2009-09-11T11:43:43-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/bear+fruit/ http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%2015:16&version=NIV 2009-09-11T11:43:43-05:00 We don't, and can't, do anything to save ourselves. This verse tells us that it is God who chooses us for salvation, not the other way around. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%207:17&version=NIV 2009-08-19T14:30:51-05:00 Christ-followers are expected not just to keep to themselves within their faith, but to go out and do good works--to bear fruit, inspired by the example of Jesus. By contrast, an unrepentant heart can only bear bad fruit--evil and selfish actions.