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What is God's will for your life in 2024?
Healthy plants bear fruit, and healthy Christians and healthy churches bear fruit as well!
John 15 challenges us to abide in Christ this year so that we can bear fruit for the glory of His name.
Text: John 15:1-11
1. Every branch should produce fruit.
John 15:1-2 - “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.
A. Fruitless branches are removed from the Vine. (See Matthew 7:16-20)
C. Some branches DO produce fruit and these branches are pruned so they can produce even more.
D. Pruning can be painful, in fact many of life’s lessons are very painful. (See Romans 8:28).
2. Bearing fruit doesn’t save you – it’s possible because you are already saved.
John 15:3 - Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you.
See also Ephesians 2:8-10.
3. Abide in Christ.
John 15:4-10 - Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. If anyone does not abidein me he is thrown away like a branch and withers; and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned. If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples. As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love.
A. There are 10 “Abides” in this passage! We get the word “Abide” from the Greek “meno” (Minnow), about half the time it is translated as “remain or stay” and the other half “abide, or dwell”
B. This text has to do with both proximity and steadfastness.
C. Proximity – we must rely on Christ. We must be spending time with Him, be connected to the vine if we are wanting to bear good fruit.
D. Steadfastness – we must endure until the end. Don’t stop and think “I’ve got this now”.
Abiding in Christ and bearing fruit is a joy-filled endeavor! There is nothing better than being close to Jesus.
John 15:11 - These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.
This year, we will gauge our success as a church by our fruitfulness – and our fruitfulness will come with our enjoying God together. We must abide in Christ if we are to be used by Christ in this world!
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What is God's will for your life in 2024?
Healthy plants bear fruit, and healthy Christians and healthy churches bear fruit as well!
John 15 challenges us to abide in Christ this year so that we can bear fruit for the glory of His name.
Text: John 15:1-11
1. Every branch should produce fruit.
John 15:1-2 - “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.
A. Fruitless branches are removed from the Vine. (See Matthew 7:16-20)
C. Some branches DO produce fruit and these branches are pruned so they can produce even more.
D. Pruning can be painful, in fact many of life’s lessons are very painful. (See Romans 8:28).
2. Bearing fruit doesn’t save you – it’s possible because you are already saved.
John 15:3 - Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you.
See also Ephesians 2:8-10.
3. Abide in Christ.
John 15:4-10 - Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. If anyone does not abidein me he is thrown away like a branch and withers; and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned. If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples. As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love.
A. There are 10 “Abides” in this passage! We get the word “Abide” from the Greek “meno” (Minnow), about half the time it is translated as “remain or stay” and the other half “abide, or dwell”
B. This text has to do with both proximity and steadfastness.
C. Proximity – we must rely on Christ. We must be spending time with Him, be connected to the vine if we are wanting to bear good fruit.
D. Steadfastness – we must endure until the end. Don’t stop and think “I’ve got this now”.
Abiding in Christ and bearing fruit is a joy-filled endeavor! There is nothing better than being close to Jesus.
John 15:11 - These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.
This year, we will gauge our success as a church by our fruitfulness – and our fruitfulness will come with our enjoying God together. We must abide in Christ if we are to be used by Christ in this world!