Spurgeon's Sermons Ripe Fruit
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May 8, 2026 A vivid sermon uses ripe fruit as a metaphor for spiritual maturity. Listeners hear about holiness as true beauty, humility born of grace, and a tender conscience sensitive to sin. The talk explores sweetness toward others, deeper fullness of grace, and a loose hold on earthly things as signs of ripeness.
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Fullness Is Deepened Experience Of Virtue
- Fullness of grace manifests when initial graces (repentance, faith, joy) deepen into tested, proved qualities.
- Spurgeon compares an ear of wheat filling its kernels to experiential growth in Christian virtues.
Loosen Your Hold On Earthly Things
- Loose your hold on earthly things and long for heaven to show readiness for departure.
- Spurgeon says ripe fruit falls easily and the mature believer is 'ready to depart' and detached from worldly comforts.
Abide In Christ For Spiritual Sap
- Abide in Christ and seek the inward sap of the Spirit as the primary cause of ripeness.
- Spurgeon warns sacraments and outward religion are worthless without vital union with Christ producing the internal life.
