The Fruitful and The Unfruitful

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".

There are four stages of fruit bearing given in verses 2-8: no fruit, fruit, more fruit, and much fruit.What does it mean to say a Christian is to bear fruit? it means to bring lost souls to Christ.To live a life before man that man seeks the salvation of the Lord.It means to bear righteousness(Romans 6:21-23), to bear Christian character or fruit of the spirit (Gal. 5:22-23).There are conditions for bearing fruit in life; there is cleansing, abiding in Christ,and obedience.A true Christian is one that abides in Christ,and Christ abides in them.

The fruit bearers are those who abide in Christ and Christ abides in them.Those who truly abide in Christ are those who,walks in open confession before God,walks through life opening up his life to God, one who confesses all known sins,and doesn't allow any sin to go unconfessed.One who walks in fellowship with Christ,who lives and communes in a consciousness of God's presence.One who lead in the spirit, continues in church, possesses a unashamedness in life that prepares them for eternity,and does not walk in continous sin as expecting constant victory over sin.Those who actively surrenders themselves to obey God's commandments,  truly experiences the indwelling presence and witness of the spirit, and continues to dwells in love, unity and fellowship with all other believers.This is a bearer of much fruit.He walk in a manner that allows his light to so shine as other can see and then seeks the salvation of the Lord.

The unfruitful branches were at one time attached to Christ as they became branches;They did have some organic relationship to Christ, there was a time, a point,when they began to bud and sprout,they even grew into branches.See they listened to the gospel,made a profession,were baptized,seemed capable of bearing fruit,but they were not genuine enough to bear fruit.They had more profession than possession, more pretending then being,more deception than truth,and more counterfit than real True Christianity is a heart thing.Are you  fruitful or unfruitful?