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Christian Trees
Matthew 7:15-23
The New
Testament if full of warnings about the dangers of false teachers. This
was a very real problem in the first century and it continues to be so
today. Here our Lord tells us how we can recognize false teachers: we
will know them by their fruits. This is easy to understand and needs no
explanation here.
But if
false teachers are known by their fruits doesn’t it hold true that the
rest of us are known by ours? Indeed, we too will be known by our
fruits. It seems there are three categories our fruits can fall into:
good fruit, bad fruit or no fruit. The good fruits are those actions
and activities we engage in that strengthen the church and bring the
lost to Christ. By contrast, bad fruits are those that harm the church
and keep the lost from salvation. But, what about those that are
neither good nor bad but merely unproductive? I think the parable of
the talents answers this question.
This
parable, found in the twenty-fifth chapter of Matthew, compares three
servants who are entrusted by their lord with varying amounts of
talents. Two of the servants use what they are given and produce
additional talents in kind. But the third buries his talent and is
punished for being unproductive. His master calls him wicked and lazy
and cast him into outer darkness. And so it will be for all who do not
labor in the kingdom.
We are
Christian trees and as such we ought to be producing Christian fruits!
The day of the Lord is coming and in that day our fruits will be
inspected by the Master. Those who have produced good fruits will be
invited to enter in to their reward. Those who produced bad fruits and
those who did not produce any, will be cast out. Are you ready to have
your fruits inspected?
Thomas Sneed
Pond
Church of Christ
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