"Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’ Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’", (Matthew 7:22-23). "Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth”, (John 4:23-24).
How do we know if we are a branch that bares fruit or if we are one that is cut and thrown into the fire? The Lord says "I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples", (John 15:5-8). Many "Christians" have connected through man's rituals "religion", but have not connected to the actual savior Jesus Christ. The only way we have assurance in our Salvation is through the Spirit that God deposits in us at the point of Salvation. "The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.” The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children. Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory", (Romans 8:15-17). To bare fruit, is to bare the fruit of the Spirit. The fruit of the Spirit = The Spirit of God!!! Only through the Holy Spirit dwelling in our vessels can this fruit be produced. The only worship that is pleasing to God and that He will accept is that in "Spirit and Truth". While the world may tolerate and accept many things, God is very specific on this fact, the only children that will enter His Gates with Thanksgiving and His courts with Praise are those who have been sealed with the Holy Spirit after making a "HEART DECISION" to accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, and who took up their cross to follow Him.
No man can state whether another is saved, we can only judge the fruit of someone's walk in Christ, and test ourselves. "For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth) and find out what pleases the Lord. Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. It is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret. But everything exposed by the light becomes visible—and everything that is illuminated becomes a light", (Ephesians 5:8-13). "Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in you—unless, of course, you fail the test?", (2 Corinthians 13:5). We must resolve to give God our Hearts and our whole life. This will produce a lifestyle full of passion and joy in seeking after the Father for the rest of our days!!! This is pleasing to the Father and this will have our Lord say, "Well done, good and faithful servant". This will be the the branch that bares much fruit!!! Today, test yourself to see if you are connected to the true vine, abide in Him as He abides in you!!! Be Encouraged!!! Have a wonderful life of submitting to the big picture on purpose!!!!!
John 15
The Vine and the Branches
1 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. 2 He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes[a] so that it will be even more fruitful. 3 You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. 4 Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.
5 “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. 6 If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. 7 If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. 8 This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.
9 “As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. 10 If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love. 11 I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. 12 My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. 13 Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. 14 You are my friends if you do what I command. 15 I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you. 16 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you. 17 This is my command: Love each other.
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