Seed for April 13

John 3:14-15
14 Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,
15 that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.
(NIV)

So the comparison is just as Moses lifted up the brass serpent in the wilderness…what did people have to do to be delivered / saved? They only had to look to the brass serpent. Nothing more and nothing less and that is the comparison Jesus made.

Then Jesus went on to describe how we would know His followers: By their fruit. Not by their teachings, not by their church brand, not by their formulas, not by their “tongues”, but by their fruit. You shall know a tree by his fruit. There is no denying our source. Do we produce fruit from the Spirit of God? Is it His life source springing up in us that is made manifest? Have we really looked to Him as Saviour, and Lord? Have we only mouthed the words “my Lord” or do we bow as Thomas and declare “My Lord and My God!”?