John 15: Its All About the Roots, Part 2

Christians are very concerned with sin.  We see its damaging effects and it seems only natural to assume that sin is the problem. But like the rust fungus I described in Part 1, sin is only the symptom–the expression of our root nature. This is important so I will further the metaphor of the rust fungus. When the fungus is present, the vine can’t help but expose its presence when the leaves burst forth come spring. It might try, if it could,  to repress it but it’s irrepressible. It’s there–always there. In both the case of the infected vine and our sin nature, the remedy is the same: start new.…