READ: JOHN
15:1-16
A tree with
luxuriant branches is beautiful to behold. There is life in the branches for as
long as they remain attached to the tree. Cut off the branches from the trunk
and you have nothing but firewood. When you come across a real child of God you
will behold the glory of God in him or her. But when the same believer departs
from grace, he becomes reduced to‘firewood’. My prayer for you is that may
nothing separate you from the love of God. Without God there is very little or
nothing we can do. As a matter of fact a man without Christ is practically
useless. This is why Jesus said, in John 15:5, “I am the vine, you are the
branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me
you can do nothing.” Any man who does not have Christ is zero. Any
branch that is not attached to the vine will end up as firewood. This is what
Jesus Christ said in John 15:6 “If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast
out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the
fire, and they are burned.” If anyone has been separated from Jesus
Christ and he fails to return to him fast, such a person risks hell fire. When
a Christian changes for the worse, he or she becomes not just an unbeliever but
also a backslider. The devil does not joke with backsliders. A backslider is an
easy target for the devil as such a person no longer has the power of God with
him. This gives the devil the opportunity to retaliate, especially if he had
been a chief tormentor of the devil. In 1 Samuel 16:14, the Bible tells us that
the moment the Spirit of God left king Saul, an evil spirit came to torment
him. Here was a man who had prophesied before and people respected him for
this. God thereafter departed from him. He lost touch with God and the enemy
tormented him. Remember, you remain a flourishing branch only when you are in
constant fellowship with the Lord.
MEMORIZE:
JOHN 15:16 –You did not choose Me, but I
choose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your
fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give
you.
