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Monday, May 1, 2017

He That Beareth Good Fruit...



One night I was taken in the spirit, and found myself in a beautifully lit place. I was seated at a wooden round table that could fit, at the most, four people. At the center of the table was a wooden bowl, full of fruit. This particular bowl had all sorts of lush berries in it.

I looked up and saw Jesus sitting directly across from me.

I was so excited to see Him! I then began to look around, and saw that the place was full of other wooden round tables, and they too all had bowls full of fruit, various in type, and all placed at the center of the tables.

I got really excited, and thought to myself, "This is it! We've arrived!" 

I stood up as my eyes searched the room looking for familiar faces. Jesus knew my thoughts.

"Sit down" the Lord said in a gentle voice. But my excitement overtook me.

"Lord! This is it!  I exclaimed. I need to go get this person, and that person..." I rambled off names of those who I knew and were dear to me.

Again, the Lord spoke, this time with a more stern tone.

"Sit down Mena" He said.

My focus shifted back to Him. I slowly sat back down, never taking my eyes off of Him again. The Lord continued;

"There's no need to go and get anyone. If they bear good fruit, they will be here." 

The tone in His voice then shifted and I could see the look of concern on His face.

"The problem with my children is that they are not bearing good fruit. They are seeking that which is earthly, and building their treasures there. Many are only seeking the gifts (1 Cor 12:1-11), which are bound to the first life. They cannot bring it here because there is no need. Only the fruits can be brought into eternity; and the good fruit is the manifestation of my Father's character in their lives."

"Tell them...go and tell my children, that in order to sit at my table, they must bear good fruit." 

"And how does one begin to bear that fruit Lord?" I asked almost in a whisper.

"They must first learn to dwell with Me" Jesus answered.

Jesus told us in Matthew 7:19 that the tree that does not bear good fruit is axed down, and thrown into the fire. This represents eternal separation from God, which happens in hell. In Matthew 21:18-22, we find that Jesus cursed a fig tree because it bore no fruit at all, which the scriptures tell us withered away and died.

Jesus uses several illustrations in comparing us to fruit or fruit trees because inside of each fruit lays a seed; and the seed represents salvation.

Once we accept Christ as our Lord and Savior, the seed of salvation is planted in us. In due time that seed is expected to take root, spring forth, and bear fruit in its season. But for those who become stagnant in their walk with Christ (by allowing their flesh to rule), the fruit either is rotted, or is not produced at all.

Later, in Galatians 5:16-26, the Apostle Paul lists the lusts (desires) of the flesh, which we are to avoid, and then he lists the Fruit of the Spirit, which we are to walk in, and therefore live by.  Here is the scripture below:

I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and do not fulfill the lust of the flesh. For flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things you wish. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. 

Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murder, drunkenness, revelries and the like; of which I told you beforehand, just as I told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the Kingdom of God. 

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such, there is no law. And those who are in Christ, have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.  -NKJV

So with this, we need to evaluate ourselves. So many of us that profess to be "Children of God," lack the very characteristics of Him. Children are a reflection of their parents; whether in image or likeness (character), or both. As it is written, If we live in the Spirit, let us walk in the Spirit, meaning that we are not subjecting ourselves to the desires and temptations of this life, which cause us to sin. But we are led by the Holy Spirit; which is the Spirit of the Lord who anoints, convicts, and leads in truth.


Spiritual Food For Thought


Shalom
Mena Lee Grebin
Faithful Walk Healing Ministries

8 comments:

  1. Thank you Mena for sharing this. I have followed you on FB for a while, but recently the option to comment on your posts has disappeared so I'm commenting here. Thank you again for your faithfulness. May God bless you and keep you always.

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  2. Thank you so much for your dream. HALLELUYAH

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  3. I mean thank you for telling us about your experience with our Elohyim YAHUSHA

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  4. All praises to the Most High and His Anointed: Yahshuah. Thank you Father for sharing Your heart with sister Mena and thank you for her faithfulness to share it with us. Your love never fails and it never gives up. You go to such lengths to let us know You love us and what is required of us. Praise Him! Since last year (Summer 2016), my Love has called me to now "produce fruit" and to be mature. It has been a journey of love and healing and still is. It was such a pleasure to witness my own transformation. He is able to save and make us anew. I love you Lord and can't wait to be with You ❤

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  5. That passage is not about eternal seperation. It's about earthly chastisement. Remember, it's a PARABLE. Saved people NO MATTER WHAT they think, say, or do can never be eternally damned.
    I notice this muddying in your videos as well. That's why almost all of your messages come across as...confusing....?? Are we saved by believing ALONE-APART FROM WORKS- or not?

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    1. Of course. But faith without works is dead. Think of works as the evidence that God has transformed you. And not only transformed you, but is in the process of making you into His character, if we dwell with Him. He will do it. And "being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ" (Philippians 1:6). Also, "for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure" (Philippians 2:13). So, in other words, the work that God is doing in us shall be evidenced outwardly by our actions. Thus, with this thinking, works is not for salvation, but for demonstrating the work and transformation that He, the Lord Jesus Himself, has and is doing in us. Yet, if that (the works that is evidence of His salvation power & transformation in us, is absent, then wouldn't that mean that there is no evidence that we are actually in Him?
      I hope that wasn't confusing.

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