 Thirdly, a true branch is not only connected to Christ and corrected by Christ, a true branch continues in Christ. Now, you have to put your thinking cap on here a little bit so you don't get misdirected. In John 15, 4, we read these words, "'Abide in me, and I in you, as the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you unless you abide in me.'"