1. Be Fruitful

2. Be Fruitful 1. Created to be Fruitful 2. Flow of Fruitfulness
3. Sowing and Reaping
A. Seeds Need to be Sown to Produce Fruit
B. Seeds We Sow Determine the Fruit We Grow

3. Seeds we Sow Determine the Fruit we Grow
Galatians 6:7-8
Be not deceived. God is not mocked. For whatever a man sows, that will he also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.

4. Seeds we Sow Determine the Fruit we Grow
2 Options:
Flesh – Sinful Nature from Adam
Spirit – New Nature from Jesus
Matthew 7:17-18
…every good tree bears good fruit. But a corrupt tree bears evil fruit. A good tree cannot bear evil fruit, nor can a corrupt tree bear good fruit.

5. Seeds we Sow Determine the Fruit we Grow
We are today what we have sown in the past and we will be in the future what we sow today!

6. Seeds we Sow Determine the Fruit we Grow
Sow Bad Seed – Reap Bad Fruit
Galatians 5:19-21
…the works of the flesh are revealed, which are these: adultery, sexual immorality, impurity, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousy, rage, selfishness, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, carousing, and the like…those who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

7. Seeds we Sow Determine the Fruit we Grow
Giant that slew David
David murdered Uriah…David’s son to Bathsheba Dies
2 Samuel 12:14
…because by this deed you have utterly scorned the Lord, the child who is born to you shall die.”

8. Seeds we Sow Determine the Fruit we Grow
Not Karma – It’s God
Jeremiah 17:10
I, the Lord, search the heart, I test the mind, even to give to every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his deeds.

9. Seeds we Sow Determine the Fruit we Grow
Not Karma – It’s God
Job 4:8
Just like I have seen, those who plow iniquity and sow trouble, reap the same.
Proverbs 26:27
Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone, it will return upon him.

10. Seeds we Sow Determine the Fruit we Grow
Sow Good Seed – Reap Good Fruit
Galatians 5:22-23
...the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, and self-control; against such there is no law.

11. Seeds we Sow Determine the Fruit we Grow
Sow Good Seed – Reap Good Fruit
Proverbs 11:18
…to him who sows righteousness will be a sure reward.
Psalm 41:1
Blessed are those who consider the poor; the Lord will deliver them in the day of trouble.

12. Seeds we Sow Determine the Fruit we Grow
Sow Good Seed – Reap Good Fruit
Psalm 1:1-3
Blessed is the man…his delight is in the law of the Lord, and in His law he meditates day and night. He will be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season; its leaf will not wither, and whatever he does will prosper.

13. Seeds we Sow Determine the Fruit we Grow
Additional Aspects
Matthew 14:25-31
Shortly before dawn Jesus went out to them, walking on the lake. When the disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were terrified. “It’s a ghost,” they said, and cried out in fear. But Jesus immediately said to them: “Take courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.” “Lord, if it’s you,” Peter replied, “tell me to come to you on the water.”

14. Seeds we Sow Determine the Fruit we Grow
Additional Aspects
Matthew 14:25-31
“Come,” he said. Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus. But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, “Lord, save me!” Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him. “You of little faith,” he said, “why did you doubt?”

15. Seeds we Sow Determine the Fruit we Grow
Additional Aspects
Doubt & Sin can Transform Good fruit
Jeremiah 12:13
They have sown wheat, but reap thorns; they have strained themselves, but shall not profit.

16. Seeds we Sow Determine the Fruit we Grow
Additional Aspects
Doubt & Sin can Transform Good fruit
Jeremiah 2:21
I have planted you a noble vine, a wholly faithful seed. How then have you turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine to me?

17. Seeds we Sow Determine the Fruit we Grow
Additional Aspects
God’s Grace can Transform Bad Seed & Fruit
Romans 8:28
We know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.

18. Seeds we Sow Determine the Fruit we Grow
Additional Aspects
God’s Grace can Transform Bad Seed & Fruit

19. Seeds we Sow Determine the Fruit we Grow
Additional Aspects
God’s Grace can Transform Bad Seed & Fruit
Judges 14:4
His father and mother did not know that it was of the Lord -that He was seeking an occasion to move against the Philistines. For at the time the Philistines had dominion over Israel.

20. Seeds we Sow Determine the Fruit we Grow
Additional Aspects
God’s Grace can Transform Bad Seed & Fruit
Joel 2:25
I will restore to you the years that the locust has eaten...

21. Seeds we Sow Determine the Fruit we Grow
Matthew 7:16
You will know them by their fruits. Grapes are not gathered from thron bushes, nor figs from thistles, are they? So, every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, nor can a bad tree produce good fruit…So then, you will know them by their fruits.

22. Reasons People Don’t Sow or Stop Sowing
Be Fruitful
Reasons People Don’t Sow or Stop Sowing