BRING FORTH FRUIT

[SANTOSO]

Beloved ones, we heard:

“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.”
‭‭John‬ ‭15:16‬ ‭KJV‬‬

What have we not chosen Jesus ? This is what we have heard earlier, our Lord said:

“Ye are MY FRIENDS, if ye do whatsoever I command you.

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.”
‭‭John‬ ‭15:14-15‬ ‭KJV‬‬

So we didn’t choose Jesus as FRIEND but He chose us as FRIENDS.

Yes, He have said:

“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.”
‭‭John‬ ‭15:16‬ ‭KJV‬‬

What is the meaning of “ordained”?

1. make (someone) a priest or minister; confer holy orders on.

2.order or decree (something) officially.

So Jesus have made us priests or ministers, that He has decreed us officially His PRIESTS or MINISTERS,
that should go and bring forth fruit, and that our fruit should remain.

How we should go and BRING FORTH FRUIT?

This, we heard:

“which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and BRINGETH FORTH FRUIT, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth:”
‭‭Colossians‬ ‭1:6‬ ‭KJV‬‬

That bring forth fruit, as it does also in us, since the day we heard of IT and knew the grace of God in truth.

What is this IT ? Earlier we heard:

“for the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before IN THE WORD OF THE TRUTH OF THE GOSPEL;”
‭‭Colossians‬ ‭1:5‬ ‭KJV‬‬

This IT is IN THE WORD OF THE TRUTH OF THE GOSPEL.

So, that bring forth fruit, as the word of the truth of the gospel does also that bring forth fruit in us, since the day we heard of the word of the truth of the gospel and knew the grace of God in truth.

We perceive that we bring forth fruit — the day we heard of the word of the truth of the gospel and knew the grace of God in truth.

So we who go and bring forth fruit, we who speak of the word of the truth of the gospel, that those who hear may know the grace of God in truth.

Also, our Lord said “and that your fruit should REMAIN”.
How our fruit should remain?

REMAIN is defined as that continue to exist, especially after other similar or related people or things have ceased to exist.

So especially after our old nature or old self have ceased to exist, that continue to exist is our new nature in Christ.

As our Lord Jesus said :

““I am the vine; you are the branches. If you REMAIN in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.”
‭‭John‬ ‭15:5‬ ‭NIV‬‬

So if we remain in Christ or spiritually if we remain in the vine, that we are the branches, that we will bear much fruit. For apart from Christ we can do nothing.

We perceive that our fruit should REMAIN, that we remain in Christ,
and He in us, we will bear much fruit, that we will speak of the word of the truth of the gospel, that those who hear may know the grace of God in truth.

So we have not Jesus as friends but He has chosen as His FRIENDS and ordained us as His priests or ministers that we should go and bring forth fruit, that is, we
speak of the word of the truth of the gospel, that those who hear may know the grace of God in truth.

And that our fruit should remain, that is, that we remain in Christ, that after our old nature or old self have ceased to exist, that continue to exist, that we remain in Christ’s nature:
that whatsoever we shall ask of the Father in His name, He may give it us.

Beloved ones, let us speak of the word of the truth of the gospel, that those who hear may know the grace of God in truth. For this is how the Lord told us that we should go and bring forth fruit.

To God the Father all glory and thanksgiving through Christ. Amen.

 

[Minister Monardo]

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.”
‭‭John‬ ‭15:14-15‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Don't leave out the IF
John 15:14 You are My friends IF you do whatever I command you.

So we didn’t choose Jesus as FRIEND but He chose us as FRIENDS.

No one is "called" a friend. We are called to be servants. The disciples became
the Lord's friend by faithfulness.
Luke 22:28 But you are those who have continued with Me in My trials.

John 6:
66 From that time many of His disciples went back and walked with Him no more.
67 Then Jesus said to the twelve, “Do you also want to go away?”
68 But Simon Peter answered Him, “Lord, to whom shall we go?
You have the words of eternal life.

A faithful servant, over time, becomes the King's friend.
Proverbs 22:11 He that loves pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips
the king shall be his friend.

Matthew 5:8 Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

1 Kings 10:8 Happy are your men and happy are these your servants,
who stand continually before you and hear your wisdom!

This is to abide, and overcome
1 Corinthians 12:3 Therefore I make known to you that no one speaking by the
Spirit of God calls Jesus accursed, and no one can say that Jesus is Lord
except by the Holy Spirit.

Revelation 3:21 To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with Me on My throne,
as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.

No one is "given" friendship with the King. It is a reward of faithfulness.
Luke 17:10 So likewise you, when you have done all those things which you are commanded,
say, ‘We are unprofitable servants. We have done what was our duty to do.’

Luke 12:37 Blessed are those servants whom the master, when he comes, will find watching.
Assuredly, I say to you that he will gird himself and have them sit down to eat,
and will come and serve them.

Romans 2:
6 who will render to each one according to his deeds,
7 eternal life to those who by patient continuance in doing good seek for glory,
honor, and immortality.

Psalms 58:11 So that men will say,
“Surely there is a reward for the righteous;
Surely He is God who judges in the earth.”

 

[SANTOSO]

Don't leave out the IF
John 15:14 You are My friends IF you do whatever I command you.



No one is "called" a friend. We are called to be servants. The disciples became
the Lord's friend by faithfulness.
Luke 22:28 But you are those who have continued with Me in My trials.

John 6:
66 From that time many of His disciples went back and walked with Him no more.
67 Then Jesus said to the twelve, “Do you also want to go away?”
68 But Simon Peter answered Him, “Lord, to whom shall we go?
You have the words of eternal life.

A faithful servant, over time, becomes the King's friend.
Proverbs 22:11 He that loves pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips
the king shall be his friend.

Matthew 5:8 Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

1 Kings 10:8 Happy are your men and happy are these your servants,
who stand continually before you and hear your wisdom!

This is to abide, and overcome
1 Corinthians 12:3 Therefore I make known to you that no one speaking by the
Spirit of God calls Jesus accursed, and no one can say that Jesus is Lord
except by the Holy Spirit.

Revelation 3:21 To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with Me on My throne,
as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.

No one is "given" friendship with the King. It is a reward of faithfulness.
Luke 17:10 So likewise you, when you have done all those things which you are commanded,
say, ‘We are unprofitable servants. We have done what was our duty to do.’

Luke 12:37 Blessed are those servants whom the master, when he comes, will find watching.
Assuredly, I say to you that he will gird himself and have them sit down to eat,
and will come and serve them.

Romans 2:
6 who will render to each one according to his deeds,
7 eternal life to those who by patient continuance in doing good seek for glory,
honor, and immortality.

Psalms 58:11 So that men will say,
“Surely there is a reward for the righteous;
Surely He is God who judges in the earth.”

Beloved one, if you read carefully what I have written earlier, you will find that I have quoted not only John 15:15 but also John 15:14.

May God’s peace be with you. Amen