Quote#Wisdom
Fruit-bearing involves cross-bearing. We know how the Lord Jesus…
Quote byHudson Taylor · 1832–1905
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: (J. Hudson Taylor. Fruit Bearing. Philadelphia: Overseas Missionary Fellowship)..
English (original)
Fruit-bearing involves cross-bearing. We know how the Lord Jesus became fruitful – not by bearing His Cross merely, but by dying on it. Do we know much of fellowship with Him in this?
— Hudson Taylor
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