TRUE FICTION – WEEK NINE
“God Wants You to Bear Fruit”
Pastor Dan Levy – August 7, 2022
TRUE FICTION
“God Wants You to Bear Fruit”
Pastor Dan Levy – August 7, 2022
Luke 13:1-9 — Now there were some present at that time who told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. Jesus answered, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans because they suffered this way? I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish. Or those eighteen who died when the tower in Siloam fell on them—do you think they were more guilty than all the others living in Jerusalem? I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish.”
Then he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree growing in his vineyard, and he went to look for fruit on it but did not find any. So he said to the man who took care of the vineyard, ‘For three years now I’ve been coming to look for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?’ “‘Sir,’ the man replied, ‘leave it alone for one more year, and I’ll dig around it and fertilize it. If it bears fruit next year, fine! If not, then cut it down.’”
God is for YOU! He wants to empower you to bear fruit in your life. It is essential to BELIEVE this TRUTH and RECEIVE HIS POWER.
Ephesians 2:10 — We are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
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.
God doesn’t only want you to RECEIVE, He also wants you to REAP.
Luke 13:6-8 — So he said to the man who took care of the vineyard, ‘For three years now I’ve been coming to look for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?’ “‘Sir,’ the man replied, ‘leave it alone for one more year, and I’ll dig around it and fertilize it. If it bears fruit next year, fine! If not, then cut it down.’”
John 15:16 — You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you.