November 18, 2023 BEARING MUCH FRUIT
John 15:4,8,16 “Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you, unless you abide in Me,”. “By this is My Father glorified, that you bear much fruit; and so prove to be My disciples.” “You did not choose Me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that you should go and bear much fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask of the Father in My name, He may give it to you.”
We are likely familiar with the analogy of how fruit is produced through the life that flows through the vine. If you cut off the branches of the vine where the fruit grows, obviously there will be no fruit. We may try to produce fruit in our lives through our one effort, only to find that the fruit does not remain. Only as we abide in Him can we bear fruit. The point of todays blog is that it is God’s desire and God’s plan that we bear much fruit. We are not to live a stagnant life, or a life void of good and lasting fruit. God lives in us and it is His life flowing within us that manifest in good fruit. This abiding in Christ is an amazing reality that has far reaching consequences. Because one is saved, it does not necessarily mean that he or she is abiding in Christ. Abiding is not a feeling or belief. The idea of abiding is that of living with, or remaining or staying with. Abiding with Christ is staying or walking in who He is in us and who we are in Him; we abide in Him because we know that true life comes only from Him. It’s not about us living our lives, but about Him living His life in us. We are all unique and we are different, but even so, Christ expresses His life in us through our own personalities. Abiding does not take a lot if energy; we receive from Him life that produces fruit. Part of abiding is learning of Him through reading and meditating on His word, by praying to Him, and by choosing to walk in His ways. It is a red letter day for us, a major happening, when we discover in our innermost being that satisfying, abundant life, comes only from Christ in us. I said that abiding does not take a lot of energy; but abiding results in us being expressions of the fruit that He produces in us; we are to be walking talking expressions of the life of Christ in us.
Galatians 5:22-23 “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.”
Blessings, Buddy
John 15:4,8,16 “Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you, unless you abide in Me,”. “By this is My Father glorified, that you bear much fruit; and so prove to be My disciples.” “You did not choose Me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that you should go and bear much fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask of the Father in My name, He may give it to you.”
We are likely familiar with the analogy of how fruit is produced through the life that flows through the vine. If you cut off the branches of the vine where the fruit grows, obviously there will be no fruit. We may try to produce fruit in our lives through our one effort, only to find that the fruit does not remain. Only as we abide in Him can we bear fruit. The point of todays blog is that it is God’s desire and God’s plan that we bear much fruit. We are not to live a stagnant life, or a life void of good and lasting fruit. God lives in us and it is His life flowing within us that manifest in good fruit. This abiding in Christ is an amazing reality that has far reaching consequences. Because one is saved, it does not necessarily mean that he or she is abiding in Christ. Abiding is not a feeling or belief. The idea of abiding is that of living with, or remaining or staying with. Abiding with Christ is staying or walking in who He is in us and who we are in Him; we abide in Him because we know that true life comes only from Him. It’s not about us living our lives, but about Him living His life in us. We are all unique and we are different, but even so, Christ expresses His life in us through our own personalities. Abiding does not take a lot if energy; we receive from Him life that produces fruit. Part of abiding is learning of Him through reading and meditating on His word, by praying to Him, and by choosing to walk in His ways. It is a red letter day for us, a major happening, when we discover in our innermost being that satisfying, abundant life, comes only from Christ in us. I said that abiding does not take a lot of energy; but abiding results in us being expressions of the fruit that He produces in us; we are to be walking talking expressions of the life of Christ in us.
Galatians 5:22-23 “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.”
Blessings, Buddy
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