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“Herein is My Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit” (John 15:8).
A few months ago, a good friend of mine gave me several small tomato plants that she had grown from seed. I planted them in what I thought was good soil, in large planters, and put them out on my deck. At first they grew very well, and soon began to have small green tomatoes on them. But then the leaves on the lower branches started to turn yellow, and eventually all the leaves began to droop. At first I thought the plants needed more water, but that did not help. The real problem was that there were fungus spores in the soil, and those plants became infected with a bad fungus. I don’t think I will get any good tomatoes from those plants, for they are just too weak to produce good fruit. All my efforts were wasted.
That fungus is like sin in our Christian lives. The Lord wants us to produce fruit for Him, and every right thought in our hearts about Christ, and everything we do for the Lord Jesus, is fruit for God. But if we allow sin in our lives, it weakens us, and we do not produce good fruit. Let us be careful not to allow sin to spoil our fruit for the Lord.
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