Sunday Night January 18th, 2026
Welcome:
Songs:
#92- Just A Little Talk with Jesus
#139-At Calvary
Message:
Bro Daniel Tidwell
Bearing Good Fruit
Matthew 21:19-Easy for us to play the part. Easy to have the leaves. How many times in my life have I had the leaves (play the part) and not had the fruit?
The devil would love for us to be fruitless Christians.
Fruit does not come just from salvation. Fruit requires effort or fertilization.
Luke 6:43 Fruit starts in the heart.
John 15:5 Jesus is the vines and we are the branches, If we remain in him, we shall bear good fruit. If you do not remain with him, then you are a dead branch and will be culled and tossed into the fire.
If you are not saved, you will not have any fruit. You can have good works, but not fruit. A man with good fruit does it with a purpose. Good and Evil cannot be mixed. Instead of questioning their fruit, we need to consider their connection to the vine.
The only way that God's people can bring good fruit, is to put their flesh under subjection, and have to do it with purpose.
Works is the effort of the flesh and the good fruit is the intent of our heart.
John 15:2- God will purge you and we have to allow the chastening of us- the pruning as a Christian has to be allowed to continue to grow.
The world is inspecting our fruit daily, and we have to be aware of this and not let bad fruits around us spoil our own, but yet let the Jesus prune us daily.
Walk according to the spirit- Grace is present.
Allow the Lord to prune us, by diving into the word daily.
The way we produce fruit is being right with God. We need to live according to Gods word and his will in our life.
Romans 7: 4- We will produce good fruit.
Galatians 5: 22-26 - These are the seeds. Things we need to ensure are in our lives to grow good fruit.
Joy is eternal, happiness is temperamental.
Luke 8: 11-15 Take the fruit and put it in good ground, as scripture states if we put it in bad ground, the fruit will not prosper. The things of the world will choke the vines and not allow your fruit to grow. There is a reason to weed your garden.
Clean your weeds, if you want to grow and prosper with the Lord.
It is the little stuff that spoils our vine.
Read the bible daily! With purpose. You have to have a good ground.
Luke 13:6-8 Someone wanted this fruit to produce. Thank the Lord for the dresser of the Vineyard. Allow time for the work. The ground around you needs breaking- your heart cannot be hard and growth happen.
The fertilizer runs deep and its not just a one time application, it continues to work for years to come.
Colossians 1:10
Proverbs 11: 30-31
Leviticus 19:9-10 Do not gather the weeds from the corner. Leave the edges for the poor and the foreigner. We must produce good fruit for even the outcast.
What you need:
Choose good ground. (Ensure your salvation)
Plow the field (read your bible and pray)
Fertilizer to use (attend church each time the doors are open)
Seeds to sow (witness daily to even the edges of your fields)
Learn How to manage.(remain steadfast and seek forgiveness when we start to rot, because there is evil that will attempt to destroy your fields and fruits)
IF we do not put forth the work, our children will likely not grow the fruits they need.