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Saturday, February
27, 2010
Bear Fruit
Bearing fruit begins within the vine; the
roots which pull up the nutrients and the water from the soil produces the
branches and the fruit which hang from them. That which is sown within is
what will produce the fruit without. And depending on the type of soil and
water that the vine is produced from will determine the outcome of the
fruit bearing.
So with this in mind we have been grafted
into the One true vine which is sown in good fertile ground with living
waters plenty bearing the fruit of the Spirit. Yet for us, as one of the
branches grafted in, we need to continually partake of the this source of
nourishment to remain healthy and able to bear fruit that is well pleasing
to the husbandman, He who planted the One true vine in the first place for
us to be a part of and partake of.
As we continue in the vine, which is
Christ, our Father in heaven continually prunes away the old so that we can
continue to draw strength and nourishment from our source of life and allow
Him to bring forth new growth and maturity that enables us to continue to
bear the fruit of the Spirit and remain grafted in.
John 15:1-8 I am the true vine, and my
Father is the husbandman. (2) Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he
taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it
may bring forth more fruit. (3) Now ye are clean through the word which I
have spoken unto you. (4) Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot
bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except
ye abide in me. (5) I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in
me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can
do nothing. (KJV)
Remember the consequences of not
continuing to abide in the One true vine, is that one will be cut off and cast
away because they have not glorified our Father neither have they bore His
fruit which is well pleasing in His sight.
John 15:6 If a man abide not in me, he is
cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them
into the fire, and they are burned. (KJV)
So brethren, today I encourage you to
continue in Christ and allow our Father to prune you so that you are able
to continue to bear much fruit, His Spiritual fruit in your life, and to
then share this fruit with others that they too may partake of the fruit of
the One true vine, Christ in you. Herein is our Father glorified.
John 15:7-8 If ye abide in me, and my
words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto
you. (8) Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall
ye be my disciples. (KJV)
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