He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit. Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples. John 15:5,8
Greetings to you in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. With last chapter, I have successfully wrote 40 articles which was the grace of the Lord. I am grateful to God for empowering me to write these things. I had really difficult times in the past but God had brought me safe thus far. Please pray for me that I do more of His will and the Spirit of truth reveal many hidden wonders in His word of God and I reveal them through this platform.
As mentioned at the end of the last chapter, this chapter is about the goal of the new creation which is bearing fruits. If you are reading the new creation chapters from the beginning, you would understand that we started the series to put focus on the goal of the Christian life on this earth. The Christians may wonder what they are supposed to do as children of the almighty God in this earth. One might wonder is the goal is to attend the Church and giving offering, living as a good law abiding citizen or doing the ministry of the Lord and bringing many souls to salvation or what else. The series started to address this important question and we actually came to the point where we deal about the goal of the Christian life. The goal of the Christian life is to bear fruits and bring glorification to the name of the Father.
Fulfilling God's will bring glory to Him. If you consider the world around us, from the tiniest of creatures to the huge creation, everything exists to do God's will. Even Jesus came as a human, to fulfill the will of God. Jesus says in His own words, "I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do." John 17:4 It means that fulfilling His will is glorifying Him and like Jesus if we too fulfill His will in our lives, we bring glory to His name. What is His will in our lives ? Whatever brings glory to the Father is His will. The verse of this topic says that "Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit". John 15:8. So, it means that though there are different goals and challenges in the calling of the individuals, the common will of the Father for every Christian is to bear spiritual fruits in His life and that way the Father's name is glorified.
How do you bear fruits ? That's the complete subject of John 15th chapter. Please read this full chapter with this perspective. As per the title verse, if we abide in Jesus, we automatically bear fruits as Jesus is the true vine and we are the branches. If we are connected to the vine, we will automatically bear fruits without efforts. John 15:1-4. The real meaning is the branch alone cannot give fruits, instead the fruit comes from the vine plant. It really means that it is impossible for us to bear spiritual fruits on our own. But, instead we should have JESUS living inside us through the Holy Spirit and if the spirit lives in us, He automatically bears the fruits of Christ for the glory of the Father and without Him we cannot bear fruits.
What is the spiritual fruit? It is a well known verse of Galatians 5:22-23 that the fruit of Spirit is love, peace, joy, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, gentleness, self control. Do you know why Paul used singular term fruit instead of fruits. The singular term is used to represent all these divine qualities are considered to be within a believer who has Jesus dwelling inside of Him through the Holy Spirit. So, all these qualities are considered to be one fruit of one spirit, that is the spirit of God. We give all these qualities over and over again throughout our walk in the Christian life and hence we are known for our fruits. That's why Jesus said when He talked about finding false prophets, He mentioned that we can find them by their fruits. Matthew 7:16. Because, most of them speak and project themselves like a holy person but we cannot find fruit of spirit in their lives. Contradictory to them, the true saints of God will never talk much about themselves rather about God or His word.
We saw that the will of God is to bear much spiritual fruits for Him and what are the spiritual fruits and how to bear them. Let's see who bear these fruits. Bearing these fruits is not a straightforward task. Even though we have the Holy Spirit within us, we are not exempted from constant trials and temptations in our lives. A just born again Christian is considered to be babe and only a matured grown up new creation who is constantly revived by the Word of God through the Holy Spirit and who constantly walk with God by overcoming temptations and sins will eventually start to yield fruits. But the one who keeps growing, walking through all the worldly sufferings and still stands with the Lord, will reflect Christ in His day to day life.
It is written that, "but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not." I John 5:18, one more verse in 1 John says, "And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure." I John 3:3. So, it is not a short term goal but it is a life long goal and only one who is serious about His born again Christian life and one who is serious about the eternal glory will stand through and bear much fruits. One who doesn't stand in the Word of God and prayer cannot continue to bear fruit as Jesus said if the branch is not connected with vine, it cannot bear fruits. John 15:6
So, dear brother or sister, if you have reached this level and you think you are bearing fruits for Christ, then you are a blessed person. Because, you don't need teaching from others instead God Himself will teach you through His anointing and you will lead a successful new Creation. All you need to do is continue to lead the way and finish your race on a high note and then for sure you will receive your rewards for your good works that you have done in this earth.
With this chapter, I actually explained the main goal of the Christian life which is the purpose of this series. But, we haven't reached the end of the series yet. There are few important areas to be touched as we have an enemy of this new creation life and it is imperative to understand the devil's schemes in order to overcome. So, though the goal of the new creation life is bearing fruits, it is just not only about bearing fruits but it is one more thing which is overcoming because without that we cannot finish God's will in our lives. There are many rewards promised by Jesus for the overcomers in the book of revelation and we are going to start the exciting new journey which is a continuation of the new creation series.
All glory, honor and praise to God our Father through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.
Greetings to you in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. With last chapter, I have successfully wrote 40 articles which was the grace of the Lord. I am grateful to God for empowering me to write these things. I had really difficult times in the past but God had brought me safe thus far. Please pray for me that I do more of His will and the Spirit of truth reveal many hidden wonders in His word of God and I reveal them through this platform.
As mentioned at the end of the last chapter, this chapter is about the goal of the new creation which is bearing fruits. If you are reading the new creation chapters from the beginning, you would understand that we started the series to put focus on the goal of the Christian life on this earth. The Christians may wonder what they are supposed to do as children of the almighty God in this earth. One might wonder is the goal is to attend the Church and giving offering, living as a good law abiding citizen or doing the ministry of the Lord and bringing many souls to salvation or what else. The series started to address this important question and we actually came to the point where we deal about the goal of the Christian life. The goal of the Christian life is to bear fruits and bring glorification to the name of the Father.
Fulfilling God's will bring glory to Him. If you consider the world around us, from the tiniest of creatures to the huge creation, everything exists to do God's will. Even Jesus came as a human, to fulfill the will of God. Jesus says in His own words, "I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do." John 17:4 It means that fulfilling His will is glorifying Him and like Jesus if we too fulfill His will in our lives, we bring glory to His name. What is His will in our lives ? Whatever brings glory to the Father is His will. The verse of this topic says that "Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit". John 15:8. So, it means that though there are different goals and challenges in the calling of the individuals, the common will of the Father for every Christian is to bear spiritual fruits in His life and that way the Father's name is glorified.
How do you bear fruits ? That's the complete subject of John 15th chapter. Please read this full chapter with this perspective. As per the title verse, if we abide in Jesus, we automatically bear fruits as Jesus is the true vine and we are the branches. If we are connected to the vine, we will automatically bear fruits without efforts. John 15:1-4. The real meaning is the branch alone cannot give fruits, instead the fruit comes from the vine plant. It really means that it is impossible for us to bear spiritual fruits on our own. But, instead we should have JESUS living inside us through the Holy Spirit and if the spirit lives in us, He automatically bears the fruits of Christ for the glory of the Father and without Him we cannot bear fruits.
What is the spiritual fruit? It is a well known verse of Galatians 5:22-23 that the fruit of Spirit is love, peace, joy, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, gentleness, self control. Do you know why Paul used singular term fruit instead of fruits. The singular term is used to represent all these divine qualities are considered to be within a believer who has Jesus dwelling inside of Him through the Holy Spirit. So, all these qualities are considered to be one fruit of one spirit, that is the spirit of God. We give all these qualities over and over again throughout our walk in the Christian life and hence we are known for our fruits. That's why Jesus said when He talked about finding false prophets, He mentioned that we can find them by their fruits. Matthew 7:16. Because, most of them speak and project themselves like a holy person but we cannot find fruit of spirit in their lives. Contradictory to them, the true saints of God will never talk much about themselves rather about God or His word.
We saw that the will of God is to bear much spiritual fruits for Him and what are the spiritual fruits and how to bear them. Let's see who bear these fruits. Bearing these fruits is not a straightforward task. Even though we have the Holy Spirit within us, we are not exempted from constant trials and temptations in our lives. A just born again Christian is considered to be babe and only a matured grown up new creation who is constantly revived by the Word of God through the Holy Spirit and who constantly walk with God by overcoming temptations and sins will eventually start to yield fruits. But the one who keeps growing, walking through all the worldly sufferings and still stands with the Lord, will reflect Christ in His day to day life.
It is written that, "but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not." I John 5:18, one more verse in 1 John says, "And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure." I John 3:3. So, it is not a short term goal but it is a life long goal and only one who is serious about His born again Christian life and one who is serious about the eternal glory will stand through and bear much fruits. One who doesn't stand in the Word of God and prayer cannot continue to bear fruit as Jesus said if the branch is not connected with vine, it cannot bear fruits. John 15:6
So, dear brother or sister, if you have reached this level and you think you are bearing fruits for Christ, then you are a blessed person. Because, you don't need teaching from others instead God Himself will teach you through His anointing and you will lead a successful new Creation. All you need to do is continue to lead the way and finish your race on a high note and then for sure you will receive your rewards for your good works that you have done in this earth.
With this chapter, I actually explained the main goal of the Christian life which is the purpose of this series. But, we haven't reached the end of the series yet. There are few important areas to be touched as we have an enemy of this new creation life and it is imperative to understand the devil's schemes in order to overcome. So, though the goal of the new creation life is bearing fruits, it is just not only about bearing fruits but it is one more thing which is overcoming because without that we cannot finish God's will in our lives. There are many rewards promised by Jesus for the overcomers in the book of revelation and we are going to start the exciting new journey which is a continuation of the new creation series.
All glory, honor and praise to God our Father through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.
