Bear Fruit - Matthew 3:7-10

Matthew 3:7-10 ESV 

But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Bear fruit in keeping with repentance. And do not presume to say to yourselves, We have Abraham as our father,’ for I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children for Abraham. Even now the axe is laid to the root of the trees. Every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

It is not enough to repent without bearing the fruit of repentance. Calling God Father must result in acting like a son. Obedience brings forth the necessary fruit of salvation. The word will bring about and confirm the fruit. It will set you free.