If It Should Bear Fruit

Speaker: Rev. Thomas Zehnder


Scripture Focus: Ezekiel 33:7–20, 1 Corinthians
10:1–13, & Luke 13:1–9


Service Summary: How then shall we live? What a
profound question for Christians to consider midway through Lent!
The Lord has shown His mercy to us, forgiven our sins, and
delivered us from death. Then what? What is the focus of our
lives? The call of the Readings for this Sunday points us to the
repentance that bears the good fruit of God’s kingdom. Like trees
that have failed to produce good fruit, the Lord has tended us
with His Word, with the warning of the Law and the promise of the
Gospel. But if the tree remains unfruitful, the tree will have to
be cut down. It is a hard word to hear, but God remains merciful,
and most of all, He seeks that we bear the good fruits of faith
and repentance in our daily lives.