EP 8 FRUITFULNESS

This is the final episode of this first series; a series in which we have discussed the promises Jesus made to His disciples in the Farewell Discourses and the wonderful ways He described His relationship to themIn this episode we discuss His promise of peace and joy and the sending of Another Comforter.

In this penultimate episode in this series we will be discussing the final thing Jesus says about His relationship to us His followers. He says that no longer will He call us servants, He will be calling us friends and what a transformation and privilege that is.

As we continue our study of the Farewell Discourses about the things that Jesus came to restore, we will look at the promise He gives to those who abide in Him; the promise of fruitfulness. Throughout the pages of Scripture, those who are faithful in their relationship to God live fruitful and blessed lives, the reward of the righteous is life and blessing.

We take a slight detour in this episode exploring the concept of paradise in the New Testament particularly. It will tie together a number of things we have been discussing. I have based this episode on a teaching given by Tim Mackie from 'The Bible Project'.

In this episode, we look together at the second thing that Adam surrendered but which Jesus restored. which is life itself. The Genesis account states that God separated Adam and Eve from the Tree of Life immediately following Adam's rebellion. A warrior angel stood guard to deny access to Adam and Eve from the Tree of Life and subsequently to deny access to the rest of humankind. Jesus through His life, death and resurrection, restored life to us. We will look at a number of passages where Jesus mentions life specifically.

In this Episode, we talk more specifically about the restoration of God's dwelling amongst His people from the Farewell Discourses (John 13-17)and other New Testament passages. We will discover that Jesus specifically addresses and makes provision for all the consequences of Adam's rebellion.

In the last episode, we talked about the things that Adam had lost as expressly mentioned in Genesis chapter 3. For this episode, we turn our attention to the Scriptures revealing how God began to restore all that had been lost. I devote 2 episodes exploring passages in both the Old and New Testaments which discuss the restoration of God's dwelling amongst His people. This episode focuses on the Old Testament.

In this episode I briefly refer to some the significant challenges that the believer is facing in the world at the moment and the urgency of building a harbour of safety in our hearts.

In this episode we look at 3 specific things from Genesis 3 that this scripture tells us that Adam has lost.

In this episode I will take you through our reasons for starting this podcast and show you why you will want to come with us on this journey.