Q. My best friend is a Christian and when I shared with her that we are grafted into our Messiah, we walk as He walked and talk as He talked. Her come back was, that you can graft two different trees together and the tree will bear one fruit and the graft another fruit.
What are your thoughts about this?
A. Our individuality remains when we are grafted in, however our Identity is within HIM. He made us and chose us to be grafted into HIS TREE. The fruit that we each bear is good, not because of our own goodness, but because the Tree we are grafted into supports us and gives us life through Him and His Righteousness. Without being grafted into Him, we would not be able to produce good fruit, because we would be dead in our sins and eternally separated from HIM. The Tree of Life in the New Jerusalem will bear 12 different fruits each year. It has two sides, one on each side of The River of The Water of Life. ONE TREE with many Branches bearing different Fruit. Rev. 22:2 Think of the different fruits of the Spirit. One Holy Spirit, many gifts or fruits. Each gift or fruit is different, but it comes from YHWH. They are all a portion of HIS Attributes gifted to us from The Holy Spirit... Gal. 5:22; 1 Cor. 12:4-11; Rom. 12:6-8; Eph. 4:4-7. Imagine an Olive Tree (Israel), with many different Branches (Jew & Gentile Believers in Yeshua), bearing different Fruit (our works/deeds/gifts) because the Root (Yeshua) gives us HIS Life Blood which Supports us and Keeps us alive and eternally connected to HIM. Rom. 11. Our fruit is because of HIM, we are nothing without HIM... Maranatha, John
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