BY THEIR FRUITS

 BY THEIR FRUITS
Scripture: Matthew 7:20
Topic: By Their Fruits

“Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.”
                                                                                                                                                Matthew 7:20

We can distinguish genuine Christians from counterfeit Christians by looking at their fruit! I can tell, when I see you bringing forth other believers like yourself to the Lord. (Other students, businessmen, housewives, or whatever).
If, by your spiritual activity, others just like you are brought to the Lord and discipled, then this fruit you are bearing shows you are for real!
But if you have no converts to show for your Christianity, then there must be something missing. You are not genuine. You are just an attendee.
It is no wonder some so-called Christians are not even interested in the Bible or the things of God. (Their only response to the pastor’s sermon is one big yawn)!
Today, many people come to church for reasons other than a deep desire to seek God. Others just follow a family member or a friend into the church. That is why some people fall away when certain things happen–because they are really not what they claim to be.

For this reason, I keep telling the youth in our church, “If anyone wants to marry you, look at their fruits, and not their pretty faces or sweet ‘raps’. By their fruits ye shall know them.” In a large church like ours, there are all sorts of beasts mingling with God’s genuine flock of sheep. These are wolves in sheep’s clothing because when we talk about witnessing, they cannot even bear witness for Christ.
Let me tell you this, that if something good has really happened to change your life, you will joyfully go about telling others. No one will have to urge you on. It just happens naturally.

Dear friend, if the only Christianity you practise is by going to church on Sundays, then I am afraid to inform you that there is more to it than that (in fact, unbelievers attend church on Sundays too)! Real Christianity takes place OUTSIDE the church AFTER Sundays. Each weekday must have its share of prayer, worship, Bible reading and labouring for the Lord. So if you have always comforted yourself with the fact that you go to church on Sundays, then I am afraid I must discomfort you! Church membership does not prove you are a genuine Christian at all! Here is some sound advice from II Corinthians 13:5: “Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith.”
Friend, be for real. First, be born again. Then show by your fruit that you are a real, committed Christian.”

Credit: Excerpt From
Bearing Fruit After Your Own Kind
Bishop Dag Heward-Mills

Comments

  1. Beryl26 February 2022 at 06:17

    Deep! Real Christianity is more than attending church on Sunday. It's about bearing fruits after my own kind. Lord help me to bear fruits after my own kind

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  2. Chesang'26 February 2022 at 06:50

    Lord help me to bear fruits in Jesus name 🙏

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  3. Clinton Ogechi26 February 2022 at 07:30

    Lord please help me to become a better christian known by my fruits.
    May I never be a normal church visitor.

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