There are many who
preach and teach a fruitless Christianity.
They say that how you live and what you do don’t really matter much if
you accept Jesus as your Savior. They
say salvation without sanctification is all that you need to get into heaven. They claim that because we have eternal life
in Christ we don’t have to do much or be much in order for us to make it.
But, God’s Word speaks
often of fruitful Christian living.
There is a strong message from God about living holy lives and producing
much good fruit. How we live and what we
do does matter to God. He expects His
children to live like they are His children.
He holds us accountable for our sins and what we do with our
salvation. Jesus emphasized over and
over again the need to show through what we do the genuineness of our
faith. He made a bold statement in our
verse for today that anyone who is His who does not produce good fruit will be
cut off from Him and thrown into the fire.
There is no such thing
as a fruitless Christian and no such thing as a Christian producing bad
fruit. We need to take this
seriously. Living in Christ results in a
life that pleases God. It draws others
to God through the things we say and do.
It is very dangerous thinking to say that our living doesn’t really
matter once we are saved. A child of God
will live like a child of God!
Be warned! If you are not producing good fruit, you will
be cut off and thrown into the fire.
Good fruit is godly fruit. It is
not just what we do, it’s who we are. It
should be evident that we are producing the fruit of the Spirit (Gal. 5:22-23)
in our lives. If we are becoming a
people after God’s own heart, we will back up our faith with our works. Faith without works is dead.
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