Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy
name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many
wonderful works?And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye
that work iniquity. (Matthew 7:21-23)Jude warned against those who would "creep in" to the church and teach false doctrine. He said
one of the ways to recognize them was by the lack of fruit in their lives:
...These are...trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked
up by the roots. (Jude 12)The important thing in any ministry is the fruit because... "By their FRUITS ye shall know
them" (Matthew 7:20).
In the natural world it is the fruit which carries within it the seeds which reproduce. In the spirit
world it is the fruit of the Holy Spirit which has the capacity for spiritual reproduction:
- The fruit of Christ-like qualities in lives of believers draws sinful men to God.
- The fruit of evangelism spreads the Gospel of the Kingdom and results in
spiritual harvest throughout the world.