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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)
                       2.  CHRIST IS OUR VINE (JOHN 15:4-5)
                       3.  CHRIST IS OUR GROOM (ROMANS 7:2-4)
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