The third aspect to understanding Spiritual Growth is: We were
born to reproduce. Jesus tells us:
“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. If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away
and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. If
you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will
be done for you. This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit,
showing yourselves to be my disciples. - John 15:5–8
Jesus calls reproducing other believers “bearing
fruit.” And he says we can only bear fruit if we remain in him. This means, if we spend time with him by reading
what he’s written to us (the Bible), listening to him, and talking with him
through prayer.
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