FRUITFULNESS-UNFRUITFULNESS

FRUITFULNESS-UNFRUITFULNESS: (A) FRUITFULNESS, Spiritual, enjoined Mt 3:8; Joh 15:16; Ro 7:4; 2Co 9:10; Php 1:11; 4:17; Col 1:10 --SEE 1337 (B) SPIRITUAL FRUIT (1) General References to Produced in All Periods of Life Ps 92:13,14 Perennial Eze 47:12 Grown only upon Good Ground Mt 13:8 Many Varieties of Ga 5:22,23 Without Defect Eph 5:9; Php 1:11 The Product of Heavenly Wisdom Jas 3:17 --SEE 1336 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 --SEE Chastisement, AFFLICTIONS Afflictions (2), AFFLICTIONS (3) Christian Graces exemplify Ro 5:3,4; 2Co 6:6; 8:7; 2Pe 1:5,6,7 (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 --SEE Indifference, 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 5:19,20,21 --SEE Evil Works, WORKS, EVIL Sin's Harvest, REAPING