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Check out the fruits on that guy!!

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Anything wrong with this idea?

By their fruits they will be recognized, not by their Theology.

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Re: Check out the fruits on that guy!!

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kcplusdc@yahoo.com wrote: Anything wrong with this idea?

By their fruits they will be recognized, not by their Theology.
As Jesus told us in Matthew 7:
16 By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?

17 Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.
18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit.

19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 Thus, by their fruit you will recognize them.
Paul tells us what are bad fruit, "of the flesh", and what are good fruit, "of the Spirit", in Galatians 5:
19 The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery;
20 idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions
21 and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.

22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

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kcplusdc@yahoo.com wrote: Fruit is fruit and not dependant on belief or not.
Fruit is the culmination of thought and action.
Building your house on sand works till the rains come, then you realize the fruits of building on sand is a house that can be sweeped away. It can be recognized as a number of dwellings in the area, all built in the same fashion, meet the same fate.
Theology in itself doesnt bare fruit action does.
Yes, "the culmination of thought and action" leaves its own residue of good or bad fruit.

That fruit is the expression of the heart, as Jesus taught.
Matthew 5:

8 Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God

Matthew 15:

18 But the things that come out of a person’s mouth come from the heart, and these defile them.
19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts—murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.
20 These are what defile a person.

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