_John 4:36._ There are wages that come *now as we work*, and there is a *reward* that will *come bye and bye*. AND *let us not be weary* in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. _Galatians 6:9._ CAST thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it *after many days*. _Ecclesiastes 11:1._ AND they that be wise shall *shine as the brightness of the firmament*; and *they that turn many to righteousness* as the stars for ever and ever. _Daniel 12:3._ BEHOLD, I say unto you, *Lift up your eyes*, and look on the fields; for they are *white already to harvest.* _John 4:35._ LET him know, that he which *converteth the sinner* from the error of his *way* shall *save a soul from death*, and shall hide a multitude of sins. _James 5:20._ Personal Work. *FRUIT-BEARERS Chapter.* The fifteenth chapter of John, is the “fruit Chapter," likening Christ to the *vine*, and us to the *branches*; teaching us our need to abide in Christ, if we would bring forth fruit and have power. 1. I AM the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. 2. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that *beareth fruit*, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth *more fruit*. Are you bearing fruit, and purged? 3. Now ye are *clean through the word* which *I* have spoken unto you. The word cleanses the life, as the *knife* prunes the vine. 4. Abide in me, and I In you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye except ye abide in me. Only as we abide in Christ, can we bear fruit. 5. I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: *for without me ye can do nothing*. We can not do, *even a little* without Christ. 6. If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. 7. If ye abide in me, and my words *abide in you*, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. Note the condition in asking, “if ye abide.” 8. Here in is my Father glorified, that ye bear *much fruit*; so shall ye *be my disciples*. _John 15:1-8._ In order to *bear fruit*, there must be in the Christian’s life: 1st “*cleansing*” (vs. 2-3.); 2nd “*abiding*.” (v. 4.); 3rd "*obedience*" (v. 10.) 1. “fruit” (v. 2.); 2. “more fruit" (v. 2-10.); 3. “much fruit" (v. 5; 8)