THOSE WHO REMAIN IN ME AND I IN THEM WILL PRODUCE MUCH FRUIT John 15:5-8 Yes, I am the Vine; you are the branches. Those who REMAIN in Me, and I In them, will PRODUCE MUCH FRUIT. For APART from ME you can do NOTHING. Anyone who PARTS from Me is thrown away like a usseless branch and Withers. Such branches are gathered into a pile to be burned. But if you STAY JOINED to ME and MY WORDS REMAIN IN YOU, you may ask any REQUEST you like, and it Will be GRANTED! My TRUE disciples PRODUCE much Fruit. THIS BRINGS GREAT GLORY TO MY FATHER. Fruit is not limited to Soul winning. In this chapter, Answered Prayer, Joy, and Love are mentioned as fruit 15:7,11,12). Gal 5:22-24 and 2 Peter 1:5-8 describe Additional Fruit: Qualities of Christian Character. Remaining in Christ means (1) Believing that He is Gods Son (1 John 4:15), (2) RECIEVING HIM AS SAVIOUR AND LORD (John 1:12), (3) DOING WHAT GOD SAYS ( 1 John 3:24), (4) CONTINUING to BELIEVE the GOOD NEWS (1 John 2:24), and (5) RELATING in LOVE to the Community of Believers, Christs BODY (John 5:12). Many people Try to be Good, Honest people who do what is Right. But Jesus says that the ONLY WAY to LIVE a TRULY GOOD LIFE is to STAY CLOSE to Him, like a Branch Attached to the Vine. Apart from Christ our EFFORTS are UNFRUITFUL. Are you Recieving the NOURISHMENT and LIFE offered by Christ, the VINE? If not, you are Missing a Special Gift He has for you. When a Vine Produces Much Fruit, God is GLORIFIED, for Daily He sent the SUNSHINE and RAIN to make the CROPS GROW, and CONSTANTLY He NURTURED each TINY PLANT and PREPARED it to BLOSSOM. What a Moment of Glory for the Lord of the Harvest when the Harvest is brought into the Barns, MATURE and READY for USE! He MADE IT ALL HAPPEN! This farming analogy shows how God is GLORIFIED when people come INTO a RIGHT RELATIONSHIP with Him and Begin to PRODUCE MUCH FRUIT in their Lives.
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