He who abides in me, and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. This verse tells us that we will bear much fruit. I want to look at three different areas where we can be fruitful. The first area is in our own life. We can bear fruit as God helps us to become a new creature.
Old desires fade away and are replaced by new feelings of compassion and kindness.
Although we never do truly conquer all of our old sinful nature, we discover that as we serve the Lord these new godly characteristics begin to grow and blossom in our life. The next area of bearing fruit is that of encouraging others. As we are filled with God's love, we naturally want to share it with others. And when we see others struggling in their Christian walk, we are filled with compassion to come along side them to encourage and help. Another area of bearing fruit is that of winning new believers by sharing the Gospel.