NEW LIFE SHOWS THROUGH FRUIT, NOT APPEARANCE
The difference between a person who knows God and one who does not is not firstly external appearance. It is not success, possessions, or religious activity.
It is fruit.
When a person comes into Christ, something changes inwardly. Love begins to grow for God’s people. A desire for righteousness begins to form.
1st John 3:10 explains it clearly. The children of God and the children of the devil are known by evidence. One evidence is love for the brethren. Another is righteousness.
Before, there was hatred, indifference, or avoidance. After new life, there is a pull toward what is right and toward God’s people.
This does not mean believers never fail. It means the direction has changed. There is conviction when wrong is done, not comfort in it.
The illustration is like a generator. A generator can exist in place, but without fuel it produces nothing. When fuel is added, power flows.
In the same way, when the life of God enters a person, something begins to flow outward. The life of God produces visible fruit.
Not appearance. Not activity. But Fruit. This fruit is sharpened by The Holy Spirit that dwells in the person, so if you are still battling with casting away your old nature, return to The Holy Spirit in you and allow Him to eagerly do His work in you. It is only by your complete surrender to Him that you can truly have the acceptable fruit visible to all.
Shalom!
The difference between a person who knows God and one who does not is not firstly external appearance. It is not success, possessions, or religious activity.
It is fruit.
When a person comes into Christ, something changes inwardly. Love begins to grow for God’s people. A desire for righteousness begins to form.
1st John 3:10 explains it clearly. The children of God and the children of the devil are known by evidence. One evidence is love for the brethren. Another is righteousness.
Before, there was hatred, indifference, or avoidance. After new life, there is a pull toward what is right and toward God’s people.
This does not mean believers never fail. It means the direction has changed. There is conviction when wrong is done, not comfort in it.
The illustration is like a generator. A generator can exist in place, but without fuel it produces nothing. When fuel is added, power flows.
In the same way, when the life of God enters a person, something begins to flow outward. The life of God produces visible fruit.
Not appearance. Not activity. But Fruit. This fruit is sharpened by The Holy Spirit that dwells in the person, so if you are still battling with casting away your old nature, return to The Holy Spirit in you and allow Him to eagerly do His work in you. It is only by your complete surrender to Him that you can truly have the acceptable fruit visible to all.
Shalom!
NEW LIFE SHOWS THROUGH FRUIT, NOT APPEARANCE
The difference between a person who knows God and one who does not is not firstly external appearance. It is not success, possessions, or religious activity.
It is fruit.
When a person comes into Christ, something changes inwardly. Love begins to grow for God’s people. A desire for righteousness begins to form.
1st John 3:10 explains it clearly. The children of God and the children of the devil are known by evidence. One evidence is love for the brethren. Another is righteousness.
Before, there was hatred, indifference, or avoidance. After new life, there is a pull toward what is right and toward God’s people.
This does not mean believers never fail. It means the direction has changed. There is conviction when wrong is done, not comfort in it.
The illustration is like a generator. A generator can exist in place, but without fuel it produces nothing. When fuel is added, power flows.
In the same way, when the life of God enters a person, something begins to flow outward. The life of God produces visible fruit.
Not appearance. Not activity. But Fruit. This fruit is sharpened by The Holy Spirit that dwells in the person, so if you are still battling with casting away your old nature, return to The Holy Spirit in you and allow Him to eagerly do His work in you. It is only by your complete surrender to Him that you can truly have the acceptable fruit visible to all.
Shalom!
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