FRUIT

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FRUIT

• Used 67 times in the New Testament.
• Used as the result or outcome of something.
• Such as the fruit of their labors.

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FRUITS OF REPENTANCE

• MATTHEW 37-9
• But when he saw many of the Pharisees and
  Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them,
  Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the
  wrath to come? Therefore bear fruits worthy of
  repentance, and do not think to say to
  yourselves, We have Abraham as our father. For
  I say to you that God is able to raise up
  children to Abraham from these stones.

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FRUITS OF REPENTANCE

• ACTS 2620
• but declared first to those in Damascus and
  in Jerusalem, and throughout all the region of
  Judea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should
  repent, turn to God, and do works befitting
  repentance.

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FRUITS OF REPENTANCE

• HOSEA 126
• So you, by the help of your God, return
  Observe mercy and justice, and wait on your God
  continually.

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FRUITS OF REPENTANCE

• ISAIAH 316-7
• Return to Him against whom the children of
  Israel have deeply revolted. For in that day
  every man shall throw away his idols of silver
  and his idols of gold sin, which your own hands
  have made for yourselves.

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FRUITS THAT IDENTIFY

• Fruits identify false prophets.

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FRUITS THAT IDENTIFY

• MATTHEW 715-20
• Beware of false prophets, who come to you in
  sheeps clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous
  wolves. You will know them by their fruits. Do
  men gather grapes from thorn-bushes or figs from
  thistles? Even so, every good tree bears good
  fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. A good
  tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree
  bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear
  good fruit is cast down and thrown into the fire.
  Therefore, by their fruits you will know them.

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FRUITS THAT IDENTIFY

• Fruits identify false prophets.
• Fruits identify the kind of heart one has.

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FRUITS THAT IDENTIFY

• MATTHEW 1233-37
• "Either make the tree good and its fruit good,
  or else make the tree bad and its fruit bad for
  a tree is known by its fruit. Brood of vipers!
  How can you, being evil, speak good things? For
  out of the abundance of the heart the mouth
  speaks. A good man out of the good treasure of
  his heart brings forth good things, and an evil
  man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil
  things. But I say to you that for every idle word
  men may speak, they will give account of it in
  the day of judgment. For by your words you will
  be justified, and by your words you will be
  condemned."

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FRUITS THAT IDENTIFY

• PROVERBS 423
• Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of
  it spring the issues of life.
• PROVERBS 2319
• Hear, my son, and be wise and guide your heart
  in the way.

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FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT

• GALATIANS 522-23
• But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy,
  peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness,
  faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against
  such there is no law.

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FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT

• GALATIANS 516
• I say then Walk in the Spirit, and you shall
  not fulfill the lust of the flesh.

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FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT

• GALATIANS 522-23
• But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy,
  peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness,
  faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against
  such there is no law.

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FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT

• GALATIANS 522-23
• But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy,
  peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness,
  faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against
  such there is no law.

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FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT

• GALATIANS 522-23
• But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy,
  peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness,
  faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against
  such there is no law.

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FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT

• GALATIANS 522-23
• But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy,
  peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness,
  faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against
  such there is no law.

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FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT

• GALATIANS 522-23
• But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy,
  peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness,
  faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against
  such there is no law.

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FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT

• GALATIANS 522-23
• But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy,
  peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness,
  faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against
  such there is no law.

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FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT

• GALATIANS 522-23
• But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy,
  peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness,
  faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against
  such there is no law.

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FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT

• GALATIANS 522-23
• But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy,
  peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness,
  faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against
  such there is no law.

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FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT

• GALATIANS 522-23
• But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy,
  peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness,
  faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against
  such there is no law.

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FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT

• GALATIANS 522-23
• But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy,
  peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness,
  faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against
  such there is no law.

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NECESSITY OF FRUIT-BEARING

• JOHN 155-8
• I am the vine, you are the branches. He who
  abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit for
  without Me you can do nothing. If anyone does not
  abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is
  withered and they gather them and throw them
  into the fire, and they are burned. If you abide
  in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask
  what you desire, and it shall be done for you. By
  this My Father is glorified, that you bear much
  fruit so you will be My disciples.

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NECESSITY OF FRUIT-BEARING

• JOHN 155-8
• I am the vine, you are the branches. He who
  abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit for
  without Me you can do nothing. If anyone does not
  abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is
  withered and they gather them and throw them
  into the fire, and they are burned. If you abide
  in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask
  what you desire, and it shall be done for you. By
  this My Father is glorified, that you bear much
  fruit so you will be My disciples.

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NECESSITY OF FRUIT-BEARING

• JOHN 155-8
• I am the vine, you are the branches. He who
  abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit for
  without Me you can do nothing. If anyone does not
  abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is
  withered and they gather them and throw them
  into the fire, and they are burned. If you abide
  in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask
  what you desire, and it shall be done for you. By
  this My Father is glorified, that you bear much
  fruit so you will be My disciples.

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NECESSITY OF FRUIT-BEARING

• JOHN 155-8
• I am the vine, you are the branches. He who
  abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit for
  without Me you can do nothing. If anyone does not
  abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is
  withered and they gather them and throw them
  into the fire, and they are burned. If you abide
  in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask
  what you desire, and it shall be done for you. By
  this My Father is glorified, that you bear much
  fruit so you will be My disciples.

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NECESSITY OF FRUIT-BEARING

• JOHN 152
• Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He
  takes away, and every branch that bears fruit He
  prunes, that it may bear more fruit.

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NECESSITY OF FRUIT-BEARING

• JOHN 155
• He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much
  fruit for without Me you can do nothing.

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ARE YOU A FRUIT BEARING BRANCH?

• EPHESIANS 511
• And have no fellowship with the unfruitful
  works of darkness, but rather expose them.

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PLAN OF SALVATION

• Hear (Rm. 1017).
• Believe Christ is the Son of God (Jn 832).
• Repent of Sins (Lk. 133 Ac. 238).
• Confess faith in Christ (Rm. 109-10 Ac. 837).
• Be baptized for the remission of sins (Ac. 238).
• Live a faithful Christian life (Rv. 210).