Because of God, We Should Grow Abundant Fruit: The Mature Tree

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We will be in Jeremiah 17 again this week and mostly focused on verses 7-8.

The Mature Tree is Blessed - Jer 17:7-8

The wise think… (REFORMAT IN PPT)

“I am made in God’s image.” (Gen 1:27)

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​Genesis 1:27 ESVSo God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.

God has both physical and spiritual form

​1 Corinthians 3:16 ESVDo you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?

Therefore...“I belong to God.” (Eph 1:3-8)

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​Ephesians 1:3–8 ESVBlessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love he predestined us for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved. In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight

“Strength comes from God.” (v7-8)

Illustration.... go back to letter from Darwin? His response to the trials?the tree sends out its roots in faith and out of response to God. the tree does not have fear of heatthe tree is not fearful that drought will come because it know the vast resources it has access to in God’s word.

​2 Corinthians 12:9–10 ESVBut he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

The wise person’s love of God & others produces significant consequences. (v)

The consequence of growth. ()

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The consequence of abundant fruit. ()

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​Luke 6:43–46 ESV“For no good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit, for each tree is known by its own fruit. For figs are not gathered from thornbushes, nor are grapes picked from a bramble bush. The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure produces evil, for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks. “Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do what I tell you?

The consequence of close fellowship. ()LThe consequence of eternal blessings. ()

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