This teaching is from Dr. Stephen Davey during his preaching on Romans. This information is taken from my notes and is not the direct content of the message itself.
- Fruit of Speech (Heb 13:15) : exposure = influence. The more we are exposed to living Christians and the Bible the more influenced we are in our words.
- Fruit of Surrender (John 12) : We must unconditionally surrender to the Holy Spirit. If our surrender has conditions – then we will have little fruit.
- Fruit of Spiritual Maturity (Heb 12:10) : We are to grow up in the Lord not grow old in the Lord.
- Fruit of Sacrificial Giving (Phil 4:15)
- Fruit of Saving Truth (Col) : The gospel constantly bears fruit.
Read Gal 5:18 – 23.
Lessons :
- We are to bear the fruit of our Savior’s character (Phil 1:11).
- Long term exposure to holy living and holy character will change others.
Questions :
- Do you lead a mediocre life?
- Is there any fruit of holy conduct in your life?
John 15:1-8 teaches that we don’t produce the fruit, we bear it. It is the fruit of the Holy Spirit.
The part that gets to me the most is what we are exposed to. What we allow ourselves and our children to be exposed to. What goes into the heart comes out of the mouth.
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