Section 15
people going to see the beautiful cherry blos soms in Washington, D.C., but I have never heard of them going to see the blossoms of a vine. A vine is not noted for its blossoms. As a child, I was raised near a vineyard. Every year I saw the grapevines there, but I could hardly see any blos soms. The blossoms of a grapevine are very tiny and not at all colorful.
Neither is the vine tree good for materials (Ezek. 15:2-3). No furniture is made of wood from a vine tree. Neither is the wood of a vine tree good for making columns, beams, posts, or mantles. You will never see a building that has been constructed with the wood from a vine tree. The vine tree is only good for bearing fruit. It is not good for blossoms or materials.
It is the same with the church. If you come to the church with the intention of seeing cherry blossoms, you will not see any. Likewise, if you come to the church to select material that is good for building furniture and worldly organizations, you will only find something that is good for bearing fruit. We were reborn to bear fruit.
We all have been ruined. We have been ruined for blossoms and we have been ruined for mate rials. We are good for nothing on this earth. If you are still good for something, it means that