It is written in John 15:2 (NLT), "He cuts off every branch that doesn’t produce fruit and He prunes the branches that do bear fruit so they will produce even more."
This is a pretty tough example of how God disciplines us. It is clear to me that if we are God’s church and we aren’t doing something to accomplish the Great Commission, then God will cut that person off. We might still see those people running around saying they are Christians. All the while waving a banner of bad relationships, poor health, financial woes, bouncing from job to job; so we see them visually, but we don’t see them spiritually.
The good news is that God is patient. He allows the branch or person to grow. To get watered from the well, to get nutrients from the same source. So the question is: What are you doing with the water, the nutrients? Are you allowing them to change you from the inside, producing fruit on the outside? Is the rain and wind making you stronger, allowing your branch to reach for the sun or is it just laying in the dirt, giving the slugs, snails and rolly pollys an opportunity to crawl and eat your leaves? Jesus died on the cross for us, that is the free gift of salvation. God also loved us so much that when He created us, He gave us free will. We must chose to drink the water and let the weather of life make us stronger through the renewing of our mind (2 Cor. 10:5 NLT). Don’t make God get out the lopers!
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