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2.  TOTAL AND ABSOLUTE SURRENDER IS
                          THE BRIDE’S DISPOSITION TO THAT
                          DISCOVERY (SONG 4:16)
               C.   THE GRAIN OF WHEAT ILLUSTRATION SHOWS
                   THE INDISPENSIBLE GOAL OF REDEMPTIVE
                   LIVING (JOHN 12:20-21; JOHN 12:24)
                       1.   THE SEEKING GREEKS ILLUSTRATE THE
                          REDEMPTIVE PART
                       2.   BECOMING A GRAIN OF WHEAT FOR
                          THE GLORY OF GOD ILLUSTRATES THE
                          GOAL OF REDEMPTIVE LIVING (JOHN
                          12:27-28; JOHN 12:32-33

        III  CLINCHER: TREASURE IN EARTHEN VESSELS
              (2 CORINTHIANS 4:7; 2 CORINTHIANS 4:10;
              2 CORINTHIANS 4:11-12)

        FRUIT MESSAGE #6

        I  THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN “WORKS” AND
           “FRUIT”
               A.   HOUSE BUILT ON ROCK AND HOUSE BUILT ON
                   SAND IDENTIFIED BY THE FOUNDATION
                   (MATTHEW 7:25’ MATTHEW 7:27)
               B.  WORKS AND FRUIT ARE IDENTIFIED BY THE
                   SOURCE AND ORIGIN (GALATIANS 5:19, 22;
                   GALATIANS 5:22)
                       1.  BAD WORKS ARE WORTHLESS (GALATIANS
                          5:19)
                       2.  GOOD WORKS ARE WORTHLESS (1
                          CORINTHIANS 13:1-3)
                       3.  THE WORD “WORKS” IS SOMETIMES USED
                          FOR “FRUIT” (MATTHEW 5:16; JAMES 2:26)
               C.   FRUIT ISSUES FROM THE LORD (HOSEA 14:8)
                       1.  CHRIST IS OUR SOIL (COLOSSIANS 2:6-7;
                          ISAIAH 37:31)
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