THE DANGER OF FRUITLESSNESS

“Be fruitful” is the very first declaration God made to mankind.

This declaration was pronounced both as a blessing and a command. It is therefore obvious that fruitfulness is the heartbeat and overriding impartial of the Almighty God for humanity.

Out of His lavish love, God conferred fruitfulness as an irreversible blessing on humanity so that every human being is empowered to bear fruit effortlessly.

He also made it a commandment so that everyone, without peculiarity, must bear fruit. Fruitfulness is so essential that Jesus in John 15:8 said that the Father is glorified when we bear much fruit, and by bearing much fruit, we show that we are His disciples indeed.

Consequently, God reacts to fruitfulness the same way He reacts to opposition, because failure to bear fruit is actually rebellion against the commandment and purpose of God for humanity.

The question is, *are you bring forth fruit?" If you have not yet surrendered your life to Christ, God expects you to first bring forth the fruit of repentance.

For those who are saved, God expects us to bring forth the fruit of the Spirit and produce the fruit of souls won into His kingdom

Our Lord Jesus Christ gave the followers many parables, including the Parable of Talents, to teach them the significance of fruitfulness in stewardship.

In that parable, all the servants put their talents to profitable use except the servant to whom was committed one talent.

This servant went and dug the ground to conceal his Lord’s memory where it lay fallow. When his Lord returned and all servants rendered account of their stewardship, he was seriously rebuke for his lack of productivity.

His talent was taken away from him and given as gift to another servant. In like manner, the Lord expects every one of His children to actively put their talents and gifts into profitable use for the advancement of His kingdom.

We are to do the works of Christ, of which spreading the gospel and soul-winning is important. If we fail to be fruitful or productive, we may be at fault of receiving the grace of God in vain, thereby becoming fruitless servants.

God is eagerly looking out for our fruits, expecting us to bear fruit spiritually, physically, financially and materially.

He will judge our personal and corporate performance by the quality and quantity of fruit we bear.