Psalm1 part 2

Recap Psalm 1 verse of the week

The last verse we read was verse 3 and I asked you guys if anyone in here wanted to bear good fruit from your life and most of you raised your hand to agree with that. Maybe you are unsure of what it means to bear good fruit in your life. Or you dont even know what fruit im talking about.

Read verse 3, A tree planted along a river bank would have a continued source of water which is a vital part in the health and survival of the tree and to its production of fruit.’

The fruit comes naturally to this tree because it is abiding in a life-source. Jesus speaks about this in John 15:5 “I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.”

The fruit that we produce as followers of Jesus is not of the natural but super natrual.

The fruit of a righteous man is from the Spirit.

If that tree is removed from the river bank it no longer has water and nutrients to live and it will begin to die. If we do not stay connected to the vine “ Christ” we will not bear fruit and we will be like the leaves on the tree that is not planted near the river bank.

When Jesus is saying “abide in me” he is talking about the will, the choices we make, the decisions we make.

IF we are not memorizing Gods word are we abiding in him? If im not meditating on His words am I being affective and efficient with this wonderful word we have been given.

In Galatians 5:22–23 “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.”

We first must have an relationship with Jesus and be filled with the Holy Spirit, and from