Go To Family Reunions Readers,
Sunday is a beautiful day, mostly because I don't have to be anywhere else but church, and I don't have to think about anything but God and family. As for the scripture today, I've got a double dose of the New Testament for you.
Matt. 12: 16-19
"16 And charged them that they should not make him known:
17 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,
18 Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles.
19 He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets."
Jesus did not teach as teachers of the world did. He did not seek attention or go to great lengths to be heard. He didn't need to. He gave only as much as the people needed to feel the Spirit, allowing their following Him to be based on their desire and agency instead of His charisma or great speaking ability.
Matt. 12: 33-34
" 33 Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.
34 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh."
Natural man is always trying to blur the line between right and wrong, wanting there to really be no right or wrong. This doctrine is so obviously ignored today in insisting so many “evil trees” are bringing forth “good fruit” in just about every facet of society. Even when men understand the truth, often they won’t agree with it or want to live by it. The easy fix is to re-label trees and fruit to fit their sinful ways.
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