Growing in Christ Sample

HAVE YOU BORNE FRUITS?

John 15:1-8

“Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me. I am the vine; you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.” (John 15:4-5)

In the above verses, the Lord Jesus describes our life with Him so accurately. We can see from His statement that fruitful Christianity is a direct result of an intimate relationship with Jesus. Jesus says that He is the tree and the believers are the branches. That is a relationship that cannot be replaced by anything else. The branches cannot get food directly from the roots. We know from this reading that we only have two choices about being fruitful: we either bear fruit or be thrown away.

Why is bearing fruit important to our Christian life? That is because we will surely die if we bear no fruit. We must understand that the Lord Jesus Christ has invested His life in each of our lives. Therefore, we will surely grow and bear fruits. Most believers cannot understand they will only bear fruit when they remain in Jesus or have an intimate relationship with Him. On the opposite, they always expect instant fruit.

A fruitful life is a very natural process in our spiritual experience. Natural process means that this process occurs by itself. It is not engineered or planned. It is a natural consequence of a process as stated in John 15:4, “Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me.”

Reflection:

1. Has your Christian life borne any fruit? What kind of fruit do you produce?

2. How is your relationship with God, the Vine?

Application:

Let us choose to continue abiding in Him so that our lives continue to bear fruit.