Christ expected Believers to bear fruit; So He explained to His disciples about the vine and the branches. John 15:1-8, I Am the True Vine, and My Father is the vine dresser. He Cuts off every branch in Me that bears no fruit, While Every branch that does bear fruit He prunes so that it may bear more fruit. You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch Cannot bear fruit of it self, unless it abides in the Vine, Neither can you, unless you abide in Me. I Am the Vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; For with out Me you can do nothing. 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 you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire and it shall be done for you. By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples.[ Matthew 7:16-20, By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from throne bushes, or figs from thistles? Every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. By their fruit you will recognize them. verse 24-25, Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and put them into practice is like a wise man who build his house on the Rock. The rain came down and the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall,because it had its foundation on a Rock.
John 15:9-As the Father Loved Me, I also Loved you; abide in Me, If you keep My Commandments, you will abide in My Love. Just as I have kept My Father's commandments and abide in His Love. If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would loved its own. But I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. A Servant is not greater than his master. If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you. If they kept My word, they will keep yours also. But all these things they will do to you for My name's sake, because they do not know Him[ The Father ] who sent Me. But this happens that the word might be fulfilled which is written in their Law, They hated Me with out a cause. But when the Helper comes, whom I shall Send to you from the Father the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testified of Me and you also will bear witness, because you have been with Me from the beginning.
Christ bodily presence could only be in one place at a time, but After His Resurrection His Spirit could be in every place at all times. Where ever people gathered in His Name He has promised to be there. The Comforter is our helper, to Reprove, to Comfort, to guide, to Restore, and to Remind us of Righteousness, and all about Christ teachings.
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