He said what? - Producing Good Fruit

On Sunday, we wrapped up our series on "He Said what?" by looking at Matthew 7:15-20. In this section, Christ calls us to produce good fruit. By that, he was challenging us that in all that we do and say we proclaim him and make followers of him.

In the book of Acts, it talks about the history of the early Christians and the first Churches. Take a minute and read about the Church of Antioch in Acts 11:19-26.

1. In verses 19-21, what were these Christians doing?
2. In verse 26, what were these same people doing?
3. How do verses 19-21 connect with verse 26?

Application:

These first Christians took to heart Christ's challenge to produce good fruit.  Even under great persecution, they spoke to both Jews and Gentiles about Christ and many were saved (v.19-21). In addition, they took time to hear about God for themselves.  They were taught by Paul and Barnabas for a whole year (v.26)

In order to produce good fruit, we need to remain in Christ (John 15:4-6).  We have to be learning about Him and pushing ourselves in our relationship with him.  If we are not connected to Christ, we lose our power source (v.4).  Therefore, in order to produce good fruit, we have to stay connected to him daily.

On Sunday, we talked about ways that we can remain in Christ this week:

• Memorize a Bible Verse and apply it
• Be held accountable to someone else this week

These were just 2 ways we discussed but, there are many other ways.  Brainstorm for a minute other ways you can remain in Christ this week.

This week, the challenge is to 1. Remain in Christ (stay connected to him daily) and 2. Produce good fruit.

Pray this week for the desire and hunger to remain in Christ.  Also pray that God would use you to produce good fruit in all that you do and say.