GOD WANTS US TO BE FRUIT BEARERS

John 15:8 - "This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples."

When we bear fruit it brings glory to the Father and shows that you are Christ's disciple. 

There are 2 types of fruit. There is nonspiritual and spiritual. Nonspiritual fruit is produced by man himself whether good or evil.  Spiritual fruit is produced by the Spirit of God which produces righteousness and good works.

God desires us to produce much fruit as we yield to the Holy Spirit's power. Bearing fruit is a natural out working of our relationship with God. The first key to bearing much fruit is being connected to the source of nourishment which is Christ himself. 

John 15:5 - "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."

I must hold onto God and He will hold onto me. A couple of keys to holding on to Christ is desire, yielding, and obedience.

The second key to producing much fruit is being pruned.

John 15:2 - "He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful."

We are unable to prune ourselves. It is the work of the Gardner.  Yet, we must yield to the pruning and learn from the pruning in order to bear much fruit. 

There is warning to the branch and a promise to the branch. The warning is that if we do not remain in Him, we will but cut off and thrown into the fire. The promise is that are able to ask whatever we wish, and it will be done for us.