BY THEIR FRUITS

July 27, 2014

The fruit a tree bears tells the kind of tree it is. When you see apple fruits on a tree, I guess we all agree that’s going to be an apple tree. A dog would be identified by her fruits as it is impossible for a dog to give birth to snakes. God delights in men bearing fruits as it fulfils the first mandate given us in Gen 1:28 when God said, “Be fruitful.” Unfortunately, men have so neglected this aspect under the guise of “Born again-ism” and “Church-ism.”

Many have been planted to be orange trees yet they are going about living a counter-productive life by bringing forth pear fruit. As Christians, one of the things that we need to understand is that many times, people hear and see Christ through our attitudes and behaviors and actions. It is not what you claim to be, it is what people see and take you to be. Someone said if you call yourself a leader, yet you don’t have a follower, you are only taking a stroll.

If you claim to be born again, tongue-talking and demon-chasing, yet you disrespect authorities placed over you – sir, you are like a dog giving birth to a goat. If you claim to be a worshipper and fearer of God yet you go about backbiting and gossiping about your colleagues and neighbors, ma, check your ways. Matt 7:18 says, “A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.” In order words, it is impossible for God to lie and it is impossible for Satan to say the truth.

Good fruits are love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, and temperance while evil fruits are adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, inconsistency, rivalry, wrath, strife, treason, heresy, envy, murder, drunkenness and reveling. Always remember that, “Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.”

What kind of fruits are you producing?  Stay productive!

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