Tuesday, June 11, 2013

We Are Known By Our Fruit!


‘We Are Known By Our Fruit.’
Matthew 7:16-27.
a)       Matthew 7:16. We will be known and fully recognised by our fruit. Grapes will not come from thorns and figs will not come from thistles.
b)       Matthew 7:17. Every sound tree bears good fruit and every sickly tree bears bad fruit.
c)       Matthew 7:18. A tree that is healthy and sound cannot bear bad fruit and a bad or diseased tree cannot bear good fruit.
d)       Matthew 7:19. Every tree that does not bear fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
e)       Matthew 7:20. We will know people by their fruit.
f)        Matthew 7:21. Not every person who calls Jesus ‘Lord’ will enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Only those people who do the Will of the Heavenly Father will enter the Kingdom of Heaven.
g)       Matthew 7:22. On the Judgement Day many people will claim:-
1-      That they Prophesied.
2-      That they cast out demons.
3-      That they did mighty works.
h)       Matthew 7:23. The Lord will declare to these people that He never knew them and that as evil doers they were to depart from Him.
i)         Mathew 7:24. Everyone then who hears these words of Jesus Christ and does them will be like a wise man who built his house upon the rock.
j)         Matthew 7:25. Because the house was founded on the rock it did not fall when:-
1-      Rains fell.
2-      Floods came.
3-      Winds blew.
k)       Matthew 7:26. Everyone who hears the Words of Jesus but does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house upon the sand.
l)         Matthew 7:27. This house built on the sand fell in a devastated way when:-
1-      Rains fell.
2-      Floods came.
3-      Winds blew.
(This QT clearly teaches me that I Am Known By My Fruit)
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‘They Knew God But Did Not Glorify Him As God.’
Romans 1:20-23.
a)       Romans 1:20. We are all without excuse because ever since the Creation of the World God’s invisible Nature, His Eternal Power and Deity have clearly been perceived in the things that have been made. So all people are without excuse.
b)       Romans 1:21. Although the people knew God they did not honour God or give thanks to Him. They became futile in their thinking and their senseless minds were darkened.
c)       Romans 1:22. Claiming to be wise, they became fools.
d)       Romans 1:23. They exchanged the Glory of the Immortal God for images resembling:-
1-      Mortal man.
2-      Birds.
3-      Animals.
4-      Reptiles.
(This Second one shows me that They Knew God But Did Not Glorify Him As God)
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Chris.
Although the people knew God they did not honour Him as God. When this situation starts to happen it is the time that the Church empties out and the Nation turns away from God. There are so many people in this World who know God but they do not honour Him as God.



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