You Will Know Them By Their Fruits.

@Oncefallen ban me from this site....I no longer want to be here.....thank you.

Look....I have tried to engage you in a decent, honest way....you up the ante, start accusing, misrepresent what we say, accuse me of plagerizing other's work etc......it is impossible to engage you with your lack of honesty...good luck!

You wanted me off this site ,there is no doubt about that in my mind....every thread I start you attack...I saw no error in what I posted re the fruit of the Spirit and you won’t convince me otherwise.

You also referred to me that preacher was banned....a few posts up.....you also want him banned.

You must have real issues with honesty....You accuse me of copying and taking credit for others work and I post a post that shows I cite my sources and in 6 years on this site I have referenced attending seminary maybe 5 or 6 times and generally when asked....You are absolutely untruthful and as dishonest as your other pal that was banned!

As long as I agree with your teaching..you loved me......as soon as I stopped following you because of your behaviour,which was rubbing off on me.....I stopped following you.

Your treatment of others and how you addressed them is disgusting....that is why I no longer follow you....your behaviour is ungodly....

That is when you and your mates turned on me.

Anyway I am going now...so all the best.

First and foremost you should only follow Jesus....

2nd I love the truth and will disagree with error all day long

3rd...Your judgment of me is false and just because I am kurt, blunt, say it like it is and refuse to coddle or embrace error does not equate me to your judgement above of me

4th The very man you embrace and follow may have you blinded by his smooth talking, but has a reputation way worse than I, so...quit being a hypocrite, judging me while dismissing his obvious contradicatory actions!

Maybe members can check it out in the not by works thread....it’s all there for everyone to see...start at the beginning......no more from me on this....

The point is a "good tree" can bear no fruit for a long time... that is a fact.

She should have just accepted her error and left it at that rather than look to accuse.

In this context from Mat 7, Jesus was referring to the wicked Jewish religious leaders of His day as bad trees. They were the ones bearing bad fruit. Prominent men in the Bible are often referred to as "trees" (Psa 52:8,, Isa 56:3) while the common man is called "grass." (2 Kin 19:26, Job 5:25, Psa 37:2). In Mat 3, John the Baptist tells these wicked scribes and Pharisees that the "ax is already laid to the(ir) root." Jesus repeats this theme in the Parable of the Fig Tree in Mat 21. He is foreshadowing what will happen to the wicked generation of those Jewish religious leaders who would soon put Him to death. In turn, they and their children, will perish in the War with Rome in 70 AD and indeed Titus had every last priest killed.

a Good tree can bear Fruit Whenever. that has been my Experience anyways.

We bear good fruit when we are hated for no reason.

Persecution is an opportunity to forgive so it is an opportunity to bear good fruit

We bear good fruit when we are hated for no reason.

Persecution is an opportunity to forgive so it is an opportunity to bear good fruit

Translation: you deliberately made false accusations against Dconn and are too proud to admit it and apologize, so you’re trying to dodge and deflect. You constantly talk about the beauty of the fruit of the Spirit but you don’t have enough to come clean regarding you deceit. Shame on you.

Without a doubt, but neither you or I are the inspector of fruit....Jesus is.....and an apple tree is an apple tree from the micro second it sprouts, it takes years of growth and maturity to bear even 1 piece of fruit and can have both good and bad fruit hanging from it's limbs....and IS STILL AN APPLE TREE!

I grew up with several peach trees, fig trees, pear trees, cherry trees and grape vines in my back yard.

I can tell you a distressed tree although still a good tree will sometimes not bear fruit.

A tree needs to reach a certain stage before it can produce blossoms and then from there soil, fertilization, insects, and pollination are all factors... so it is not magic when a tree bears fruit.... but it is the combination of many good and important conditions.

Can you find a bible passage that states persecution brings about good fruit as in "fruit of the Spirit."