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"Choose" in the Bible: John 15:16
We don't, and can't, do anything to save ourselves. This verse tells us that it is God who chooses us for salvation, not the other way around.
http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%2015:16&version=NIV
Bear fruit - a Christian perspective
Christ-followers are expected not just to keep to themselves within their faith, but to go out and do good works--to bear fruit, inspired by the example of Jesus. By contrast, an unrepentant heart can only bear bad fruit--evil and selfish actions.
http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%207:17&version=NIV