All who abide in Christ bear fruit only because they have been ordained to do so by Jesus Christ - it is not from the will of man,
although on the surface for those who don't look deeper, it may seem that it is.
Those who do not abide in Christ are removed because they were not of those so ordained. It is entirely of God not of man.
[Jhn 15:16 KJV]
16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and [that] your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
although on the surface for those who don't look deeper, it may seem that it is.
Those who do not abide in Christ are removed because they were not of those so ordained. It is entirely of God not of man.
[Jhn 15:16 KJV]
16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and [that] your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
Jesus is speaking to his apostles! Read the context all the way back to chapter 13:22 and through chapter 15. Most of the things he says in these chapters can be applied to everyone but some cannot. Like verse 27, Jesus says “you have been with me from the beginning.” Have YOU BEEN WITH Jesus from the beginning of His ministry?? No it’s his apostles he is meaning. Likewise in verse 16, He DID choose them— each and everyone of them literally. That does not mean he chooses each person that believes in him except in a very broad sense through the gospel. He says we are CALLED By the gospel. Are you a Calvinist? That means you are a follower of the MAN John Calvin. He believed in Predestination where God literally chooses the ones He is going to save and they have nothing to do with their salvation and can’t be lost regardless of what they do while others God does NOT choose and they can’t be saved no matter how much they may want to. 1John 2:2 says Jesus died for the WHOLE WORLD thus proving this a false doctrine. JESUS DIED FOR ALL PEOPLE not just the “elect” according to John Calvin.
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