Fruitfulness

Pastor Martin expounds the simile of Psalm 1:3 -- 'he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water.' He carefully explains the Eastern agricultural background of the image, then develops the spiritual parallel: what roots near water are to a tree, constant meditation on the Word of God is to the child of God. He shows from Revelation 22, John 15, and other passages that spiritual life flows from Christ through the mediation of Scripture. The sermon covers the three blessings: fruit in season, unfading foliage as evidence of continuous life, and spiritual prosperity in all one does.