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die to the Law through the body of Christ, that you might be
joined to another, to Him who was raised from the dead, that
we might bear fruit for God.” God says that we are married to
the One who rose from the dead to bring fruit unto God. In each
case the soil, the vine and the marriage, the fruit comes from
God.

I have six children and nineteen grandchildren and four great
grandchildren. You are all old enough to know that it came
from a very intimate union with my wife. That produces fruit.
The origin is what determines the fruit. 2 Corinthians 4:10&11,
“…always carrying about in the body the dying of Jesus, that
the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body. For we
who live are constantly being delivered over to death for Jesus’
sake, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal
flesh.” We carry the death of Christ, so that His life might come
forth.

We ask, “How can we really experience this fruit?” You might
have already experienced it when someone comes to you and
they say, “How could you forgive that person?” You know that
is the Lord. “How can you have peace when that came into
your life? How can you be thankful for that thing?” The
answer is the Lord.

We’ve got the description of fruit and that it comes from God.
Let me give a Bible story that illustrates that. Acts 3:1-9, “Now
Peter and John were going up to the temple at the ninth hour,
the hour of prayer. And a certain man who had been lame from
his mother’s womb was being carried along, and they used to
set him down every day at the gate of the temple which is called
Beautiful, in order to beg alms of those who were entering the
temple. And when he saw Peter and John about to go into the
temple, he began to ask to receive alms. And Peter, along with
John, fixed his gaze upon him and they said, ‘Look at us!’ He
began to give them his attention, expecting to receive
something from them. But Peter said, ‘I do not possess silver
and gold, but what I do have I give to you: In the name of Jesus