that I am! At our best state is altogether vanity. We know we are am unable to serve Him in our own power, self-will, strength, ability, and power. Without Jesus we can do nothing!

This is why we must place and maintain our Faith exclusively in our Perfect Sacrifice Jesus Christ and the Cross of Calvary where the victory was one so we stay in His death, burial, and resurrection and are, therefore, victorious (It is His life that brings victory). That is the only way we are triumphant in Christ (II Cor. 2:14). And that is the only way He can work in us both to will (change our desires), and to do (give us the power of the Holy Spirit) (Phil. 2:13), so we can overcome sin, the world, and the flesh, and the Devil. This is the only way believers can yield themselves as God’s servants (slaves) of obedience instead of being slaves to sin unto death (Rom. 6:16). The Holy Spirit recognize the Believer as a humble servant in the heart when the Believer recognize their moral and spiritual poverty. For they know that in them (that is, in their flesh) dwells no good thing. It is of the LORD mercies that we are not consumed, because His compassion fails not. O wretched and vile Believer that I am! At our best state is altogether vanity. We know we are am unable to serve Him in our own power, self-will, strength, ability, and power. Without Jesus we can do nothing!

when God speak to you, what did he sound like?