Seeking fruit 

Matthew 3:10  And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

Matthew 7:17

Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.  [Good fruit is truth;  corrupt fruit is the lies of your church].

Matthew 7:19  Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

Matthew 12:33

Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.

Matthew 21:19 And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. And presently the fig tree withered away.

Luke 13:  6 He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none.

7 Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?

8 And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it:

9 And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.  [Digging about it and dunging it means getting into God’s word, studying, learning and then obeying what it said; feed his sheep].

Mat. 21: 42 Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?

43 Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.

44 And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.    [Jesus took the kingdom of God away from the OT law system and gave it to the NT Grace Church.  If they also fail to bring forth good fruit He will take it away from them and give it to someone who will bear the fruit that God requires].

Now don’t you see how important it is that we bear fruit?  John laid his AX to the ‘tree’ of the OT and cut it down.  It had borne no fruit.  That was the fig tree.  Jesus cursed that fig tree because it had no fruit on it.  Every ‘tree’ that bears no fruit is cut down and cast into the fire. 

So what is the fruit?  

Galatians 5:22  But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

But…   this is not the only way fruit is shown:  we EAT fruit.  PETER, if you love me FEED  MY SHEEP.

Is it natural, belly food?  Of course not;  that is carnal therefore death.  The carnal mind cannot receive the things of the Spirit of God because to him it is foolishness.

Is this message foolish to you?  Do you not care or take it seriously that Jesus said if you do not bear fruit he will cut you down and cast you into the fire?  How many of you have been in church for many years, claiming to be a Christian, and yet you still have nothing to feed the sheep?  You are a barren tree.  You have nothing to feed the sheep;  instead you still run to that ‘church’ every week expecting someone else to put that bottle to your mouth and feed you.  Shame on you!  You have put forth no effort to LEARN GOD’S TRUTH SO YOU CAN FEED HIS SHEEP.

So what do ‘sheep’ eat?  What is the fruit that feeds a child of God?  NOTHING BUT THE PURE REVELATION OF GOD’S HOLY WORD.  The lies of that beast pastor that you pay to feed you lies is only poison;  they do not feed your soul. .

Fruit is WORDS.  Hebrews 13:15  By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.   [The fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.   There you have it  = words. ]

So, what is the result of bearing no fruit or rotten fruit:  Jude 1:12  These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;

When your tree bears no fruit or your fruit withers it is plucked up by the roots and cast into the fire and destroyed, forever.  And yet with all of this, and much more in HIS Word telling us we must get beyond the leaf stage and bear fruit, most of you still do not open that Scripture and study, learn, teach and obey.  You are lukewarm thinking that your little church-going is going to take you into heaven.  Nothing could be further from the truth.  That church system is nowhere to be found in God’s Holy Word.  Your own praying, studying, learning and then teaching or FEEDING HIS SHEEP is all that is going to take you in.

I come here every day seeking fruit from anyone.  There is none.  All I see or hear is some little made up  ‘devotion’ of other such stuff.  Mostly all I find anywhere is either who killed who or what the president or some other man is doing.  Where is any spiritual food?

Yet it is for your own self that it needs to be done.  I get my food from the Word of God.  Yet I still would like to see some of you who claim to be Christians showing some signs of doing as Jesus told us to do = study to shew yourselves approved to God.  You still only believe the lies of your false shepherd. 

There is much more that could be said in this message concerning bearing fruit unto everlasting life, but no need.  This is enough.  If you are not willing to put in the effort to study, learn and then teach God’s Word nothing I could say is going to make any difference.

By:  Jo Smith ~~~ February 22, 2026