I said in last weeks sermon that the lukewarm have lousy fruit production.
The Bible talks about two kinds of fruit.
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The fruit of the Spirit – Gal. 5:22
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The fruit of leading others to Jesus
The second one seems to be the point of the word “fruit” in this passage.
Every Believer Must take part in fruit bearing.
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It is not just for mature believers.
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The more you mature the more fruit there ought to be though.
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Often times it’s the other way around though. Christians seems to become less missional as they “mature.”
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It is not optional.
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I used to act like judging others was not optional and telling people about the love of Jesus was something only reserved for those who I thought deserved it. I used think, I’m not sitting with them, they went and got drunk last night. I’m not talking to them about Jesus, can you believe that shirt she is wearing.
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It is one of the reasons we were chosen. 16
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A branch that is in the vine naturally produces fruit.
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A branch does what branches do.
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Abide
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Produce fruit
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If a person has a fruit bearing problem there is also an abiding problem .
If Abiding is necessary to fruit production then, how do I abide or what does abiding look like?
1. Abiding means being in the word. Bible Study. 3, 7
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2. Abiding means remembering his love. 9
Two warnings
Those that bear no fruit are cut off and burned.
Those that bear no fruit are those that do not abide.
Every Believer should desire Much fruit. 2, 5, 8
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The Father trims us up in order to produce more fruit.
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The more abiding the more fruit.
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It is not a true statement to say, “I am close to God, but I don’t have any fruit.” This passage teaches us that that kind of thinking is inaccurate. It cannot be.
What about… we are not responsible for the fruit, just telling them.
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We have let that truth be a false comfort to us.
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Sometimes we use good things the wrong way. If we are not seeing fruit from our lives we automatically comfort ourselves by saying, “Well, It’s not my job to save people anyway, it’s only my job to tell them how.” If I don’t bear fruit it’s not my fault. That is not always true. Sometimes it is our fault, because we have not loved enough, we have not sacrificed enough, and we have been too harsh. Sometime we share Jesus like we don’t even want them to be saved. Sometimes we talk about Jesus like Cinderella’s Step-mother talked about her.
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Would you be satisfied with seeing no fruit?
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If we are sharing we will see some fruit. Branches bear fruit.
