John 15:3. “You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.”
In effect, Jesus told His disciples that they were ready to bear fruit for God because of what He had told them. Let’s be encouraged and pruned with those words.
1. First, told them everything He was doing was so the Father would be glorified in the Son. 13:31-32.
2. Second, He called them to live to love with Him for the glory of God. He gave them a new commandment to love one another as He loved them so the world would know that they were His disciples. 13:34-35
3. Third, He told them how they were going to be able to love. He was going to the Father to prepare a place for them in Himself so they could do the works of God that He does, namely, love like He loves. 14:2-3, 12
4. Jesus is the way, truth, and the life of God. 14:6
5. God, the Father, and Jesus are one. Their oneness is to be in them. 14:10
6. If they ask in His name for the power to love with Jesus, Jesus would do it. 14:14
7. When the Holy Spirit comes to dwell in them, Jesus will come back to live in them forever. 14:16-18
8. When you receive the Holy Spirit, you’ll know that Jesus is in the Father, that you are in Christ, and that He is in you. 14:20
9. Fourth, He encouraged them that He who loves Him, will keep His words and the Father and Son will dwell in them because His words were from the Father. 14:23-24
10. The Holy Spirit will be with them forever to help them and teach and remind them of Jesus’ words. 14:26
If you know and experience the presence of Christ then hold on to these words like a treasure. They are the Father’s pruning, cleansing, purifying, and sanctifying work preparing you to bear fruit. These truths are contained in the Live to Love prayer. I invite you to pray it with me now and every day so you can bear fruit for the glory of God.
Acknowledgment: Music from “Carried by the Father” by Eric Terlizzi. www.ericterlizzi.com
