Glorifying The Father

Text: 15:1-8

We are commanded by our Lord & Saviour Jesus Christ, to bear fruit. Jesus did not command us to produce the fruit; He said bear the fruit. The limbs in a fruit tree bear the fruit, they do not produce the fruit. If the branch does not bear fruit, He cuts it off: vs. 2,6. The branches that bears fruit, He purgeth (prunes), that it may bring forth more fruit: vs.2. Now, there are three stages of fruit bearing:

I. Bearing Fruit—vs. 1-2.

A. A person has to be born again to bear fruit. John 3:1-21.

II. Bearing More Fruit—vs. 1-2

A. A person learns to bear more fruit, by growing in Christ. II Peter 3:18.

B. A person abides in Christ. John 15:1-8.

III. Bearing Much Fruit—vss. 5,8.

A. It is when we bear much fruit, that the Father is glorified and there is proof that you are a disciple.

Conlusion: The Holy Spirit produces the fruit, we only bear it. Gal. 5:22,23. The gold Jesus got for us, is when He said in John 17:4: “I have glorified thee on earth.”