The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-11-27
WEEKLY SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
CHRISTIAN FRUITFULNESS
By HIGHT e. MOORE

he can have an ocean of Chris
tian joy?
LIPE WITH CHRIST: LOVE
(Verses l2-l6)
The Spirit Of Christian Fruit.
fulneSS is animated and irrodiated
by love. There is the great COM
mandment of love. 1t is his own,
his great and inclusive mandate
to every one who accepts him as
Saviour and Lord. II summarizes
our MAYNARD duty: THAT ye love
one another" There is the exam
pie of love: "As | have loved
YOU" He laid down his life for
us that we might have life eter-
nally. There is the obedience OF
love, for our hearts tell us we
ought to do the things which he
commands US to do. There is the
friendship Of love since we have
| in Christ the friend that stick
eth closer than Il brother There
is the knowledge Of love since he
has made known to Us all that he
heard from the Father. There Is
the fruitfulness of love, for our
Best Friend has chosen and APP
pointed and capacitated us 10
bear the good fruit that VIII
abide. Finally there is the reward
Of love, for as we fulfil our com
pac, of friendship with Christ we
| are assured of the blessings we
ask of the Father in his name.
BEAR MUCH FRUIT
Q) Bear Much Fruit from
Christ. IL am the true vine ne
is the author Of life. He is the
piver Of every good. Whatever
fruit we bear must be his more
than ours. He does infinitely more
than we to produce any crop OF
good deeds credited to us. Give
J him the glory. -,
| (2) Bear Much Fruit for the
Father. My father is the husband
man" He owns the universe which
he created. He is the proprietor
of the vineyard which he has
planted. He gives us a place IN
sacred soil and connects us with
the source of life in the true
vine. He expects US to bear fruit.
| Nav none of us disappoint him!
(3) Bear Much Fruit with 9th
crs. "Ye are the branches Our
fellowship with others is due 70
our fellowship with Christ. We
are related to them because we
are related to him. We bear the
same fruit they do because I'LL
alike draw their strength FROM
the Vine. What earthly associa-
ton is sweeter than fellowship IN
fruit-bearing? 49, q,
(4) Bear Much Fruit Through
Discipline. He clcanseth it, that
il NAV bear" Pruning may be
painful, but il is productive. When
there is too much foliage, soAe
of the leaves must go. When there
the wild vine and that cleanSc,d
and cared for by the Husband
man.
(5) Bear Much Fruit Through
DEVELOPMENT. abide in the vine.
: Severed, from the vino no branch
can grow. And If it cannot grow
certainly il cannot bear Iruit
, Union with Christ is essential not
: only to fruitage but to life. keeF
I in touch with the sources of Spir'
itual fertility and fruitfulncss.
. co Bear Much Fruit Through
Prayer. Ask whatsoever ye will.
: There is power in prayer. Bu'
4 that power is available not b!
$ struggle with God but by Surren
$ der TO God. We cannot ask will
n the expectation of receiving {
2 blessing unless We abide in thu
]. true Vine, and reproduce his lif'
I in us Then no upward yearnini
will be in vain. .
: az Bear Much Fruit in Conse
e Grafton. $50 shall ye be my dis
c ciples." Fruit-bcaring is the ties
/ of discipleship. People know ina
!, we are Christians because we bea
c Christian fruit. Nor do we SIM
h ply show that we are disciples II
t that way but also we render ser
e vice TO mankind. Fidelity mean
u fruitfulness.
(S) Bear Much Fruit in Char
acter. abide in my love" Tn
life of devotion to God must b.
' the life of love. Likewise the lif
I of service to man must be tn
life of love. And the only way +
e live the life of love is to abid
= in the love of Christ.
- CO.. Bear Much Fruit in Con
G duct. IF We keep my commani
h ments." We know what the com
G mandmentS are and we know tina
5 we ought to obey them. Throug
e obedience we fulfil our dutie
4 alike to God and to men. Put Go.
Is mon the throne of the individ
C nal heart and let him sway III
y scepter over the entire life.
:. u0) Bear Much Fruit Here an
f Hereafter. my JOY may be in yo,'
, -your Joy may be made full
d is the greatest joy in the worlc
IS Indeed, it is a bit OF heaven o.
M earth. And it forecasts the Jo
is nnspeakable and full of glory q
10 the right hand on High wher
10 there are pleasures foreverm0 u :.
= GOLD IN THE GOLDEN lea
II II Herein is my Father glorifiet
T. T. that We bear much fruit; so sha
" We be my disciples.--John 1913.
=, ), Live the fruitful life. 1t Is TIC
!. foliage but fruit that couht'
>. Learn from the fatcd fig tree an
y, be not barren. Nor is it enoug
- to bear some fruit when we ca
- bear much fruit in the graces an