Friday, January 19, 2023

THE DANGER OF NOT BEING FRUITFUL

John 15:2, 6; Matthew 3:10; Luke 3:9

Exposition

Our Lord clearly wants us to be truly united to Him as a branch is to a tree that feeds it. Yet the vinedresser will cut off every branch that does not bear fruit. In the same vein, the Lord himself will take away from His church all professed Christians who give no evidence by their lives that they are truly united to him. After you are cut off, you wither. To wither is to be deprived of God’s grace. This means you become cold and insensitive to the things of the Spirit.

When this happens you become vulnerable and a prey to the enemy. This is where a person backslides. The person becomes united with the world again because all his/her spiritual sensors become inactive. The fate of the unfruitful believer may eventually be hell fire. However, as the vinedresser prunes every branch that bears fruit, so God purifies all true Christians so that they may be more fruitful. He takes away that which hinders their usefulness, teaches them, quickens them, revives them, and makes them purer in motive and in life. He does this by taking away what opposes their usefulness.

Prayer Guide: Lord, I pray against everything that impedes my fruitfulness.

Memory Verse For This Week: John 15:8 (ESV) – “By this, my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples.”

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