172. Fruit That Remains

You didn't choose me. I chose you. I appointed you to go and produce lasting fruit, so that theFather will give you whatever you ask for using my name. Michael Vidulich takes John 15:16 and turns it into something you can actually check yourselfagainst. Not how long you have been saved. Not how much you know. Whether you are becoming morelike Christ, and how you would know. He works through six honest questions. How quickly do you obey God, given that delayed obedienceis disobedience. How do you respond when life does not go your way, since anyone can praise Godwhen it is easy. Are you harder to offend than you used to be. What comes out of your mouth underpressure, because pressure does not change you, it reveals you. What do you do when nobody iswatching. And are you becoming more generous, because growing Christians become less focused onthemselves. Sara joins in through most of it, and the two of them land on something worth sitting with: youcan pray for world hunger to end, or you can put your hand to something and let God bless it.God has already done everything He is going to do. He sent His Son, He sent the Spirit, and Hegave the assignment to us. There is a story in here about a stolen Escalade, a Sunday morning he refused to miss, and whathe decided to say instead of what was true in the natural. Scriptures referenced John 15:16 (primary text), appointed to produce lasting fruit John 14:15, if you love me, keep my commandments Matthew 12:34, out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks James 1:8, a double minded person is unstable in all their ways Revelation 3:16, I wish you were hot or cold Acts 3:6, silver and gold I have none, but what I have I give Romans 1:16, I am not ashamed of the gospel 3 John 5-8, supporting traveling teachers Psalm 118:23, this is the Lord's doing