Jesus Called Us To Bear Fruit And OVERCOME!

 

Are we so busy trying to make disciples that we've forgotten what it means to BE a disciple of Jesus Christ?

Today, many churches teach that EVERY believer is commanded to go out and make disciples. But is that REALLY what Jesus taught?

In Matthew 28:18–20, Jesus gave the Great Commission directly to His eleven chosen apostles, instructing them to go and make disciples of all nations.

But does that mean EVERY believer entering the Kingdom of God has been given the same ministry gift and assignment?

ABSOLUTELY NOT!

God gives different gifts, callings, and responsibilities to different members of the Body of Christ!

Now, does that mean we shouldn't share the Gospel or encourage others to follow Jesus? Of course not! 

But sharing our faith and being specifically called, chosen, trained, prepared and anointed to make disciples is not for every beleiver in the Kingdom of God!

1 Corinthians 12:29 asks:

"Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Are all workers of miracles?"

The answer is clearly NO!

So why is the so-called 'great commission' being commanded of every beleiver, almost every Sunday in church buildings across America and the world?

JESUS CALLED US TO BEAR FRUIT!

Jesus said in John 15:5 

"He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing."

John 15:16

You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you.

Our walk with Jesus is not measured by how many people we preach to, how many Bible studies we conduct, or how busy we are with religious activities!

It's about ABIDING IN CHRIST, OBEYING HIS WORD, BEARING FRUIT AND OVERCOMING!

In Galatians 5:22–23, Paul identifies the nine fruits of the Holy Spirit:

LOVE, JOY, PEACE, LONGSUFFERING, KINDNESS, GOODNESS, FAITHFULNESS, GENTLENESS, AND SELF-CONTROL!

These are the characteristics and fruits that should be developing in the lives of every believer who walks in the Spirit!

JESUS CALLED US TO OVERCOME!

Jesus said in John 16:33 

"In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world."

Jesus never promised that following Him would be easy! But through His Spirit, we can overcome the temptations of this world, persecutions, the desires of our flesh, and the devil!

1st John 2:13

"I write to you, fathers, Because you have known Him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, Because you have overcome the wicked one. I write to you, little children, Because you have known the Father.

So don't measure your spiritual maturity by how much religious work you're doing!

Instead, let's examine the FRUIT of our lives!

Are we growing in LOVE? Are we becoming more PATIENT? Are we exercising SELF-CONTROL? Are we truly OBEYING and FOLLOWING JESUS?

Remember, it's not about how busy we are doing things for God.

It's about whether we truly KNOW HIM, OBEY HIM, and BEAR FRUIT that glorifies the Father in Heaven

WALK IN THE SPIRIT! BEAR FRUIT! AND OVERCOME!

In Christ,

Tyrone 

My People Are Destroyed For Lack Of Knowledge!

 

It's so sad to see how many professing Christians have no idea what's really going on in the spirit realm, and they are not being taught the truth by those that oversee them. Even those who pastor the Lord's sheep in many congregations across the world don't have the knowledge or wisdom from above to teach the people they lead!

It's truly as the Lord Jesus said in: Matthew 15:13-14

"But He answered and said, “Every plant which My heavenly Father has not planted will be uprooted. Let them alone. They are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind leads the blind, both will fall into a ditch.”

For instance, look at what satan (an evil, spirit being) is able to do.

Job 1:6-7

"Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and satan also came among them. And the Lord said to satan, “From where do you come?” So satan answered the Lord and said, “From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking back and forth on it.”

So ask yourself this question. If satan is able to appear before the Lord God Himself on His throne in Heaven, and have a conversation, like you would have with your close friend or family member. Isn't he able to appear in your home, your job, the grocery store, the church building, the elementary school, the White House, the Synagogue, the Mosque, or where ever else he wants to appear? The answer is YES HE CAN!

And I do believe he already has, many times! He come's inside the bodies of mass murderers, suicide bombers, and wolves in sheep's clothing!

The scripture says clearly that satan was walking to and fro, back and forth, ON THE EARTH! 

He has done this for millenia! Another case in point is the Lord's Supper.

John 13:26-27

"Jesus answered, “It is he to whom I shall give a piece of bread when I have dipped it.” And having dipped the bread, He gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon. Now after the piece of bread, Satan entered him. Then Jesus said to him, “What you do, do quickly.”

Take the above scripture literally, and meditate on it! The scripture clearly says, 'satan entered him', what does that mean? Exactly what it says! The evil being, the fallen angel, the devil, the serpent, the adversary, simply walked inside the body of Judas Iscariot and used it to betray Jesus! How is this possible?

Jesus said to His disciples, 'have I not chosen you the twelve, yet one of you is a devil', Judas was already a devil and an open door for satan to influence and use any time he wanted to! 

It's the same thing the Holy Spirit can do while indwelling true believers, He can lift up and use the body of a true Christian anytime He wants to for God's purposes!

A good cinematic illustration of this is in the first Matrix when Morpheus was showing Neo in the construct, how the agents could physically enter anybody at anytime, take them over and use their bodies for whatever purposes they wanted!

Notice how the scripture says, when Judas understood what he had done, he went and hanged himself!

Matthew 27:3-5

"Then Judas, His betrayer, seeing that He had been condemned, was remorseful and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, saying, “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood.” And they said, “What is that to us? You see to it!” Then he threw down the pieces of silver in the temple and departed, and went and hanged himself."

So do you see how much you can be influenced and USED by satan to do his will! 

This is why the body of Christ NEEDS all the ministry gifts that Jesus Himself gave to the church, and ALL the spiritual gifts of the Holy Spirit functioning in the body of Christ as God intended.

If we have the spiritual gifts, wisdom, knowledge, and the leading of God's Spirit, we will not be destroyed, and we will not be ignorant of the devil's schemes, and we will know when he's walking amongst us, because there will be spiritual discernment and the knowledge of God in daily operation!

In Jesus,

Tyrone

Apostles And Prophets (The Foundation Of The Church)

The Lord is the same yesterday, today, and forever, and the ministry gifts He gave to the church, His body are all still in operation today. Apostles and prophets are still used by the Lord to build the house of God and all five offices work together until we all reach the unity of the faith. Listen in and be blessed by this word.

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/tyroneandcynthiapalmer/2012/02/19/apostles-and-prophets-the-foundation-of-the-church

In Jesus Name,

Tyrone