“And he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree that was planted in his vineyard. He came looking for fruit on it and found none. He told the vineyard worker, ‘Listen, for three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Cut it down! Why should it even waste the soil?’ “But he replied to him, ‘Sir, leave it this year also, until I dig around it and fertilize it. Perhaps it will produce fruit next year, but if not, you can cut it down.'”…… “Lord,” someone asked him, “are only a few people going to be saved?” He said to them, “Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because I tell you, many will try to enter and won’t be able Then you will say, ‘We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.’ But he will say, ‘I tell you, I don’t know you or where you’re from. Get away from me, all you evildoers!'” Luke 13:6-9, 23-24, 26-27 CSB https://bible.com/bible/1713/luk.13.6-26.CSB

Christians need to define their Christianity not by their belief but by their fruit. Too many think they believe in God but do nothing for the kingdom of God. Too many attend church, but too few build the church. We need to measure our faith when we test ourselves to see if we are truly in it, not by our attendance at meetings but by the number of people we have brought to Jesus and helped develop into maturity for getting others to those meetings (2 Cor. 13.5). Too many Christians are like players on a football team who enter the huddle to hear the play then run to the sidelines when it is time to execute the play on the field of the world. The Great Commission is the mission of every Christian. If seeking and saving the lost and then making disciples of them until they obey everything Jesus commanded isn’t the definition of our Christian life, then we are most likely trees without fruit in jeopardy of being labeled evildoers by Him whom we think we know but Who does not know us because where He is there too are His disciples. He remains in the harvest field with His laborers. Faith without works is dead, and the work of God is to believe in Him and the One Whom He sent, Who has sent His disciples into all the world to make more disciples. Our fruit proves our faith, not the beliefs we hold in our heads.