JESUS' THIRD LAW OF FRUITFULNESS : CLEANLINESS AND PURITY ARE NEEDED FOR FRUIT BEARING

Scripture: John 15:3
Topic: Jesus’ third Law of fruitfulness: Cleanness and purity are needed for fruit bearing. 

"Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you…." 
                                                                                                                John 15:3

Whilst Jesus was sharing about bearing fruit, He spoke of cleanness, purity and holiness. Without removing thorns, thistles and weeds, plants will never grow and will never bear the fruits they are expected to bear. Without holiness you cannot see God.

"Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:"
                                                                                                                                    Hebrews 12:14

As Jesus spoke of bearing fruit, I am sure the disciples were thinking to themselves, “We are not good enough to be used by the Lord for such great works.” They were certainly not holy men because they all betrayed Christ. But Jesus reassured them that they were made clean by listening to His words. No one is good enough and no one will ever qualify. You are clean by believing in the word of God that comes to you.

We are justified by faith. It is not time to go around establishing your own righteousness. It is time to believe when God calls you. You are made clean by believing in the very call of God on your life. If God has called you, you are clean by the call and the Word that is spoken to you. If the call of God was based on a person’s moral qualities and purity, I assure you, few people would ever qualify. Notice how Peter made it clear that he was not a holy or powerful person. 

"And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? or WHY LOOK YE SO EARNESTLY ON US, AS THOUGH BY OUR OWN POWER OR HOLINESS WE HAD MADE THIS MAN TO WALK?"
Acts 3:12
Indeed, if you are looking for intrinsic holiness and righteousness, you would not even be able to read the Bible because most of the people who wrote the Bible had serious moral blemishes. 
When Abraham believed in God’s call, he was clean by the Word that was spoken to him. Because he believed the Word, it was counted to him as righteousness. 

Whenever you look at yourself critically, you will feel like hiding. When Adam looked at himself, he ran to hide between the trees because he realised that he was no longer qualified to be near God. 

Our fallen state makes us look at ourselves and despise what we see. That is why most human beings have a low self-esteem. 

Believe the word of God that has been spoken to you! You are clean and qualified through the Word that has been spoken to you. Are you called by God? That call in itself cleans you up and qualifies you! 

Credit: Excerpt from 
Fruitfulness 
Bishop Dag Heward-Mills

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  1. Purity14 August 2024 at 06:13

    Amen.iam cleansed and purified by the Word of God.

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