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Bible Lesson: Scriptures For
Special Occasions: Needing Spiritual Fruits.
Bible Text:
John 15:1-27 KJV
1 I am the True
Vine, and My father is The Husbandman.
2 Every branch
in Me that beareth not fruit He taketh away: and every branch that
beareth fruit, He purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
3 Now ye are
clean through The Word which I have spoken unto you.
4 Abide in Me,
and I in you. as the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it
abide in The Vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
5 I am The
Vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in Me, and I in him, the
same bringeth forth much fruit: for without Me ye can do nothing.
6 If a man
abide not in Me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and
men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
7 If ye abide
in Me, and My Words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it
shall be done unto you.
8 Herein is My
Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be My
disciples.
9 As The Father
hath loved Me, so have I loved you: continue ye in My love.
10 If ye keep
My commandments, ye shall abide in My love; even as I have kept My
father's commandments, and abide in His love.
11 These things
have I spoken unto you, that My joy mighty remain in you, and that
our joy might be full.
12 This is My
commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
13 Greater love
hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
14 Ye are My
friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
15 Henceforth I
call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord
doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have
heard of My Father I have made known unto you.
16 Ye have not
chosen Me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go
and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that
whatsoever ye shall ask of The Father in My name, He may give it
you.
17 These things
I command you, that ye love one another.
18 If the world
hate you, ye know that it hated Me before it hated you.
19 If ye were
of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of
the world, but I have chosen you you out of the world, therefore the
world hateth you.
20 Remember The
Word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord.
If they have persecuted Me, they will also persecute you; if they
have kept My saying, they will keep yours also.
21 But all
these things will they do unto you for My name's sake, because they
know not Him that sent Me.
22 If I had not
come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin but now they have no
cloke for their sin.
23 He that
hateh Me hateth My Father also.
24 If I had
not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not
had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both Me and My Father.
25 But this
cometh to pass, that The Word might be fulfilled that is written in
their Law, They hated Me without a cause.
26 But when The
Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from The Father, even
The Spirit Of Truth, which proceedeth from The Father, He shall
testify of Me:
27 and ye also
shall bear witness, because ye have been with Me from the beginning.
Spiritual fruit comes from living faithfully to the commands of The
Lord.
10 If ye keep My commandments, ye shall abide in My love;
Jesus is the vine, (our vine), and The Father is the Gardner.
The Father prunes and purges the branches so that we may grow
stronger and produce more and more good fruit.
The
Fruit Of The Spirit:
Galatians
5:22,23 KJV
22 But the
fruit of The Spirit is love, joy, peace, long suffering, gentleness,
goodness, faith,
23 Meekness,
temperance: against such there is no law.
Ephesians 5:9
KJV
(For the fruit
of The Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and Truth;)
God's will for us, our purpose in living, given here by our Lord...
Verse 16 “...I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should
go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain...”
Our Lord's command...
Verse
12 “This is My commandment, That ye love one another, as
I have loved you.”
So the question is today, are our branches laden with the fruits of
The Spirit?
The opposite of love is hate. Are there areas of hatred in our lives?
The Father is desperately trying to prune these things from us!
A fruit of The Spirit is to be long suffering, that is patient, Are
we known for our impatience, short tempers, or lack of bearing with
others? The Gardner knows these poisons will only block the nutriment
of love and kindness, meaning that there will be less and less fruit
in our lives.
A dead branch of unbelief, and intemperance, is pruned by The
Gardener, and is cast into the fire.
4 Abide in Me,
and I in you. as the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it
abide in The Vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
5 I am The
Vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in Me, and I in
him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without Me ye can
do nothing.
Prayer:
Psalm 1:1-6 KJV
1 Blessed is
the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth
in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
2 But his
delight is in The Law of The Lord; and in His Law doth he meditate
day and night.
3 And he shall
be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth
his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not whither; and
whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
4 The ungodly
are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
5 Therefore the
ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the
congregation of the righteous.
6 For The Lord
knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall
perish.
