Fruit

The purpose of God in saving a church is that there may be fruit. Although the Bible speaks of the fruit of plants and the fruit of the womb or of the loins, most often it uses the word fruit metaphorically, as that which originates and comes forth from something as the effect or result. Especially is it the case that Scripture uses the figure of a tree or a vine to teach concerning a spiritual fruitfulness in the lives of the saints. Not only is the purpose of God that the redeemed bear fruit...