INTRO: When are we going to get down to business for the Lord? Tomorrow? Next week? Month? Spring? Summer? Fall? How easy it is for us to put off getting serious for the Lord! Are you ready to get serious for God? Jesus died for us! Are we going to do what He needs us to do? Let us do it now!!!
 

1. Christ Expects us to Bear Fruit - Mt. 21:17-19

1. Many have nothing
2. Many have leaves only

2. Christ Expects us to Bear Fruit Today - Mt. 21:19

1. Disappointed
2. Determined that we should bear fruit

3. Bearing Fruit Depends on One Key – Love Ro. 13:8-10

1. What do we owe all men? LOVE- vs. 8
2. What are good guidelines for us to live by?

• Thou Shalt not…commit adultery
• Thou Shalt not…kill
• Thou Shalt not…steal
• Thou Shalt not…bear false witness
• If there be anything else….Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself

What is fulfilling the law? LOVE

4. Bearing Fruit will not get easier, but it’s time is here! - Ro. 13:11-13

• Act now - 11-12
• Act right - 12b-13
• Act for the Lord! - 14


Gary Marcum - East 38th St. FWB - 020198am