Bearing Fruit
Using the metaphor of agricultural growth, Paul implicitly compares the gospel to a seed, one that God planted…The point for Paul is that the Gospel bears fruit. It’s productive; it does something. In Paul’s view, the gospel is not just a report of something that God did in the past (“Jesus died for our sins back there”) but a message that is active toward the future, a hope that empowers the way people live here and now. ~ Timothy Carter
Colossians 1:1-14