You Shall Know Them By Their Fruit.

[debrakay]

I have an 30 year old apple tree that has never bore even one single apple.  Is it really an apple tree?  To me, no, it is not an apple tree because there is no fruit.  I also have a Kiwi tree that is 2o years old and has flowered but never bore one single kiwi.  Is it a Kiwi tree?  No, it is a Kiwi tree in name only because it has never bore any fruit.  As Christ followers we are known by our fruit.  This fruit is the lost souls in the world we live in and speak in. If ours words and our actions have brought even one soul to Jesus and the knowledge of His saving grace then fruit has been born.   

[Michael37]

12 hours ago, debrakay said:

  Is it really an apple tree?  To me, no, it is not an apple tree because there is no fruit.  I also have a Kiwi tree that is 2o years old and has flowered but never bore one single kiwi. 

One reason why some trees, shrubs, vines, etc., don't form fruit is because they are not being cross-pollinated.

We have fruit trees that have been grafted so that both male and female flowers are produced on the one tree. 

If a plant is only male or only female there has to be a plant of the opposite sex within pollination distance for it to bear fruit.

[TheBlade]

Fruit... We read from Matt - John. Look at what Christ said and did. Now look at the world today. HAHA there is NO greater fruit hello YOU and ME! He is the vine we are the branches. 

[Whyme]

The seed (word) can't grow in the thornbushes. In the sower parable thorns represent wealth. I'm unsure if they are related though.

[Michael37]

8 hours ago, Whyme said:

The seed (word) can't grow in the thornbushes. In the sower parable thorns represent wealth. I'm unsure if they are related though.

Mat 13:22  Now he who received seed among the thorns is he who hears the word, and the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.

The thorny bush hearer is one who receives God's Word but has worldly priorities which come before nurturing and cultivating their Spiritual life. This person might get quite prickly when confronted about their lack of fruit.

[Whyme]

2 minutes ago, Michael37 said:

Mat 13:22  Now he who received seed among the thorns is he who hears the word, and the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.

The thorny bush hearer is one who receives God's Word but has worldly priorities which come before nurturing and cultivating their Spiritual life. This person might get quite prickly when confronted about their lack of fruit.

Jesus says wealth is deceitful 

[Michael37]

2 minutes ago, Whyme said:

Jesus says wealth is deceitful 

Indeed. It chokes the spiritual growth when it is given first priority. The Bible warns against the love of money, which ironically can lead to poverty. It's harder for a rich person to enter the kingdom of heaven than for a camel to go through the eye of a needle.

Pro 30:8-9  Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:  (9)  Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.

[Whyme]

6 minutes ago, Michael37 said:

Indeed. It chokes the spiritual growth when it is given first priority. The Bible warns against the love of money, which ironically can lead to poverty. It's harder for a rich person to enter the kingdom of heaven than for a camel to go through the eye of a needle.

Pro 30:8-9  Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:  (9)  Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.

Pro 30:8-9  Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:  

1 Timothy 6 And having food and clothing, with these we shall be content.  But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition. 

 

 

[steve morrow]

GOOD  FRUIT  BAD  FRUIT /  GODS  WORKS  OR  MANS --- MANS  WORDS  PROFOUND --- SAYS  WHO ????

 

PSALM 33:4  FOR  THE  WORD  OF  THE  LORD  IS  RIGHT  AND  ALL  HIS  WORKS  ARE  DONE  IN  TRUTH

 

PROVERBS 18:21  death and life are in the power of the tongue and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof

MATTHEW 12:36  but I say unto you that every idle word that men shall speak they shall ---GIVE  ACCOUNT  THEREOF--- in the day of judgement 

---12:37--- for by thy words thou shalt be justified and by thy words thou shalt be condemned 

 

PSALM 106:39  thus were they  --DEFILED  WITH  THEIR  OWN  WORKS-- and went a whoring with their own inventions 

EPHESIANS 2:8  for by grace are you saved through faith ---AND  THAT  NOT  OF  YOURSELVES--- it is the gift of  GOD

 

PROVERBS 15:4  A  WHOLESOME  TONGUE  IS  A  TREE  OF  LIFE  BUT  PERVERSENESS  THEREIN   IS  A  BREACH  IN  THE  SPIRIT

JOHN 6:63  IT  IS  THE  SPIRIT  THAT  QUICKENETH  THE  FLESH  PROFITETH  NOTHING  THE  WORDS  THAT  I  SPEAK  UNTO  YOU  THEY  ARE  SPIRIT  AND  THEY  ARE  LIFE

2 CORINTHIANS  3:5  NOT  THAT  WE  ARE  SUFFICIENT  OF  OURSELVES  TO  THINK  ANYTHING  AS  OF  OURSELVES --- BUT  OUR  SUFFICIENCY  IS  OF  ---GOD---

 

LUKE 3:9  AND  NOW  ALSO  THE  AXE  IS  LAID  UNTO  THE  ROOT  OF  THE  TREES  EVERY  TREE  THEREFORE  WHICH  BRINGETH  NOT  FORTH  GOOD  FRUIT  IS  HEWN  DOWN  AND  CAST  INTO  THE  FIRE 

MARK 10:18  AND  JESUS  SAID  UNTO  HIM  WHY  CALLEST  THOU  ME  GOOD  THERE  IS  NONE  GOOD  BUT  ONE  THAT  IS  GOD

 

LOVING  THE LORD  JESUS  CHRIST 

 

[missmuffet]

Question: "What is the fruit of the Holy Spirit?"

Answer: Galatians 5:22-23 tells us, “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.” The fruit of the Holy Spirit is the result of the Holy Spirit’s presence in the life of a Christian. The Bible makes it clear that everyone receives the Holy Spirit the moment he or she believes in Jesus Christ (Romans 8:9; 1 Corinthians 12:13; Ephesians 1:13-14). One of the primary purposes of the Holy Spirit coming into a Christian’s life is to change that life. It is the Holy Spirit’s job to conform us to the image of Christ, making us more like Him.
The fruit of the Holy Spirit is in direct contrast with the acts of the sinful nature in Galatians 5:19-21, “The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.” This passage describes all people, to varying degrees, when they do not know Christ and therefore are not under the influence of the Holy Spirit. Our sinful flesh produces certain types of fruit that reflect our nature, and the Holy Spirit produces types of fruit that reflect His nature.

The Christian life is a battle of the sinful flesh against the new nature given by Christ (2 Corinthians 5:17). As fallen human beings, we are still trapped in a body that desires sinful things (Romans 7:14-25). As Christians, we have the Holy Spirit producing His fruit in us and we have the Holy Spirit’s power available to conquer the acts of the sinful nature (2 Corinthians 5:17; Philippians 4:13). A Christian will never be completely victorious in always demonstrating the fruits of the Holy Spirit. It is one of the main purposes of the Christian life, though, to progressively allow the Holy Spirit to produce more and more of His fruit in our lives—and to allow the Holy Spirit to conquer the opposing sinful desires. The fruit of the Spirit is what God desires our lives to exhibit and, with the Holy Spirit’s help, it is possible!

https://www.gotquestions.org/fruit-of-the-Holy-Spirit.html

Edited March 7, 2021 by missmuffet