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from the law concerning the husband. So then if, while her husband
is living, she is joined to another man, she shall be called an
adulteress; but if her husband dies, she is free from the law, so that
she is not an adulteress, though she is joined to another man.
Therefore, my brethren, you also were made to 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