By Their Fruit

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"Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Thus, by their fruit you will recognize them.

Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’ Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!" (Matthew 7:15-23 NIV)

To whom is Jesus' mountain sermon addressed?
What 'fruit' does He reference?
What day is 'that day'?

Motar said:
"Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Thus, by their fruit you will recognize them.

Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’ Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!" (Matthew 7:15-23 NIV)

To whom is Jesus' mountain sermon addressed?
What 'fruit' does He reference?
What day is 'that day'?
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•believers
•personal character/conduct
•the day of the LORD
 
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Motar

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Ludlow said:
It is addressed to those who base their salvation on their own good deeds.
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"Now when Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him, and he began to teach them." (Matthew 5:1-2 NIV)
 
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Motar said:
"Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Thus, by their fruit you will recognize them.

Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’ Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!" (Matthew 7:15-23 NIV)

To whom is Jesus' mountain sermon addressed?
What 'fruit' does He reference?
What day is 'that day'?



•believers
•personal character/conduct
•the day of the LORD
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Would you believe that there is a grapefruit flavoured bud lite?

I know it's crazy...
 
Dexter Sinister

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All prophets are false. No exceptions. There is no deity, so he can't have any prophets. It's all mythology and magic, entirely an invention of human imagination groping for explanations with insufficient data.
 
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Dexter Sinister said:
All prophets are false. No exceptions. There is no deity, so he can't have any prophets. It's all mythology and magic, entirely an invention of human imagination groping for explanations with insufficient data.
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"Jesus said to them, 'A prophet is not without honor except in his own town, among his relatives and in his own home.” (Mark 6:4 NIV)
 
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taxslave said:
Since gawd is a myth all prophets are false. That includes the gloom&doomers like Suzuki and Gore.
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"Now if you say to yourselves, ‘How can we tell that a message is not from the Lord?’— whenever a prophet speaks in my name and the prediction is not fulfilled, then I have not spoken it; the prophet has presumed to speak it, so you need not fear him.” (Deuteronomy 18:21-22 NIV)
 
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Funny...I don't see any Christian nuts post here....sort of.

What I see is the sort that love ISIS....
 
Dexter Sinister

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Motar said:
"Now if you say to yourselves, ‘How can we tell that a message is not from the Lord?’— whenever a prophet speaks in my name and the prediction is not fulfilled, then I have not spoken it; the prophet has presumed to speak it, so you need not fear him.” (Deuteronomy 18:21-22 NIV)
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If you believe that, it destroys your claims utterly. There is no properly attested account of a fulfilled prophecy. None. But note the key phrase there, "properly attested." That means it has to meet accepted modern standards of evidence. You cannot, for instance, cite the New Testament as fulfilling Old Testament prophecies, it was written partly so that it would appear to do so. Any competent biblical scholar would tell you that. You might start with Dr. Bart Ehrman's books, Forged, Misquoting Jesus, and God's Problem. Citing a source in support of its claims about itself is not a valid argument, it's circular, e.g. the Bible is true because the Bible says it's true. Evidence and reason don't work that way.
 
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selfsame said:
The good tree is the parable of the good word; the bad tree is the parable of the bad word.

A good word will yield good and blessing, as will the good tree give good fruit.

The good word is to forbid the indecency and to defend God's religion.

http://www.quran-ayat.com/man/3.htm#Bad_[or_Evil]_Trees_
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http://www.quran-ayat.com/man/3.htm#Trees_of_Paradise
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Do yourealize that nobody clicks on your quran-ayat links?


You're wasting your time,,,,
 
Murphy

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Nassir is a religious zealot. He doesn't care. He uses any opportunity to post his garbage - even when it has little or nothing to do with the thread. How many times have we seen that?
 
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