Appointed to go and bear fruit
Scripture reading for April 25: John 15
“”This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. You are My friends if you do what I command you. No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from My Father I have made known to you. You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in My Name, He may give it to you.”” John 15:12-16
Following Jesus is not something that we dream up for ourselves. Jesus taught that no matter how sinful or how noble our lives may have been, coming to Jesus is because of the Father’s mercy in choosing us and drawing us to repentance through His goodness. The ultimate goodness of God is found in His sending of His Only Son, Jesus Christ, to live among us and then to willingly offer His own life, body and blood, for us. This is the greatest act of love ever demonstrated to us as self-centered sinners.
Not only did God appoint us to salvation through His Son Jesus, He also sent us out (“go into all the world”) to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ to all people and nations. (Matthew 28:18-20) This is how we are to ‘bear fruit’ that will remain. These souls will be our ‘treasure’ in heaven. When someone is ‘born again’, they become new creatures in Christ and then possess the gift of eternal life. One of the greatest gifts to His followers is the Holy Spirit to dwell within us. The Holy Spirit helps us to pray and intercede for those needing salvation. The Holy Spirit directs the gifts needed to produce the fruit that remains–saved souls! The Holy Spirit gives each believer spiritual power to be a witness of Christ. Full joy awaits the believer!
Have you responded to the call of Jesus to inherit eternal life? Has God’s choice of you brought you to repentance and receiving of His Holy Spirit in new birth? Are you obedient to His appointment to go into your world with the precious message of God’s love for each person? Fruit that abides awaits!
Prayer: Father God, thank You for choosing me and desiring all men to be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth. I receive Your appointment to go daily into my world and pray for fruit that will remain, souls awakened to eternal life! Your joy is in me as I rejoice in these new eternal believers! Amen.
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