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[[File:jesusteach.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Those who love Him listen and do what He said because they love Him.]]Someone wrote making a reference to John 15:15 and the use of the word "friend" in John 15:15 saying:

:* ''Since we  ARE  friends, defined by  Jesus: " I  CALL  you Friends; for  ALL  things that  I  have heard of my Father I have made known unto you"  Jn.15:15.''

But John 15:15 actually says:
: '''"Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you."''' John 15:15 

It goes on to say in verse 16 and 17:
:   '''"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. 17  These things I command you, that ye love one another."'''

I may have many ''friends'' but they may not be in the sense that Christ used the term here which is the Greek word ''philos''  <Ref> Philos  5384 ~φίλος~ a primitive word; adj AV-friend 29; 29
:    1) friend, to be friendly to one, wish him well
::    1a) a friend
::    1b) an associate
::    1c) he who associates familiarly with one, a companion
::    1d) one of the bridegroom’s friends who on his behalf asked the       hand of the bride and rendered him various services in closing    the marriage and celebrating the nuptials</Ref>
 
Jesus tells His friends, "I have chosen<Ref> 1586 ~ἐκλέγομαι~ eklegomai \@ek-leg’-om-ahee\@ middle voice from 1537 and 3004 (in its primary sense); v AV-choose 19, choose out 1, make choice 1; 21
: 1) to pick out, choose, to pick or choose out for one’s self
::    1a) choosing one out of many, i.e. Jesus choosing his disciples
::    1b) choosing one for an office
::    1c) of God choosing whom he judged fit to receive his favours      and separated from the rest of mankind to be peculiarly his      own and to be attended continually by his gracious oversight 1c1) i.e. the Israelites
::    1d) of God the Father choosing Christians, as those whom he      set apart from the irreligious multitude as dear unto     himself, and whom he has rendered, through faith in Christ,     citizens in the Messianic kingdom: (#Jas 2:5) so that the    ground of the choice lies in Christ and his merits only</Ref> you, and ordained<Ref> 5087 ~τίθημι~ tithemi \@tith’-ay-mee\@ a prolonged form of a primary ~θεω~ theo \@theh’-o\@ (which is used  only as alternate in certain tenses); v AV-lay 28, put 18, lay down 12, make 10, appoint 6,   kneel down + 1119 + 3588 5, misc 17; 96 
: 1) to set, put, place
::    1a) to place or lay
::   1b) to put down, lay down
:::          1b1) to bend down
:::          1b2) to lay off or aside, to wear or carry no longer
:::          1b3) to lay by, lay aside money
::    1c) to set on (serve) something to eat or drink
::    1d) to set forth, something to be explained by discourse
: 2) to make
::    2a) to make (or set) for one’s self or for one’s use
: 3) to set, fix establish
::    3a) to set forth
::    3b) to establish, ordain</Ref> you" where he makes a point of describing with two verbs that He, the Christ, picked and appointed these men of His little flock to a particular position for a purpose:

: "go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain:"

and then gave them a direct order to:

: "love one another."

You cannot really love someone on an email group or social media and without a dilligent desire to make your relationship more substantive and real there will be little or no fruit, certainly not any lasting fruit.

Jesus had come to take the kingdom from those who were not bearing fruit and not doing the will of the Father and were serving the [[Fathers]] of the earth and delivering the people back into bondage. 

The Greek word ''nation'' in Matthew 21:43<Ref>Matthew 21:43 Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.</Ref> was ''ethnos'' which is commonly translated "gentiles". 

He also made it clear in Luke 12:32 that He was going to be appointing that kingdom to His ''little flock''.<Ref>Luke 12:32 Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.</Ref> These words in John 15:15 through 17 are about that appointment to the Apostles to which he gave specific instructions about what to do and not do. 
[[File:jesus-sending.jpg|left|thumb|300px|He sent them out to teach and feed and love one another, not forsaking the coming together, bearing the fruits of repentance.]]
Knowing these instructions helps you distinguish between those who were and are appointed by Christ and those who are not. If they make you feel good or saved or tell you what you want to hear they may not be of Christ nor His friend.

Christ made it clear that it is "by their fruits" you will know them.
: Matthew 7:16  '''Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?'''
: Matthew 7:20  '''Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
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The verses between also show how important this idea of bearing fruit is to Jesus and [[The Way]] he was teaching His disciples.

: Matthew 7:17  '''Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.''' 18  '''A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.''' 19  '''Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.'''

We see similar references in other Gospels:
: Luke 13:9  '''And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.'''
: John 15:4  '''Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.'''

The modern Church divides the [[Modern Christians]] by thousands of denominations and doctrines that clearly do not follow the early [[Church]].

The modern Church and ministers send those in need to men who call themselves [[Benefactors]] but exercise authority one over the other. They send the people to the [[Nimrod|Nimrods]] and [[Cain|Cains]] of this [[World]]. In fact those Ministers of the modern Church are almost always very much a part of the [[World]] and dependent upon the [[World]] for its [[Bread and circuses|daily bread]].

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Jesus warned the [[Pharisees]] that had set up a [[Daily ministration]] based on forced offerings of the government rather than [[Freewill offerings]] or what we call [[charity]]. These were the Benefactors who exercised authority one over the other like 
[[Nimrod]] and [[Cain]] and at that time by [[Caesar]] and [[Herod]] and now by the elected leaders of the [[World]] everyone has come to depend upon. The early Christian Church no longer depended upon nor applied nor prayed to these [[Benefactors]]. They provided for one another through [[Charity]] and Love.

This meant they had to graft to one another in a network of voluntary charity. This was a different way of thinking and acting - a different ''spirit''. 

'''THIS WAS REPENTANCE'''.

[[Modern Christians]] have returned to the mire of such welfare systems; to the [[Corban]] of the [[Pharisees]] that makes the word of God to none effect and are not bearing the [[Fruit]] of repentance.

So, again it may be said to the modern Christian and their Churches as in Matthew 3:7,8:

: '''"But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?   Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:"'''

Today the whole [[World]] is in a [[Bondage|bondage]] of debt and their Children are cursed with paying that debt. This is because of our [[Covetous Practices]] which have made us [[Merchandise]]. This has all come about when the Modern Church was preaching a watered down Gospel that does not bear fruit nor does it provide salvation. In truth it makes many [[Workers of Iniquity]] and not [[Doers of the Word]] which produces no [[Fruit]] nor [[Righteousness]].

We are not repenting unless we come out of the thinking and doing of the [[World]] "religiously, legally and financially". This means you cannot forsake the coming together for the purposes of the Church and should start earnestly seeking the [[Kingdom of God]] and His [[Righteousness]].

You are not a friend of Christ nor have you repented and accepted Christ unless you are friends with one another as Christ was friend to us.

You are not coming in His name unless you are gathering to serve one another.

How can you say that you have fruits worthy of [[Repent]]ance when you have no [[Daily ministration]], functioning like the nations of the [[World]] but by [[Faith]], [[Hope]] and [[Charity]] by way of [[Freewill offerings]] of the people, for the people and by the people through the [[Perfect law of liberty]] as true friends in lovingly grafted [[Free Assemblies]]? 



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