FRUITFULNESS-UNFRUITFULNESS
FRUITFULNESS-UNFRUITFULNESS
(A) FRUITFULNESS, Spiritual, enjoined
Mat 3:8; Joh 15:16; Rom 7:4; 2Co 9:10; Phi 1:11; Phi 4:17; Col 1:10
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(B) SPIRITUAL FRUIT
(1) General References to
Produced in All Periods of Life
Psa 92:13; Psa 92:14
Perennial
Eze 47:12
Grown only upon Good Ground
Mat 13:8
Many Varieties of
Gal 5:22; Gal 5:23
Without Defect
Eph 5:9; Phi 1:11
The Product of Heavenly Wisdom
Jam 3:17
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Tree of Life, TREE OF LIFE
(2) Conditions of Fruit-bearing
Contact with Living Water
Psa 1:3
Spiritual Receptivity
Mat 13:23
Death of the Old Life
Joh 12:24
Chastening, or Pruning
Joh 15:2
Abiding in Christ
Joh 15:5; Rom 6:22; Heb 12:11
–SEE Chastisement, AFFLICTIONS
Afflictions (2), AFFLICTIONS
(3) Christian Graces exemplify
Rom 5:3; Rom 5:4; 2Co 6:6; 2Co 8:7; 2Pe 1:5; 2Pe 1:6; 2Pe 1:7
(C) UNFRUITFULNESS, general references to
Isa 5:2
Divine Judgment Visited Upon
Mat 3:10
Worldliness a Cause of
Mat 13:22
Results in the Master’s Disappointment
Luk 13:6
Failure to Invest Life’s Resources
Luk 19:20; Joh 15:2
Ends in Spiritual Rejection
Heb 6:8
–SEE Indifference, INDIFFERENCE
Neglect, INDIFFERENCE
Israel a Vine, ISRAEL-THE JEWS
(D) SIN’S FRUIT
Bitter
Deu 32:32
Natural
Isa 5:2
Selfish
Hos 10:1
Deceitful
Hos 10:13
Corrupt
Mat 7:17
Fleshly
Gal 5:19; Gal 5:20; Gal 5:21
–SEE Evil Works, WORKS, EVIL
Sin’s Harvest, REAPING