The Fruitless Life Mat 21:19
The usual focus is on verses 21 and 22 while vs 19 is skimmed over. However, here we see how passionate the Lord is for us to “be fruitful.” In fact, what is crucial here is that the tree only had leaves and no figs. The problem wasn’t the leaves, but the absence of figs, simply being alive and having leaves (life) was not enough. A fig tree isn’t a fig tree without figs. Likewise, a disciple of Christ isn’t a disciple without fruit, a specific fruit of which it was created to bare. Because of the price paid for us to bear this fruit it is offensive for us not to go and bear fruit, this what we were made to do! --
And John 15:16 backs this up with Jesus saying, "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." --
But good soil is necessary to produce good fruit, according to Jesus we must be in the vine to produce the fruit that is lasting, the real fruit we where made to produce, and the vine is Him. (John 15:4). And we must be in good fertile soil, for it is from the soil that a tree gets all its nutrients. And out soil is the word Mat 13:23, being filled, walking in the spirit, Gal 5:22. Be in a bible teaching body of passionate lovers of Christ, Heb 10:25, 1Th 5:11, 2Ti 4:2. It is from these that God gives us the nutrients we need to produce fruit in our lives. --
It should always be on our hearts and minds to bear fruit. We need to allow the master gardener to do what is necessary to produce the fruit He desires from us, do the proper pruning as needed, giving the correct amount of watering and to till and weed the soil.
Whether or not we produce fruit in out lives and the amount will never exceed the level of our oneness, our relationship with Christ.
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