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Liars and Haters are NOT Christians! [1]

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Date: 2023-02-14  

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GOOD FRUIT

Hear me now, I speak the Truth:

You shall know them by their fruit.

To sow, then reap, is absolute —

A law that no one can refute.

A briar-bush cannot bear figs;

Good fruit comes only from good trees.

Fruit of the Spirit, such as these:

Love and joy, patience and peace,

Kindness, meekness, faithfulness,

Self-control, benevolence.

Righteous trees yield righteous fruit,

And increased harvests are produced.

So, grow in Spirit and in Truth —

I am the Vine, GOD is the Root.

If they are Mine, you will see proof:

And you will know them by their fruit.

(poem by Jim Sharp)

Those who make a claim for their own Spirituality, can be be measured by this standard: what they DO, not what they say —-

simple, straightforward from a Biblical “authority”; (not referring to the poet, here)

Hypocrisy was firmly condemned regarding the Scribes & Pharisees (“scholars of the Law” and “interpreters of the Law” in modern terms); analogous positions we currently see daily in public life.

I assert many of today’s Americans who claim devoted allegiance to Christianity may fail this ‘test’. Examples abound!!!

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