You Will Know Them by Their Fruits

Fruits are the product of a seed which has been sown. Seeds are expected to be trees and then produce fruits for the community. The fruits the tree produces can either be good or bad depending on the environmental factors and other related activities.

God also expects Man (His Creation) to produce good fruits in other to give glory to His name. When bad fruits are produced then the Creator will have to cut down that tree so that it does not affect the other good trees.

Matthew 7:15- 20 says

“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles? Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a 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.  Therefore by their fruits you will know them.

We are either producing good fruits or bad fruits according the scripture. God sees that heart and he is the only person that can judge the motive and intentions of every human being. But Jesus gave us a how to identify a godly heart and people who care for him.

He said we should look at their deeds, actions, behavior, character and morals which make up the fruit of a person, in other to see what’s in the heart of the person.

So if a man proposes to you, and his actions do not match his fruits then you have to ignore such a person. The same applies to people to make promises and fail to redeem the promise. God says such people do not have a place in his kingdom.

Fortunately, this scripture does not only include false prophets and pastors but also Christians who fail to produce good fruits.

Matthew 12:33

"Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is recognized by its fruit.

The sum of the whole is, that ordinarily, and generally speaking, as men are, so are the doctrines they preach, and by them they may be known, and judged to be what they are. Christ here, and in the preceding verses, is speaking not of men of bad lives and conversations, who take upon them to teach others; for there is not so much reason to caution good men against these; they are easily detected, and generally discarded; but of men that put on sheep's clothing, who pretended to much holiness of life and conversation, and strictness of religion; and under that disguise delivered out the most corrupt and unwholesome doctrines; which tended greatly to depreciate him and his grace, and to do damage to the souls of men.