Much of Jesus’ words were recorded while he lived on earth
If you have a special Bible you can flip through the new testament
And see red words standing out and screaming at you
Those are the words Jesus spoke
Don’t feel bad if all of your Bible is in black and white
That just means you have to search for those two little words “Jesus said”
John 15 is a fairly well known chapter in the Bible
Jesus is talking, pretty much preaching to the people
What would be some of his last words spoken in a large group before his crucifixion
If you’re looking at the special Bible the whole chapter is in red
Along with most of the chapter leading up to and preceding chapter 15
Here Jesus speaks the whole time
He tells an intricate story of him being the vine and us being the branches
He explains that we are his friends not his slaves or servants
He continues to say the world is going to hate you
And he promises that the Helper, the Advocate, the Spirit of Truth will come
But I don’t want to skip over my favorite part so quickly
“You didn’t choose me. I chose you. I appointed you to go and produce lasting fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask for, using my name.”- John 15:16
Jesus says you didn’t do anything
I picked you
I chose you and have appointed you to go
Go and bear fruit
Go and disciple others
Produce fruit that is going to last forever
Disciple them so that they can disciple others
I read the remix version of this to myself often
Meagan, you didn’t choose me
I choose you Meagan
I appoint you to go Meagan
And Meagan I want you to produce lasting fruit
Ok Jesus, sure thing!
Here is the part I absolutely love
Jesus didn’t say this just for me
He didn’t say I have only chosen and appointed Meagan
Read it again
I chose YOU
I appointed YOU to go and produce lasting fruit
He is telling YOU that YOU are chosen
YOU are appointed
Now you have to decide what you’re going to do about it
Im in loveeee! Seriously proud of you for doing this. Your words are always so full of wisdom and truth! I cant wait to see how God uses this blog to bless so many other people!
Thanks for the push! Thankful for you using your powerful words to speak into me!