Abide in Me - Part 4
God's calling for believers is not to produce fruit. His calling is that they bear fruit. Join us today as we discuss how the Christian life isn’t about trying harder, it is about recognizing our total inability and embracing Christ’s ability through the power of His Spirit!
The Commands of Christ Podcast · Gabriel Cleator, Nate Paine
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Show Notes
In this episode, we focus on a liberating truth: when we abide in Christ, and His Words abide in us, this gives the Holy Spirit the ability to produce His fruit in and through us.
Why is this so liberating? It’s liberating because God's calling for believers is not to produce fruit. His calling is that they bear fruit. It’s important to note that fruit is not a byproduct of self-effort; fruit is the outflow of the life of God Himself living and operating within us. To sum it up: producing fruit is God’s job, bearing fruit is the believer's job.
Contrary to how it first seems, the believer does not need the fruits of the Spirit to be added to his life. Instead, he needs more of the Holy Spirit that bears that fruit. In summary, the Christian life isn’t about trying harder. It is about us recognizing our total inability to produce fruit and instead, embracing Christ’s ability through the power of His Spirit!
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