We Will Know Each Other And Ourselves By Our Fruit

“Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?” Matthew 7:16

The Bible teaches us that we will know each other by the fruit being produced in our lives. And the Truth of the saved is: Jesus is now our Vine that is producing our fruit.

“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.” John 15:5

We need to settle it right now, we should all expect to be used fully by our Father to bear much righteous fruit that proves that we are in the Vine! According to Jesus, if we are saved we will be used by our Father to produce much fruit! Through the power of Christ that is at work within us, every one of us should be producing much godly fruit: love, peace, joy, gentleness, faith, longsuffering, and goodness, and producing much of it! God had it written that it would prove that we are part of the Vine of Jesus Christ!

I don’t want to sound condemning here, but Jesus said that through Him, we will bring forth much fruit and Jesus said that we would be known by our fruit! I think for most of us we believe that it is unrealistic to think this way. But we should expect that all of us are fully used by our Father to produce much fruit. Jesus said that if we are one of His branches then we will bear much fruit. That’s awesome, we should shout for joy, we have the Holy Spirit within us strengthening us in this hope and since we do, faith will come, and we will be used by God to bear much fruit. Think of how much the world needs it? Look at the Middle East, you think they need some gentleness, goodness, love, and peace? Take a gander at Washington DC, you think that group may need some of what God has to offer? If two of us agree as touching any Truth of God and it will come to pass. Together in the full power of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ we can agree that these verses of Truth are fulfilled within our lives. Through the full power of the Holy Spirit we can actually hope to be fully matured by our Father to the fullest stature of Jesus Christ. And through faith Authored and Finished by Jesus we will move on to perfection, and we absolutely will, our Father has proclaimed it!

We need to preach that we will absolutely be used to produce much fruit, because it’s Truth, and the Truth will set us free! I know people who never produce any fruit, and they have been so called saved for years, and no one loves them enough to tell them the Truth. The consequence is a life filled with failure and ask yourself this, wouldn’t Jesus tell them how wonderfully they can be used? I mean Peter said that he didn’t want Jesus to be crucified and Jesus called him satan! We all need to look in the mirror and desire for God to be Who He is within us.

Ask our Father, are you being used by Him to produce much fruit? He will tell you. The great thing about much, is it’s relative. A new branch may not be bearing as much fruit as a mature branch, but in reality, compared to its size, it’s producing more than the older one, or much. Our Father knows where you are and He knows what much is for you and what is great for you. It is our Father producing the fruit for us anyway, so He defines much for each of us. And if you are truly saved, it just happens, a branch doesn’t have to take thought for producing fruit, the Vine and the Gardener determine that! And the Gardener and the Vine have determined for us to have much!

“But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught by God to love one another.” 1 Thessalonians 4:9