“我是真葡萄树，我父是栽培的人”(约15:1)。{FH.119.1}
基督在祂的教训中，并不想张扬异想天开的事。祂来以最简单的方式教导至关重要的真理，就连祂称之为婴孩的那等人也能明白。但在祂最简单的比喻中，却有一种深度和优美，是最有学识的人也研究不尽的。……{FH.119.2}
葡萄树常用来象征以色列;基督当时给门徒的教训就取自于此。祂原可用壮丽的棕树代表自己，也可用高耸入云的香柏树，或展开枝条冲霄汉的强壮橡树，来代表跟从祂之人的坚定和正直。但祂没有这样做，反而用带有卷须的葡萄树来代表祂自己和祂与真正跟从祂之人的关系。
“我是真葡萄树，我父是栽培的人。”{FH.119.3}
我们的天父在巴勒斯坦的山冈上栽种了一棵佳美的葡萄树。祂亲自作栽培的人。那棵树乍看上去没有佳形美容使人认出它的价值。它看起来就象根出于干地，不怎么引人注意。但当这棵树受到关注时，就有人宣布它是源出于天的。拿撒勒人一看到它的荣美便觉神往。但当他们认为它会比他们更优美更引人注目时，他们就竭力拔除这棵宝贵的葡萄树，把它丢到墙外。耶路撒冷人捡起了这棵葡萄树，打伤了它，把它践踏在他们不圣洁的脚下。他们想要永远毁灭它。但那天上的栽培者从未忽视祂的葡萄树。在人们以为自己已经杀死它之后，祂把它捡起来，将它重新种植在墙的另一边。祂把它隐藏起来，使人看不到它。……{FH.119.4}
每一个结果子的枝子都是葡萄树的活代表，因为它结出了与葡萄树一样的果子。……每一个枝子也会表明自己是否有生命，因为哪里有生命，哪里就有成长。葡萄树不断地输出赐生命的特质;树枝所结出的果子证明了这一点。{FH.119.5}
嫁接的枝子在连结到葡萄树上时怎样获得生命，罪人与基督联络时也照样与上帝的性情有份。有限的人与无限的上帝联合在一起了。——《评论与通讯》，1897年11月2日。{FH.119.6}
The Vine and the Branches, April 17 I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser.?John 15:1.?{FH 119.1}[1]
In His lessons, Christ did not aspire to high-flown, imaginary things. He came to teach, in the simplest manner, truths that were of vital importance, that even the class whom He called babes might understand them. And yet, in His simplest imagery there was a depth and beauty that the most educated minds could not exhaust....?{FH 119.2}[2]
The vine had often been used as a symbol of Israel, and the lesson Christ now gave His disciples was drawn from this. He might have used the graceful palm to represent Himself. The lofty cedar that was towering toward the skies, or the strong oak that spreads its branches and lifts them heavenward, He might have used to represent the stability and integrity of those who are followers of Christ. But instead of this, He took the vine, with its clinging tendrils, to represent Himself and His relation to His true followers.?{FH 119.3}[3]
“I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.”?{FH 119.4}[4] On the hills of Palestine our heavenly Father planted a goodly Vine, and He Himself was the Husbandman. It had no remarkable form that would at first sight give an impression of its value. It appeared to come up as a root out of dry ground, and attracted but little attention. But when attention was called to the plant, it was by some declared to be of heavenly origin. The people of Nazareth stood entranced as they saw its beauty; but when they received the idea that it would stand more gracefully and attract more attention than themselves, they wrestled to uproot the precious plant, and cast it over the wall. The people of Jerusalem took the plant, and bruised it, and trampled it under their unholy feet. Their thought was to destroy it forever. But the heavenly Husbandman never lost sight of His plant. After the people thought that they had killed it, He took it, and replanted it on the other side of the wall. He hid it from earthly view....?{FH 119.5}[5]
Every branch that bears fruit is a living representative of the vine, for it bears the same fruit as the vine.... Every branch will show whether or not it has life; for where there is life, there is growth. There is a continual communication of the life-giving properties of the vine, and this is demonstrated by the fruit which the branches bear.?{FH 119.6}[6]
As the graft receives life when united to the vine, so the sinner partakes of the divine nature when in connection with Christ. Finite men and women are united with the infinite God.—The Review and Herald, November 2, 1897.?{FH 119.7}[7]
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