We do ourselves no favors by justifying our sins by saying that we bear fruit and that we have sound doctrine. How can God heal what we deny, what we hide? How can God give us grace, if we want to pay it only with actions? If we want to truly change, we must be born again, remain on the vine... and the fruit will appear organically. Separated from God, we cannot bear any fruit. Let us remember that the Lord cuts branches so that we can bear fruit and hears the prayers of thieves. We are saved when we look up to the cross. All we have to do is believe and repent.