{"id":4172,"date":"2021-03-12T00:01:12","date_gmt":"2021-03-12T05:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cityonahilltc.org\/?p=4172"},"modified":"2021-01-08T10:57:36","modified_gmt":"2021-01-08T15:57:36","slug":"fruit-of-the-word-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cityonahilltc.org\/fruit-of-the-word-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Fruit Of The Word"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201c\u2026which has come to you. Indeed, in the whole world [that Gospel] is bearing fruit and still is growing [<\/sup><\/em>e<\/sup><\/em><\/a>]<\/sup>[by its own inherent power], even as it has done among yourselves ever since the day you first heard and came to know and understand the grace of God in truth. [You came to know the grace or undeserved favor of God in reality, deeply and clearly and thoroughly, becoming accurately and intimately acquainted with it.]\u201d<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0 Colossians 1:6 Amplified Bible<\/p>\n

Paul, in his letter to the Colossians, is talking about the Word of God and the truth of the good news we find in the revelation of the Word regarding Jesus.\u00a0 The Colossians have heard the truth and the Word has already had an impact in their region.\u00a0 It has already born fruit as there is a thriving Body of believers to whom Paul is now writing.\u00a0 They are all the fruit of the Word of God.\u00a0 But the beginning of that verse reveals another powerful truth; the Word that is sown does not just bear fruit once and then stop. It continues to bear fruit, which is the powerful force of the good news of Jesus Christ.\u00a0 Paul says the Word received by the Colossians is indeed still bearing fruit and the numbers of believers are growing.\u00a0 The growth is not due to excellence in preaching or having beautiful buildings for worshippers to attend.\u00a0 It is not because of anything man can do.\u00a0 The Word has its own inherent power to bring life and produce a continual harvest.<\/p>\n

You don\u2019t need to be a great speaker or a compelling debater with people to win them to the Lord.\u00a0 You don\u2019t have to worry about whether you said the right things to them for them to receive.\u00a0 No need to condemn yourself because you can\u2019t bring yourself to go door to door to present the Gospel.\u00a0 The pressure is not on you to produce the fruit.\u00a0 All you have to do is have the Word in you and speak the Word of truth to those around you.\u00a0 You don\u2019t need to try and model yourself after someone else that you see as being a successful winner of souls, all you need to be is a person that has the Word of God in you with a joy and passion for Jesus.\u00a0 Present the Word as He leads you and as you respond to the opportunities the Holy Spirit presents. It is the Word itself that will bear fruit from its own power, not from your brilliant presentation.<\/p>\n

You don\u2019t even have to know and understand all things in the Word before you start sharing the good news with people.\u00a0 Just share what you already know in the Word and the Word will do the work of growth.\u00a0 All we are required to do is plant the seed of the Word as we see opportunities.\u00a0 The germination of that seed and the resulting fruit are His responsibility.<\/p>\n

One final thing to consider that is for your benefit as you share the Word with others, it produces further fruit in you as well.\u00a0 The more you share the Word, the more clarity and understanding are revealed in your own heart.\u00a0 The power is in the Word, just be a seed or Word planter and watch the fruit grow.<\/p>\n

J Todd Hostetler
\nwww.cityonahillTC.org<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201c\u2026which has come to you. Indeed, in the whole world [that Gospel] is bearing fruit and still is growing [e][by its own inherent power], even as it has done among yourselves ever since the day you first heard and came to know and understand the grace of God in truth. [You came to know the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cityonahilltc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4172"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cityonahilltc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cityonahilltc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cityonahilltc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cityonahilltc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cityonahilltc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4172\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cityonahilltc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cityonahilltc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cityonahilltc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}