# Fruitful in Christ

## Beware of the Little Foxes

You could be fruitful but if you don't pay attention to fox, he can destroy the fruit.

> Song of Solomon 2:15 — Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.

- The devil is a fox

> The Devil Is A Sly Old Fox, <br/>
If I Could Catch Him <br/>
I'd Put Him In A Box <br/>
Lock The Box And Throw Away The Key <br/>
For All Those Tricks He's Played On Me. <br/>
I'm Glad I am a Christian (3x's) <br/>
I'm Trusting In The Lord.

- 1901 Dickens "Curiosity Shop" uses the phrase "sly old fox"
- 1946 "Dew on Jordan" by Harold Preece, page  47 (UK)
- 1948 "Dunshaw: A Lancashire Background page 46
- 1970 Nazarine magazine, Preacher's Magazine
- 1982 "The Ministry of Teaching" quotes song
- Curtis Hutson in "Salvation Crystal Clear" tells the story of an "old preacher" quoting this song., 1987, Sword of the Lord Publishers
- 1987, "Built by the Spirit" - Page 183
- 2009, Paraphrased version in a poem
- "Poems of Shylock", 2012, section "Duel with Old Nick (in prose)", refers to "sunday school song", "Satan is a sly old fox", 

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In order to be fruitful, the branch must be purged.

> John 15:4