Bible Readings:
2 Peter 1:1 – 21
John 13:36 – 14:18
Sermon Outline:
John 15:7–8 (NKJV)
7If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.
8By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples.
I Much fruit
John 15:5 (NKJV)
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.
II Effect or blessings of bearing much fruit
1 – The first effect of bearing much fruit is that we will have our prayer answered.
John 15:16 (NKJV)
16You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you.
Psalm 66:18 (NKJV)
18If I regard iniquity in my heart, The Lord will not hear.
Psalm 25:14 (NKJV)
14The secret of the Lord is with those who fear Him, And He will show them His covenant.
2 – The second effect of our bearing much fruit is that it will be to the glory of God.
John 15:8 (NKJV)
8By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples.
3 – The third effect of bearing much fruit is that we may be more certain of our own standing before God – assurance.
John 15:8 (NKJV)
8By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples.
2 Peter 1:3–5 (NKJV)
3as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue,
4by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
5But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge,
2 Peter 1:8 (NKJV)
8For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
John 15:11 (NKJV)
11“These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full.