FRUITFULNESS-UNFRUITFULNESS

(A) FRUITFULNESS,Spiritual, enjoined

Mt 3:8; Joh 15:16; Ro 7:4; 2Co 9:10; Php 1:11; Php 4:17; Col 1:10

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(B) SPIRITUAL FRUIT

(1)General References to

Produced in All Periods of Life
Ps 14

Perennial
Eze 47:12

Grown only upon Good Ground
Mt 13:8

Many Varieties of
Ga 23

Without Defect
Eph 5:9; Php 1:11

The Product of Heavenly Wisdom
Jas 3:17

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Tree of Life,TREE OF LIFE

(2) Conditions of Fruit-bearing

Contact with Living Water
Ps 1:3

Spiritual Receptivity
Mt 13:23

Death of the Old Life
Joh 12:24

Chastening, or Pruning
Joh 15:2

Abiding in Christ
Joh 15:5; Ro 6:22; Heb 12:11

--SEEChastisement,AFFLICTIONS
Afflictions (2),AFFLICTIONS

(3) Christian Graces exemplify

Ro 4; 2Co 6:6; 2Co 8:7; 2Pe 7

(C) UNFRUITFULNESS,general references to
Isa 5:2

Divine Judgment Visited Upon
Mt 3:10

Worldliness a Cause of
Mt 13:22

Results in the Master's Disappointment
Lu 13:6

Failure to Invest Life's Resources
Lu 19:20; Joh 15:2

Ends in Spiritual Rejection
Heb 6:8

--SEEIndifference,INDIFFERENCE
Neglect,INDIFFERENCE
Israel a Vine,ISRAEL-THE JEWS

(D) SIN'S FRUIT

Bitter
De 32:32

Natural
Isa 5:2

Selfish
Ho 10:1

Deceitful
Ho 10:13

Corrupt
Mt 7:17

Fleshly
Ga 21

--SEEEvil Works,WORKS, EVIL
Sin's Harvest,REAPING