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True Christians Produce Godly Fruit · The Bible Bit Podcast

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  Welcome back. This is Kimmy Miller of Woman at the Well Ministries bringing
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  you another Bible bit for you to enjoy.
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  True Christians produce godly fruit.
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  Today as we journey through the scriptures, gleaning the truth about our responsibility
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  to demonstrate Christ-like qualities in our everyday walk, we are going to examine
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  what being a witness for the Lord means.
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  For many, the term witness is daunting and overwhelming. People have allowed
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  the devil to make it much more complicated than it really is.
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  The simple definition of witness, according to the Oxford Dictionary, is evidence or proof.
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  Our lives are meant to be evidence and proof of the life-changing power of Jesus Christ.
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  Our lives are to bear fruit of the presence of Jesus living in us.
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  Matthew 7.20 says, Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
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  In Matthew 7, Jesus is telling us, as part of the Sermon on the Mount,
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  the importance of living for him.
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  He is giving us an important lesson, warning us to look for evidence of new
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  life in those who call themselves Christians.
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  He is telling us to be a fruit inspector. We are to be looking for evidence,
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  a witness, that others know the Lord.
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  Jesus warns us that not everyone that says they are of God are of God.
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  Only those individuals who do the will of God, which results in the fruit of
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  the Spirit, are actually of God.
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  Matthew 7, 19-21 You can't work your way into heaven because it is not by works
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  of righteousness, which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us.
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  By the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Ghost, Titus 3, 5,
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  But this miraculous gift of salvation, Ephesians 2, 8-9, changes us.
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  2 Corinthians 5, 17.
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  Our attitude, behaviors, speech, and desires change.
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  Our walk is no longer about the pleasures of this world, but is now focused on things above.
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  If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above,
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  where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
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  Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
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  Colossians 3, 1-2 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
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  Matthew 6, 21 It is a simple truth that once Christ takes residence in your
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  heart and life in the form of the Holy Spirit, you are just different.
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  You can't be the same with Jesus in you as you were when you were without Jesus.
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  Your actions won't save you because you can't work your way into heaven.
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  Heaven can't be bought or earned. But because Jesus lives in you,
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  then your life brings forth the fruit of God.
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  Even so, faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
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  Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works.
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  Show me thy faith without thy works, and I will show thee my faith by my works.
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  Thou believest that there is one God, thou doest well.
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  The devil also believed.
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  And tremble. James 2, 17-19. Faith without works is dead. James 2, 17.
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  Simply put, knowing Jesus transforms you into a bright witness. Praise God!
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  Jesus, through His boundless mercy, has saved us and caused us to be born again,
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  spiritually transformed, renewed, and set apart for his purpose,
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  giving us an everlasting hope and confident assurance to live,
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  walk, and be a light for Jesus in this present world. 1 Peter 1.3.
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  Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns or figs of thistles?
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  Matthew 7.16.
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  A lemon tree brings forth lemons. An orange tree brings forth oranges.
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  Therefore, even nature tells us that who we are is what comes out of us.
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  If you are a Christian, you will demonstrate a Christ-like life.
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  Your deeds will be good and not evil. Your life will demonstrate the fruit of the Spirit.
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  You will sow seeds of love, joy, peace, patience, gentleness,
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  goodness, faith, meekness, and temperaments.
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  Galatians 5, 22-23.
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  Your life will be a living testimony of the goodness of God.
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  Since you are part of the family of God, you will resemble God in all your ways.
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  Today, ask the Holy Spirit to prune your life, removing all that doesn't belong,
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  and to fill you with his goodness, so that your life's fruit is acceptable to God.
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  That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all-pleasing, being fruitful in every
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  good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God.
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  Colossians 1.10 Remember you are loved. Jesus loves you.
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