According to Jesus Christ, there are two kinds of branches. One produces fruit and the other does not. The Master Gardener, Father God, “cuts off every branch… that bears no fruit.” The good branch that bears fruit, He “prunes so that it will be even more fruitful.” Either way you get cut and cutting hurts.
Redemptive suffering is God’s plan for disciples of Christ to become “even more fruitful,” (John 15.1-2, 8).
