“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. You will know them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thorns, or figs from thistles? In the same way, every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Thus you will know them by their fruits. (Matthew 7:15-20, NRSV)
You will know a tree by its fruit.
And yes you can tell an apple tree because it will only produce apples. And a pear tree will only produce pears.
You won’t see oranges growing on a banana tree.
But are all of our actions good?
We as Lutherans believe we are both saint and sinner. We do both good and bad things.
So is it easy to tell the wolf in sheep’s clothing human?
Now it is true that you can tell a lot about a person from their actions. More how do you act the 167 hours you are not in worship? Do you act the same in the congregational building as you do outside of it?
Your nature shines through, and if you let Jesus in, He will help you produce good fruit.
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