Hi Doves,

 

Fruits are all the good things we do to others from the day we repent until the day we die or the Lord returns.[Matt 3:8]

 

They originate from the Holy Spirit because He only BEGINS to  flows into our hearts AFTER we acknowledge Jesus Christ as our Lord and God.

 

It's absolutely crucial we understand that without these fruits we CANNOT be translated.

 

This is why they are called FIRST-fruits.

 

"We...have the First-fruits of the Spirit [Rom.8:23]

 

They must exist FIRST within a person who is going to receive a glorified body at the Rapture!

 

So many Christians are being deceived into believing that producing fruits is just for rewards. 

 

They don't realise that without fruits, they won't even be included in the rapture!

 

That's why so many Christians get nervous when they read about visions that imply many Christians are going to be left behind for NOT practising righteousness!

 

For the practise of righteousness and the bearing of first-fruits mean the same thing.

 

This is why lawlessness, the opposite of righteousness, is so rampant in the Church today.

 

We are completely responsible for producing first-fruits, even though it is still the Holy Spirit who empowers us daily to bring them forth.

 

This is why the Lord said,

 

"Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself...neither can you, unless you abide in Me...He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing." [John 15:4,5]

 

And why in the letters we read,

 

"...having become slaves of God, you have your fruits to holiness, and the end, everlasting life." [Rom 6:22]

 

Notice in the above verse, only those Christians bearing fruits have holiness, and then go on to receive a body that will never die at the Rapture.

 

"Therefore, my brethren...you may be married to...Him who was raised from the dead, that we should bear fruit to God. [Rom 7:4]

 

"Now no chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful; nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceble fruit of righteousness..." [Heb.12:11]

 

Notice again only those Christians bearing fruit have peace!

 

Christians who panic when told the Lord's Coming is imminent are NOT bearing fruit! 

 

Christians who fail to produce fruits, as a direct result of believing and therefore living according to false doctrine, have only themselves to blame for being left behind at the rapture.

 

The relationship between first-fruits and the glorified body we are to receive at the rapture, will be made clear with the following example:

 

A newborn baby boy grows up into a young man of 30 Years old.

 

The newborn baby boy is the first-fruits of the 30 Year old man.

 

The newborn baby boy MUST come into existence FIRST before the 30 Year man can come forth!

 

If the baby boy isn't born first, the 30 Year old man cannot exist.

 

The 30 Year old man is brought forth, over a period of time, from within the baby boy.

 

This is why so many Christians are going to be left behind.

 

They are not producing fruits from within which a glorified body can be brought forth by the Lord!

 

This is why the Lord, if He has to, will chastise us in order to get us to bear fruit.

 

Unfortuntately so many Christians don't understand this and they continue to live their lives in outright rebellion.

 

Ola.