I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing. John 15:5 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.15.5.NASB1995
Self evaluation is a tough thing to do, but a very good thing for us to practice. John 15:5 is a good tester of whether we have a relationship with God or whether we are just participating in religion.
To grow in our Christian walk we must know, and abide in Jesus. We need to be fed by the Word – Jesus – and grow in the power of the Holy Spirit. This is relational. We speak to Jesus through prayer. Jesus feeds us through His word. The Holy Spirit guides us on our walk with strength that we, the branch, received by our feeding through the Vine, Jesus.
Are you being fed? Fed correctly?
Whatever your source of feeding is will depict what you will produce.
Then God said, “Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees on the earth bearing fruit after their kind with seed in them”; and it was so.
Genesis 1:11 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/gen.1.11.NASB1995
Being attached to the Vine we will produce Kingdom fruit.
because of the hope laid up for you in heaven, of which you previously heard in the word of truth, the gospel which has come to you, just as in all the world also it is constantly bearing fruit and increasing, even as it has been doing in you also since the day you heard of it and understood the grace of God in truth;
so that you will walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, to please Him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God;
Colossians 1:5-6, 10 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/col.1.5.NASB1995
Are you attached to the vine? Are you in a relationship with Jesus or playing religion? Are you alive in Christ or dead? It’s either/or.
Are you producing fruit for the Kingdom of God?
And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
Matthew 28:18-20 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/mat.28.18.NASB1995
Without God we cannot produce fruit!! This is why it is so important to abide in the Vine, Jesus. Without Jesus we can do nothing. NOTHING!! Our productivity is under the management of Christ.
I pray God will draw you to Himself as you evaluate your relationship to the Vine. God bless you.
Continually Seeking Him,
🌹Sharon
Continually Seeking Him 