Living the Fruitful Life - Chosen

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"You did not choose Me, but I chose you. I selected you so that you would go and produce fruit, and your fruit would remain. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in My name."
-Jesus of Nazareth, speaking to His disciples, 1st century
Johm 15:16 in The Tree of Life Version

[This is the 1st of this series]

The new life in Christ is a fruitful life. He chose us so that we will bear fruit. The challenge for us now is how to live this fruitful life.

There are trees and vines which bear fruit. And there are those which do not. They may look the same but they serve different purposes.

Selected

God has selected us to bear fruit. We have no hand in this. Whether we like it or not, we are fruit bearing.

Now vines and trees do not bear fruit the moment they are sown. They do not bear fruit the moment they sprout. And depending on the type of fruit, they do not even bear fruit within a year. Some will even take several years to bear fruit.


Due Season

It is the same way with our new life in Christ. The fruit will come, but it will not be automatic. It takes time and other factors.

Everything on the outside affects the quantity and the quality of the fruit. But the fruit is not determined by anything external, it is from within. The fruit is in us (just as Christ is in us) and it is waiting to come forth in due season or at the proper time. And when it does, it is not because we are special or we are worthy. We bear fruit because God has chosen us to.

This series of lessons will help us make sense of all this and how to life the fruitful life.



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