Colossians 1 v 10 ‘… bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God’

An Example from the Old Testament Isaiah 5 vv 1 – 7 Jehovah’s vineyard

 

1 Now let me sing to my Well beloved a song of my Beloved regarding His vineyard: My Well-beloved has a vineyard on a very fruitful hill.  2 He dug it up and cleared out its stones, and planted it with the choicest vine. He built a tower in its midst, and also made a winepress in it; so He expected it to bring forth good grapes, But it brought forth wild grapes.  3  “And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, Judge, please, between Me and My vineyard.  4 What more could have been done to My vineyard that I have not done in it? Why then, when I expected it to bring forth goodgrapes, did it bring forth wild grapes?  5 And now, please let Me tell you what I will do to My vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it shall be burned; and break down its wall, and it shall be trampled down.  6 I will lay it waste; it shall not be pruned or dug, but there shall come up briers and thorns. I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain on it.”  7 For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are His pleasant plant. He looked for justice, but behold, oppression; for righteousness, but behold, a cry for help.

 

Fruit in the Life of the Lord Jesus – John 12 v 24 (page 125)

 

Verily, verily, I say unto you, except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abides alone: but if it dies, it brings forth much fruit.

 

A Tree and its Fruit – Matthew 7 vv 15 – 20 (page 8)

 

Evidence of my New Life in Christ.

Sowing & Reaping – Galatians 6 vv 7 – 10 (page 224 &225)

 

1 What sowing am I doing and what are my priorities?

2 What sort of harvest am I / will I reap?

3 Isn’t it interesting that ‘Doing Good’ is an important aspect of my ‘sowing’?

 

What sort of Sowing am I doing? – II Corinthians 9 vv 6 – 15 (page 216)

 

Sowing sparingly or generously.