Bearing Fruit Mt. 7:15-20
Things are not always what they appear.
Anyone who has bought a product through a catalogue, TV or the Internet knows this.
As when it arrives, sometimes it is not what one expected.
Jesus therefore warns us against false prophets who appear in sheep's clothing but underneath are ravenous wolves. Mt. 7:15
He tells us that we can discern their truth by their fruits. Mt. 7:20
Even then how many people bore fruit in the beginning only to have been discovered to have deceived many people.
Their fruit later went sour.
How many political, religious leaders and even friends did we later realize were ravenous wolves in sheep's clothing bearing sour grapes!
The best way to know if it is good fruit that will last is by bearing fruit ourselves.
What fruit do we bear?
How did we nurture our fruit?
Has our fruit lasted?
By bearing and nurturing fruit of our own we know the process it takes to bear good fruit and can better discern if the fruit of others is real or not.
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