Believer" Pt.6 - February 15th, 2026 - Pastor Jono Zantingh

And each day the Lord added to their fellowship those who were being saved. This is the fruit. This is the byproduct of the ideal conditions. This is how we know when the tree is active and alive and at work. We choose to bear fruit. We choose to participate in that shared mission. Each one of us with our own unique lives and own unique stories living devoted to the mission of Jesus Christ. And how will we know? Each day the Lord will add to our fellowship those who are being saved. [00:50:43] (33 seconds)  #DailyFruitOfFaith

you have been commissioned to go and make. You have. It's not for professional clergy. There's actually no such thing. We're we're all sons and daughters. We're all co laborers with Christ. Just because my gifts look a little different than yours doesn't mean that I'm more anointed or more called or more special than you are. You are not exempt from this mission. Go and make. [00:53:07] (28 seconds)  #AllAreSent

What's the purpose? What's the point of being believers? Well, in God's beautiful and wonderful agricultural ecosystem, a tree is always known by its fruit. Jesus says, I chose you. I appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit, fruit that will last. John fifteen sixteen. Scripture, prayer, worship, community, one another, financial generosity. These are our ideal conditions. These are our rich soil and mild temperatures and regular seasonal rainfall and shaded sun to be planted in. These are the atmosphere and environment in which we, as believers, were designed to grow and to flourish and to bear fruit. [00:47:12] (50 seconds)  #RootedToBearFruit

To be a believer is to commit your life to the ideal conditions, and the natural overflow is that you will bear fruit. But if you allow fear to hold you, I'm afraid. Like, what if I what if I open my mouth and they reject me? I'm afraid of looking like a fool. I'm afraid of sharing my faith because I'm not really a good communicator. I don't have all the right words to say. You're you're you're living with a higher degree of commitment and surrender to that fear than to the commission that you've been invited into. [01:08:33] (35 seconds)  #ChooseCourage

Romans 10 puts it this way, for everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. But how can they call on him to save unless they believe? And how can they believe if they've never heard? And how can they hear unless someone tells them? And how will anyone go and tell them without being sent. [01:01:36] (28 seconds)  #SentSoTheyMayHear

Devoted to the mission is our conversation today. Throughout this series, we've explored what it means to live devoted lives as followers of Jesus. Devoted to scripture, devoted to prayer, devoted to worship, devoted to one another, devoted to generosity. And why? What's the point? What's the purpose of this devotion? What's the point of us saying we're believers and here's how that shows up in our lives? Is it so that you can feel better? Is it so that you can live in a nice kind of cute, safe, little Jesus bubble with your bible and your prayer life and your Christian friends? [00:46:29] (35 seconds)  #DevotionWithPurpose

When you make a decision to become a believer, when you make a decision to tether your life to Christ Jesus, you're instantly commissioned to go and make. You're instantly given the job as believers, as a committed people, to go and make disciples. This is not an optional one day when I'm Christian enough or when I'm good enough or when I know enough theology, this is for you to practice starting today if you've never practiced it before. [00:55:21] (31 seconds)  #DiscipleMakingNow

This could happen anywhere. And you don't have to be a certain type of person. You just have to say yes. You just have to say, it's my responsibility. As a believer, living devoted to scripture and prayer worship and one another and generosity, I recognize those are just the soil for the ideal conditions. That's where I'm meant to be planted to and to grow and to bear fruit. But the fruit is our mission. How will we know that we're bearing fruit? Each day, the Lord will add to our fellowship those who are being saved. [01:15:09] (34 seconds)  #MissionEverywhere