It is all a free gift. Jesus used the analogy of the workers in the vineyard to teach the bad news of the gospel, and we can again join Him in the vineyard to learn of the bad news about obedience John 15 is probably one of the most outstanding passages in all Scripture showing us how obedience comes and teaching us that genuine obedience is natural and spontaneous. For obedience is the fruit of faith. The fruit of the Spirit are the fruit of faith. And the fruit of faith develop in our lives in the same way that fruit develops in the vineyard.
Development happens when the branches are connected to the vine and abide in the vine.
Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. There are two important things in the Christian life. In terms of the vineyard, it is important for the branch to become connected with the vine, but it is equally important that the branch stay connected. Here is one of the problems in the Christian world. People have labored under the delusion that if they got with Jesus at some point in time, everything would be taken care of from then on.