Title: Good Fruits and Bad Fruits
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Sunday day sermon
Text: Matthew 7:15-20
Title: Good Fruits and Bad Fruits
The Lord says, “A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit.” This is a parable that the Lord uses the fruit of the good tree and the bad tree as an example, and that the final human form will also come out as a result of the same.
When we judge people, we judge others only by their outward appearance. However, such a judgment cannot be an impartial judgment. This is because human beings can not only pretend to be good on the outside while hiding their identity, but also exaggerate themselves as righteous people.
Today, people who have done a good job in the media sometimes appear and cause a fire. Some say that they robbed their priests and donated them to the school, and some say that they donated all their fortunes for local development. In the eyes of the world, they are truly wonderful people. However, this cannot be the criterion for judging humans. Also, just because you have high learning and a good personality, it cannot be the basis for judging people's right or wrong.
For this reason, it is said that as a human being on this earth, it can never be a standard for judging good and evil. So, how does the Lord judge human good and evil? It is giving your everything to others generously. even his own life. At that time, depending on how the other person receives it, it is judged as good or bad fruit.
For example, let's say I received an indescribable grace from someone right before my death! Then, I must not forget that person's grace for the rest of my life. Because he is my lifesaver. However, most people think about grace for the other person for a while, but after a certain amount of time passes, they become distracted and then forget the grace.
No matter what they do, they show enthusiasm for a short time at first, but as time passes, the heat gradually cools down, and later, there is no trace of it. Such people also lead their religious life in this way. When you first believe in Jesus and receive the Holy Spirit, you run wild as if you have gained the whole world, but after a certain amount of time has passed, you have changed 180 degrees.
Look at Christians today! When they first believed in Jesus and received the Holy Spirit, everyone trembled as if they were going to take their eyes off them, but now that passion has cooled and they love money more than God, and they value honor in the world more than the Lord. This is God It is an image of people living with their backs. If you forget grace, you will turn into an enemy. He will say that he will never, because no one can serve two masters.
Even if we do not borrow the Lord’s words, “Those who are faithful in small things are also faithful in big things, and those who do small things with little things will do small things.” Those who value things and value small and insignificant things, eventually, small things will come to be regarded as big things.”
To such a person, it is not only the world, but also the work of the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, the Lord never entrusts His work to such a person. If you are a person who does not forget and thank those who have given you grace in the world, if you are born again by the grace of the Lord, such a person will never forget the grace of the Lord. If you live your life without forgetting that you are always a sinner.
Since the Son of God has not yet come before the Gentiles, it is impossible to discern who is the wheat and who is the chaff. As I briefly mentioned above, the way to do this is to show the Lord's love, that is, grace, to all believers and unbelievers equally.
At this time, those who realize that they are sinners and run to the Lord with fear and trembling and feeling boundless gratitude, moved by the grace that the Lord has given them, will be sealed with grain. However, those who do not feel the grace of the Lord and use it as a blessing are chaff on the road to destruction, despite the Lord's generous offering of all that He transcends all religions and is generous with Himself. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Lord explained with examples of good and bad tree fruits, but since Adam sinned, no one can become a good tree and no good fruit can be produced. Nevertheless, the Lord's mention of good fruits was made with the mind in mind that although humans cannot do it, God can do it. In other words, no matter how bad a tree is, if you graft that tree into a good tree, you can get beautiful fruit from that tree.
In simple words, we express the grace of parents as wide as the sea and as high as the sky. The reason is probably “because of the love that raised you, who worked hard until your hands and feet were worn out while grinding your feet.” Those who want to be filial to their parents while remembering this kind of parental love in their hearts and not forgetting their grace for the rest of their lives can be said to have a good field of their hearts. This is because, if such a person receives the Lord's grace, it is clear that he will not forget the Lord's grace for the rest of his life and will not disobey the Lord's word.
However, on the other hand, an ungrateful person who does not appreciate the grace of his parents who gave birth to him will not be thankful for the grace of the Lord. will be. Therefore, for good fruit, when I receive a favor from someone, it is the order to check if I have a heart to be truly grateful and grateful to him.
Let us never hear in vain the plain truth that a good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and that a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. -He who has ears, let him hear and understand!-