What should be the result of being a partaker and living Christ’s Life in you?
Once we die to self, then God’s Life—His Thoughts and His Love— can come forth and produce “fruit.” This is called “walking or being led by the Spirit” and can only occur when we are cleansed and sanctified vessels. The moment-by-moment surrender of our self-life will empower us to become cleansed vessels producing fruit. As long as we don’t quench THE SPIRIT, we will move upward and onward.
Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Philippians chapter 1:
9 And this I pray, that your Love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment,
10 that you may approve the things that are excellent, that you may be sincere and without offense till the Day of Christ,
11 being filled with the fruits of righteousness which are by Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
The Greek word for fruit is karpos (Strong’s #2590), which means “that which is produced by the Spirit of God in us.” Fruit comes from sanctification, through deliverance from a life of sin and self, and the subsequent filling and empowering of the Holy Spirit. Our work is our fruit, and our fruit is the product of our lives.
Jesus spoke in John chapter 15:
1 “I am the True Vine, and My Father is the Vinedresser.
2 Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit.
3 You are already clean because of the Word which I have spoken to you.
4 Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the Vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me.
5 “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.
6 If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned.
7 If you abide in Me, and My Words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.
8 By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples.
Keep in mind that the word “abide” denotes “life-union”. Agape Love is the pure motivation for bearing fruit. Agape is an unconditional, one-sided, and freeing Love, in contrast to human love, which is conditional, and two-sided, meaning it must be returned in order to be kept alive.
Jesus also spoke in John 13:
35 For when you demonstrate the same Love I have for you by Loving one another, everyone will know that you’re My true followers.”
In order to truly embrace the message of Agape, we must personally know how much God Loves us. Only then will we be able to totally relinquish our lives back to Him and trust Him not only with our present circumstances, but also with our future. Why do you think FATHER has had me write three books on Agape Love? It was not only for my benefit but yours as well.
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The essence of Agape Love is the giving of ourselves for another. Jesus did this for us and this is the example He has left for us to follow. “Greater Love has no man but to lay his life down for his friend” (John 15:13). Love is not only essential for this life, but it is also the criteria for ruling and reigning with Christ in the future Kingdom.