Yesterday’s message
was titled “BEWARE OF COVETOUSNESS”. Today’s message is titled “NOURISHED
BUT FRUITLESS? ” as provided by
Pastor E. A. Adeboye in Open Heavens Devotional (Adeboye, 2014). In today’s
message, we have been asked to memorise John 15:16: "Ye have not chosen me, but I have
chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that
your fruit should remain : t h a t whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my
name, he may give it you." and read Luke 13:6-9. Our Bible in one year for today has
been taken from Ezekiel 4-6 and Psalm 66:1-9 (Adeboye, 2014).
The message is quoted below. God bless you for your contribution
Jesus Christ who
had cursed a fig tree in Mark 1 1 :14 for being unfruitful, gives the parable
of a well-nurtured fig tree which had nothing to show for the nourishment given
by its owner in Luke 13:6-7. The reaction of the owner of this fig tree is our
point of study today. This farm owner in Luke 1 3:7” said: ”Behold, these three
years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth
it the ground .?” He was expectant of pleasant fruits based on his efforts to
cause the tree to bear fruits, but sadly, the tree failed to meet his
expectations. His reaction was that the fig tree should be cut down.
Beloved, the Bible
in 1 Corinthians 3:9 says that you are God's husbandry. God is the husbandman;
you are the lively tree being nurtured since the day of your birth, and
particularly, since the time you gave your life to Christ. That you are alive
to see this day is a pointer to the fact that you have received both physical
and spiritual nourishment up till date. The question is: are you nourished yet
fruitless? The husbandman said: ”cut it down”. This is serious. May we not be
cut down in Jesus’ Name. Amen. The practical ”Amen” to this prayer is simply
turning away from a life of fruitlessness and beginning to bear fruit. To those
who have not. had a serious commitment to Jesus Christ through genuine
repentance, the Bible in Matthew 3 :8&1 0 says:
”Bring forth
therefore fruits meet for repentance: And now also the axe is laid unto the
root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is
hewn down, and cast in to the fire.”
To those of us who
by the grace of God are chi ldren by the Spiritof God, Jesus said in John
15:4:
"Abide in me,
and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the
vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.”
Therefore, let us
give ourselves completely to the Lordship of Jesus Christ. Let us begin to go
the ”extra mile” with Him. The reward is certainly sure. Apart from the
avoidance of being cut down and of being thrown into the fire, Jesus in today's
memory verse promised that you will not be denied good things of life if you
bear good fruits."
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