Born Again and THEN

You must be born again to enter the kingdom of God, but most Christian
believers do not understand what it means to be born again. Jesus Christ
explained it in the parable of the sower, as we read in Matthew chapter
13. "And He spoke many things to them in parables saying behold the
sower went out to sow; and as he sowed some seeds fell beside the road,
and the birds came and ate them up. Others fell on the rocky places
where they did not have much soil; and immediately they spring up
because they had no depth of soil. But when the sun had risen they were
scorched; and because they had no root they withered away.

Others
fell among the thorns, and the thorns came up and choked them out. And
others fell on the good soil and yielded a crop, some hundredfold some
sixty, and some thirty. He who has ears, let him hear."

The people
did not understand this. Even the disciples of Jesus did not understand
these words and therefore He explained it to them. I read from verse 18,
"Hear the parable of the sower. When anyone hears the word of the
kingdom and does not understand it,  the evil one comes and snatches
away what has been sown in his heart. This is the one on whom the seed
was sown beside the road. The one on whom seed was sown on rocky places,
this is the man who hears the word and immediately receives it with
joy; yet he has no firm root in himself, but is only temporary, and when
affliction and persecution arises because of the word, immediately he
falls away. And the one on whom seed was sown among thorns; this is the
man who hears the word, and the worry of the world, and the
deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. And
the one on whom seed was sown on the good soil, this is the man who
hears the word and understands it; who indeed bears fruit and brings
forth, some hundredfold, some sixty and some thirty." The seed that is
sown

is the gospel of Jesus Christ.  Many of the seeds germinate but
not all of them grow to fruition. Many people hear the gospel of Jesus
Christ and accept His words with joy, they are born again inside, they
are made new but, they do not continue with Jesus Christ, they do not
bear fruit. As Jesus also explained: "the

one on whom seed was sown
on the rocky places, this is the man who hears the word and immediately
receives it with joy, yet he has no firm root in himself but it is only
temporary and when affliction and persecution arises because of the
world, immediately he falls away." Many people accept Jesus Christ, they
are baptized in water, some of them receive the baptism in the Holy
Spirit, but then when the persecution comes, when it becomes difficult
to follow Jesus Christ, then they are drawn away, they stop following
Him; spiritually they die. The same with the seed that fell among the
thorns, verse 22 "and the one on whom seed was sown among thorns, this
is the man who hears the word and the worry of the world and the
deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful." Many
hear the gospel and it starts growing in them, but very few endure,
very few grow to fruition.

We read in verse 23: "The one on whom the
seed was sown on the good soil; this is the man who hears the word and
understands it, who indeed bears fruit and brings forth, some
hundredfold, some sixty, and some thirty."

We have to grow to fruition in Christ. Jesus said that every branch in Him that does not bear fruit, will get cut off and

burned.
It is not enough just to believe in Jesus Christ, and be baptized in
water, to receive the baptism in the Holy Spirit, and then to go and sit
on the side. We have to bear fruit; we have to follow Jesus, we have to
be led by the Holy Spirit, and we ourselves have to bring others to
Jesus. We have to bear

fruit for the kingdom of God. We have to
multiply. If the seed does not multiply, then it was of no use. Are we
who believe in Jesus, who have been born again, are we bearing fruit?
Are we witnesses for Jesus? Are we living for the kingdom of God? Are we
being led by the Spirit of God? Or do we believe that we will have
salvation because we once met Jesus; because we believe in Him?

Do we
think that we have security of salvation? If we do not bear fruit and
do not keep on bearing fruit until the end we will get cut off and
burned because, every branch that does

not bear fruit and does not keep on bearing fruit will get cut off and burned.

We
are not talking about unbelievers, we are talking about those who once
met Jesus Christ, who were born again, those who knew Him but they've
become unfruitful; they will get cut off and burned, they will not enter
His kingdom if they do not bear fruit. Are we bearing fruit for the
kingdom of God or are we unfruitful? We have to follow and obey Jesus
Christ and bear fruit until the very very end.

May Jesus bless you.