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The Daily Word of Righteousness
An Examination of Current Teaching, #34
He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so it will be even more fruitful. (John 15:2)
It is impossible for someone who has accepted Christ to then be rejected by the Lord; to be removed from the Vine.
The Lord Jesus Christ is the Vine. The Christian is a branch growing from the Vine.
If we are a branch growing from the Vine, but do not bear fruit, we shall be cut off from the Vine.
The fruit that the Christian is to bear is the moral image of Christ. It is the fruit of the Spirit of God.
When we do not abide in Christ, the Life of the Vine does not bear fruit in our personality. If the moral image of Christ is not borne in our personality, we shall be cut off from the Vine.
Salvation is moral transformation. When we are not being transformed morally we are not being saved.
We see from this how terribly, terribly incorrect and destructive the current errors are. They are teaching us that when we make a profession of Christ we are saved, meaning we will go to Heaven when we die.
This is not the Christian Gospel. The Christian Gospel is that the Kingdom of God, the rule of God, is coming to the earth. We who are Christians are a firstfruits of that coming, that rule. We have the firstfruits of the Spirit of God, the Spirit that one day shall fill the whole earth.
As we abide in Christ we discover our personality is changing from hatred, misery, and unrest into love, joy, and peace. God wants love, joy, and peace to fill the whole earth. Love, joy, and peace will not fill the whole earth until first it fills the Church. Love, joy, and peace will not come to the earth until a transformed Church appears with the returning Christ.
The reason the unfruitful branch is removed from the Vine is that it is not fulfilling the purposes of God. It is of no use in the creation. It still is part of the problem instead of part of the solution.
To be continued.