Monday, January 11, 2010

The Good Tree Must Bear Good Fruit



Many people ask me if I believe that the Lord physically heals today. Well, yes I do as a matter of fact, I've seen it with my own eyes. This, however spectacular the event, is not the main course of the meal of Christianity, it's a consequence of what has taken root inside of a man or woman of Yahweh God. The inner knowing that has taken place within the Christian that requires a dying to self and resurrection in Christ. One that calls himself or herself a disciple of Christ should bear much fruit from the Kingdom and drop this fruit for the blind of this world to eat.
This fruit is always freely given as salvation is freely given, but it requires something of the tree. The tree must take up nutrients from it's root system, firmly planted. There must be water and sunlight for photosynthesis and sometimes much pruning along the way. In this manner a Christian must also allow their roots to go deep into the soil of fertile ground, a place of the company of encouragers and sound teaching from the word. There must be a taking of nutrients as in studying and meditating upon the scriptures along with prayer and fasting. The Holy Spirit applied to a dry soil waters the Christian with much understanding of those things from the Kingdom.
There is one very important ingredient that must be present for all this process to take place, sunlight or son-light. The glorious truth of the Son of God is the very center of Life itself, one must have it in great abundance to have a healthy vibrant life, without it, the tree will wither and die and so will the Christian. We must welcome light into our lives, sometimes a limb may be growing out of sorts and in order for the tree to produce great fruit, the husbandman will prune it and shape it accordingly, so will our Father allow us to be pruned and shaped at times, to get rid of the undesirable limbs in our life. Good fruit brings refreshing life, bad fruit could be poisonous. Consider Matthew, chapter 7, the following verses:
15 “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. 16 You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles? 17 Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. 19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 Therefore by their fruits you will know them.
Study to show yourself approved, so you may be able to discern the good fruit from the bad. The Lord tells us in the parable that we may discern by the fruit when the Kingdom of God is near, is this the Kingdom within us that is discernible in these last days? We read in Luke 21:
29 Then He spoke to them a parable: “Look at the fig tree, and all the trees. 30 When they are already budding, you see and know for yourselves that summer is now near. 31 So you also, when you see these things happening, know that the kingdom of God is near. Praise Him today for the ability to bear fruit for the Kingdom.

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