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CENTRAL THOUGHT Obedience to the word of God brings fruitfulness to the believer in all aspects of life.   TEXT:  Matthew 13:3-9, 18-23   INTRODUCTION Parables are simple stories familiar to the audience designed to illustrate issues or situations in order to teach some wisdom, moral or spiritual truth, pass instruction or rebuke and effect correction appropriately.  Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, was fond of parables in expressing spiritual truths while on earth. The plan and purpose of God in sending His only begotten Son into the world was and is to provide eternal salvation for all.  Hence, the Gospel message is given to all mankind.  It is therefore that the word of God should have a positive effect on every individual, this should manifest itself in fruit-bearing.  However, the effect of the word of God in the lives of the hearers depends greatly on how prepared their hearts have been to receive the word of God and how committed they are to what they have heard. In the parable of the sower, the Lord used the effect of the different types of soil on the seed sown to illustrate the response given by the different categories of hearers to the word of God.  Just like the seed...

CENTRAL THOUGHT Fruitfulness is an evidence of true discipleship or sonship.     Text: John 15:1-17, Colossians 1:10   Introduction: Anyone who invests in a business, whether it be farming, trading or education does so for the purpose of getting a return for an investment. That return which usually comes by way of profit is indicative of fruitfulness. Any investor who does not get the expected return for his/her investment does not continue such venture because it was not profiting. God has invested in us as His children and as such, expects us to be fruitful for Him. As long as we remain in Him like the branches are to the stem, we will never have difficulties in bearing fruits. In this study we shall be considering how we can bear fruits and the types of fruits we are to bear.       LESSON OBJECTIVES The objectives of this study are: To understand what is fruitfulness To understand the conditions for fruit bearing To identify the type of fruit we are expected to bear To identify the dangers of not bearing fruit To know the benefits of bearing fruit     Q1. WHAT IS FRUITFULNESS? Simply put, fruitfulness is bearing fruits. It is reproduction of one’s kind. If a...