Salvation: The Fruit Of The Cross (Illustrated By A Tree And Its Fruit)
Fruits are prepared and produced by trees. All of it. A fruit cannot say, for instance, that he somehow contributed to his own existence. No, he is the result of the work of the tree 100%.
The tree does all the work in bearing fruit and then offers it for all who would have it for free. Our part is to simply enjoy and eat it.
Salvation is pretty much the same way. The Bible says that the Lord Jesus "bore our sins in His own body on the tree" (1 Peter 2:24). On that tree (the cross of Calvary) He Himself prepared and accomplished 100% salvation for us all. Salvation is simply the fruit of what He did on the cross.
Now, our part is to simply receive and enjoy its blessings by faith in what He did.
