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Show FRUIT BEARING John 15: 1-11 Jesus wanted the Pharisees to stop their hypocritical ways. So He tod them to "Either make the tree fruit good: good, and his else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is or by its fruit." (Matthew 12: 33) suggested that what one becomes is a known He process. In Exodus 3: 14, we hear the God explained who He really is when He says to tell those who ask that "I AM THAT I AM." He was getting Moses ready he for the work that he would do after was called. Then God sent His begotten Son Jesus Kingdom building. only ready for He gives us the to 1 get us assurance with seven complete 1 AMs to the "I AM" statement in the New Testament. John 6: 48 & 51·-"1 life" am the Bread of . John 8: 12-"1 the am the door." world." John 10: 9-"1 John 10: 11 & 14-1 shepherd. light am am the " John 11: 25-"1 am of the good the resurrection and the life." John 14: 6-"1 am and the life." the way, the truth, Then Jesus wraps it up with the seventh "I AM." John 15: 1-"1 With the am the true vine." completed statement, 2 Jesus ready for Kingdom service, not just to be forgiven, saved, and sanctified but to be busy fruit bearing. These eleven verses offers at least four instructive steps for Kingdom fruit bearing. wants to get us First, there is not abiding no fruit. Those who are in the Master will be taken away, thrown away, dried up, gathered up, and thrown into the fire. That is to say, God has the unfruitful vine removed. It is not enough to just meet the Master kingdom, we either get busy in the kingdom or we are sent through the fire. Maybe that's the way and to learn about the God gets our attention. He lets through something. He stirs • us going. 3 us us go up to get Second, the text speaks of fruit. "Every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it." In our language, He prunes the branch so that it can God is not just be productive. looking for consumers, He wants producers. He saves us to save others. We His hand bearing are to become instruments in giving birth and branches fruit. To prune means to make clean, to free from sin's defilement, to wash us, to trim of the extra so that we grow taller and bear better healthy fruit. God is getting us can apply the word everyday follow Him and to agent of His fruit. more ready to cleaning ... to bear What is more, God expects us to not be barren and not only to have fruit but to 4 being productive but producing bountifully. bear more fruit. It is not just "Abide in Him and more fruit" will be the harvest. Add to what you have. Do more than you have been doing. Go further than you have gone before. Be better than you were the last time. We ought to be more today than we were yesterday. "Move on up a little higher." Someone has wisely said, the room for improvement is never filled. We ought to get up so we can grow up so we can go up. Furthermore, the believer is Jesus Christ cannot stay without fruit, must bear fruit, and more fruit, then in the abundant life, God come to the garden of kingdom looking for much fruit. With 5 the Word of God as our we glorify produce an abundance of good fruit. We ought to be like David's cup of oil, running over with fruit. We ought to be like Israel's givings, so abundant that we have to give some back. We ought to bear so much fruit that there will not be room enough to receive it. Every Christian must give up hate and replace it with love. Then we must grow up joyful and peaceful. We must stand tall on the legs of longsuffering and gentle. We must practice goodness with the Lord and . tool, faith, meekness with temperance. (Galatians 5: 22-23) It will not be easy to go through the pruning so that we can grow, but grow we must. God prunes with suffering and sorrow because He 6 us loves us. It takes time to God in stead of our light up the own fully trust in dead selves. We that all my see and know who Jesus is. We move from no world fruit to fruit to so more Jesus baffled the fruit to much fruit. lawyers treading the wine press the alone. Him and 12 others. Soon there was Then there came a women were and doctors in day that 120 plus upper room. left, there were 3120 an By the time they plus. John the Revelator said he saw 144000 from the 12 tribes of Israel. Then, when he looked again he number that no man could number. 7 saw a Calvary Baptist Church August 8, 2010 8:00 A.M. Call To - Worship Congregational Hymn Offering - Hallelujah - #305 - Take My Hand, Precious Lord There's A Feast Going On - Altar Call- Thank Youl Lord Selection Leaning - On The Everlasting Arm Invitation -I Will Trust In The Lord Dismissal- God Be With You 11:00 A.M. - Worship Call To - Hallelujah Processional-I will Sing Praises Congregational Hymn Offering - There's a - #305 Feast - Take My Hand, Precious Lord Going On Altar Call- Thank YOUI Lord Selections - Leaning On The Everlasting Arm What Is this Invitation -I Will Trust In The Lord Dismissal- God Be With You |
