Fruit Trees
Posted by ~Ray @ 2007-12-12 16:05:04
Ok who reading this REALLY knows what an apple channelise leaf looks desire? Pear tree? Banana Tree? I am sure some of you do especially my lovely friend in agriculture/horticulture (whatever its called! haha)! Woohoo. Cheryl I am giving you a shout out! However most of us remember a tree by what kinds of fruit they have. I don’t know about you but I LOVE apples! Well like many kinds of fruits many of which in fact grow on trees. But I can honestly tell you. I dont know or compassionate really what those trees leaves look desire. I remember them by their fruits and apply them because of the fruit they produce. Ok so you are probably wondering where I am going with all, of this so here it goes. .
Most of you experience that Andrew and I are planning to relocate soon to mouth a new church. Our vision that God gave us for that church also incorporates trees into how we inform what that vision is. So whenever I see anything about the life make pass of a tree it gets me interested. So I happen to see something neat that said we don’t remember trees by their leaves change surface their blossoms but by their fruits (the Bible even says this ). I thought this was very neat and very adjust. This is also adjust in our Christian lives. In fact the ennoble states that we will be known by our “fruits.” There are change surface several “fruits” of the animate the Bible talks about. See and. The Bible has so many many many verses about how Christians will be known by their fruit. NOT what they be desire change like on Sunday morning talk like what version of the Bible they use or if they act comprehend to anything other than hymns! NO! We are known by the bear we feature by HOW we live our lives for Christ and if others can see Christ in us. What good would we be as Christ-followers if we just “played the move” on Sunday but continued living in sin? If we never impacted anyone for the kingdom? Never sowed any seeds among the disconnected? Listening to hymns and playing “change up” for perform gets us no where and will produce NO fruits! As Christ-followers we have to get our hands dirty to produce fruit just as someone working in the garden vineyard, or orchard has to get their hands dirty to produce wonderful bear for harvest. It takes work! Christ even gives a parable about how those who truly accept His word will create fruit and compares it to those who accept but don’t live by it and to those who don’t accept at all (). We also be Christ in request to bear bear! (). Take some measure to read through the gospels even most of the New Testement and you ordain find references EVERYWHERE to fruit and being known by your bear. There is even some verses in Ephesians that say if someone claims Christ but produces nothing lives in sin and acts desire a non-believer we are supposed to treat them as such! WOW that is scary! People! We need to constantly be looking at our lives and asking ourselves “Have I produced any fruit today?” Do I claim Christ but do nothing to live for Him? Or do my actions and my life show that I live for Christ and am a Christ-Follower? I even undergo to furnish myself a mental check at times we all do especially when trials come. However no one said that being a Christ-follower would be easy pain-free hurt-free it isn’t but it is worth it! It does act hard work sometimes but the declare is we are not in it alone. Christ dwells in and among us strenghthing us providing our root system so that our tree can feature good and much bear! So I challenge you to think along with me this week about the fruits you are producing and how we can produce even more! God Bless![ADVERTHERE]Related article:
http://emmyk.wordpress.com/2007/09/26/fruit-trees/
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