Gospel Reflections #590: God is Grows us as we choose Him

John15:2 "Every branch that is connected to me but does not bear fruit, the Father will take away. But whoever bears fruit, he will take care of him so that he may finally bear fruit in abundance."

It is God who takes care of us so that we will bear the fruit of our faith.

It is because we accept God's care that we are able to bear the fruit of faith.

Ellen White says, "In God's eyes, it is not worth confessing the Christian faith or being an evangelistic zealot. It is our truthful, humble, and willing submission to God's requirements that marks us as connected to Christ, heirs of God, recipients of His grace, and partakers of His great salvation.

We can be like the Pharisees and the scholars in the Bible, who know God but refuse to obey Him, or we can try to create God as we see fit. And such a one is said to be "a branch that is connected to me, but bears no fruit.

We tend to focus on our weaknesses, foolishness, mistakes, and failures, which are often influenced by sin, and we tend to feel that we are an "unfruitful branch. God knows all our weaknesses, our foolishness, our mistakes, and our failures, but it is not for us to look there, but to look to Him who cares for the fruit of our faith.

The fruit of faith does not come from our efforts, achievements, or good deeds, but from God's care.

God is our perfecter.

AUTHOR'S BIO: This Gospel Reflections page is written by Masae San, who resides in Hiroshima, Japan. Masae is a dedicated student of the Bible with a deep passion for the Gospel of Jesus Christ. She shares her daily reflections on Gospel perspectives to reach out to others and spread the message of God's true love through a Christ-centered approach. We are sharing her insights here so that you, too, can experience the joy that comes from knowing and understanding the true Gospel and the love of God through Jesus Christ.