Question about Fruit

[His_Disciple]

what is fruit bearing? Is that like bearing the fruit of the spirit love, kindness, self-control, patience, etc? Or is it like just winning souls for Christ. Or maybe giving to the poor? What is the definition of biblical fruit bearing to you?

[Sing4Him]

Bearing fruit comes once we are saved. It comes upon growing in the Lord and becoming "Christlike". (through reading His Word, prayer, and fellowship with other believers etc)

The fruit are manifestations of Christ within us. It is our transformed life in Him.

[Deepcallstodeep]

Do you thinking bearing good fruit, means using the gifts/fruits of the Spirit to accomplish the works that the Lord created for each of us to do? These works come from the Lord, and are all about His glory, because He gives us the abilities/opportunities to do them in the first place, upon our salvation (however, learning is a lifetime journey!).

Ephesians 2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

[Sing4Him]

Let's look at the fruit:

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.Gal 5:22,23

Fruits come out of growing IN the Lord. They are evidence of being indwelled by the Holy Spirit. When we are walking close to the Lord (growing in the fulness of His grace) our gifts are shown all the more and used. Here lies more evidence to others of Christ within us.



the gifts:
So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another. Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching;Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.

These GIFTS from God are given varying per individual. Some believers may have only one, some more than one.
When we know what God has gifted us with, it is up to us to use this for His glory.

One seems more "showing/revealing" His glory

and the other one "Using/giving " to His glory.

[jorjean]

what is fruit bearing? Is that like bearing the fruit of the spirit love, kindness, self-control, patience, etc? Or is it like just winning souls for Christ. Or maybe giving to the poor? What is the definition of biblical fruit bearing to you?

It depends on your gifts. I have a friend that cleans the church every Saturday morning. No one ever sees her (but God) and that is the way she bears fruit.
I have another friend who loves to teach. She goes to the county jail on Mondays and the state prison on Fridays to teach prisoners the Gospel. She also teaches a ladies group on Tuesday. We are studying Judges.
I have another friend who goes to the local abortion clinic every Saturday to talk to the women about their options. He has saved one baby, Praise God, That is how he bears fruit.
What are your gifts? What has God lead you to do? If you are doing it you are bearing fruit.:pray