Grace Fellowship Church
www.GraceDoctrine.org
Pastor/Teacher - Jim Rickard
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Doxology
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;
Praise Him, all creatures here below;
Praise Him above, ye heavenly host;
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.—
Amen.
Memory Verse
John 15:13,
“Greater love has no one
than this, that one lay down
his life for his friends.”
John 15:2
Divine Good
Production
Adversity is designed by
God to intensify the blessing
and happiness of the mature
believer, while at the same
time narrowing his focus to
produce divine good.
In Underserved Suffering,
certain types of adversity are
tailor made to the
personality, strengths and
weaknesses of the believer’s
sin nature, background and
everything he is.
It forces the believer to
make decisions related to
priority.
Although there are a lot of
good things in life that you
like to do, you do not do
them any more because
they distract from doctrine
and fruit production.
You realize that all of your
spiritual nutrition comes
from Christ, and you must
“abide” in Him in order to
receive that nutrition and
produce fruit.
It is possible for the carnal
Christian to produce
“works”, but only the
spiritual Christian can bear
lasting fruit.
Phil 1:29,
“For to you it has been
granted for Christ's sake,
not only to believe in Him,
but also to suffer for His
sake.”
God’s pruning only makes
the branch stronger and
more productive, while at
the same time producing
inner peace and happiness.
Verse 2,
“So that it may bear more
fruit.”
HINA, “in order that.”
speaking of the will of
God, His Divine intention,
the Purpose-Result of
Pruning.
KARPON, “fruit”.
Used as an analogy for
divine good production,
Gal 5:22, “the Fruit of the
Spirit.”
PLEIONA, “more”.
A comparative adjective
both of number and size =
quantity and quality.
Rev 2:19,
“I know your deeds, and
your love and faith and
service and perseverance,
and that your deeds of late
are greater than at first.”
PHERE,
Present, Active,
Subjunctive, Third Person,
Singular - “to bear, carry,
or bring forth.”
Futuristic Present
Once the branch has been
pruned, and not until then,
will it produce more fruit in
quantity and quality.
The Subjunctive Mood is
for potential or probability
of occurrence. God’s
intended result of pruning
the mature believer is to
bear more fruit.
But it is not a slam dunk or
automatic reality. Its
potentially based on whether
the spiritual adult continues
to be positive towards
the Word and Plan of God, or
not.
Principles:
1) It doesn’t matter what
stage of spiritual growth you
are in; you must continue to
have + volition if you are
going to continue to advance
in the Plan of God.
2) …if you have negative
volition toward the Will and
Plan of God, you will not
advance further.
3) The potential always
exists; will you learn from
MT and continue to
advance, or will you fail
MT and not advance in the
spiritual life.
4) Achieving SSE does not
guarantee passing PPS.
4) Achieving SSE does not
guarantee passing PPS.
5) Achieving SA does not
guarantee passing MT.
4) Achieving SSE does not
guarantee passing PPS.
5) Achieving SA does not
guarantee passing MT.
6) Achieving SM does not
guarantee passing ET.
7) Since our souls are the
battle ground for the Appeal
Trial of the Angelic Conflict,
and we have free will
volition, there is always the
potential for failure as well
as potential for success.
8) The desired intention of
the Vinedresser and Vine,
is that you produce “more
fruit” and then “much
fruit.”
Grace Fellowship Church
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Tape # 10-028
Divine Good Production, Part 1
Upper Room Discourse, Part 346
John 15:2-8; Gal 5:22; Rev 2:19
James H. Rickard Bible Ministries 2010