Christian Service
“But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness” (Romans 6:22).
Christian service is toward God. We were once the slaves of death and hell. We were once doing Satan’s bidding, Satan’s work. But now, in Christ Jesus, we are servants to God. “But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you … For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness” (Romans 6:17,20).
Our fruit is fruit unto holiness. A Christian enjoying fellowship with God will bear fruit — more fruit and much fruit, because that’s what God expects and has equipped us to do. The Lord Jesus said, “I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in Me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without Me ye can do nothing .… Herein is My Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be My disciples” (John 15:5,8).
