Did Yeshua mean what He said?
This was an interesting question especially with the daily scripture I had sent out yesterday. A scripture I knew but you have different things light up to you each time you see a scripture again. When I first saw this scripture my focus was on the word "fruit" as I felt I had no fruit. What was fruit? Was fruit like biological seed "fruit of the womb"? Was fruit like the seed being the word of God as the parable? Could prayer be fruit "prayers of the saints"? Now the prayer one I really wondered about as we are told to pray for certain things and they seem important to God. So I thought I kind of fit them all in a way and forgot about it..
Then here comes this verse again to me and I was like wow the thing that stood out to me this time with this verse was "for without me ye can do nothing":
John 15:5 (KJV) I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
Did Yeshua mean what He said there? What then would cause us to be without Him? Well as we continue reading we find out those answers. I looked at the next verse and went oh wow burned up???
John 15:6 (KJV) If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
What the heck does abide mean? I know, but I looked it up for you to know: "a primary verb; to stay (in a given place, state, relation or expectancy):—abide, continue, dwell, endure, be present, remain, stand, tarry (for), × thine own." that has a lot of meanings and then He brings it up again in the next verse we see it mentioned twice. So it not only means staying in Him but He makes it even more clear speaking of His words abiding in us. Who's words? His words.
John 15:7 (KJV) If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
This then is how we are His disciples.
John 15:8 (KJV) Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.
So again you would ask "what if Yeshua meant what He said?" What then are the requirements?
Father, Yeshua said to pray the Lord of the harvest. Matthew 9:38 (KJV) Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest. You are Lord of all Father, I ask you send forth labourers into the harvest. I ask in Yeshua's name Father, Yeshua said the only way for people to come to him is if you draw them. John 6:44 (KJV) No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day. Father I ask you draw people to Yeshua for the great harvest. I ask in Yeshua's name