Testing the Fruit

A Tree and Its Fruit

Matthew 7:15-23

“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 he 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 perform many miracles?’ Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’

Matthew 21:42-44

Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures:
“‘The stone the builders rejected has become the capstone; the Lord has done this, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?
“Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit. He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.”

Acts 1:3

After his suffering, he showed himself to these men and gave many convincing proofs that he was alive. He appeared to them over a period of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God.  More… »

1 Corinthians 2:1-3

And so it was with me, brothers and sisters. When I came to you, I did not come with eloquence or human wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God. For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. I came to you in weakness with great fear and trembling.

Paul writes this to us after his failure in Athens to establish the Church in Greece. In Athens, Paul used knowledge and his own intellect to sway the people into the Kingdom through the knowledge of man. He walked into the amphitheater and spoke about the god who was labeled by the Greeks as the “unknown” God. He then delivered a word that in affect was a powerless gospel. No miracles, no signs, no wonders, no Holy Spirit. Just another speech designed to tickle the ears of our intellect. More… »

Heaven is moving and involved with those who the Father is resting His eternal gaze on. He is looking at His beloved and His eyes rest upon those who will believe upon Him in the fullness of His goodness. He has proclaimed who He is and is resolved to form Christ in us. He has no list of things for us to do or accomplish, no list of improvements, no behavior modifications. He has no good intentions only full filled promises. More… »

In my day and yours God ordained us to walk the earth in this time and gave us His son so that we would be part of His story of great redemptive love expressed to us forever in the revelation of Jesus. A speculation arose in our day upon the earth that set itself up against the knowledge of God and created in our culture a stronghold of thinking where the sons and daughters of the promise were regulated to mediocrity cultural irrelevancy where our highest call was to stay on the pavement of religion and not enter the promise land at all. Pharaoh still holds us captive and who can overcome his strength. More… »

Beloved and favored of God, Sons & Daughters of the most high;

We are meeting this Friday night at 7:30PM with Holy Spirit at Robinwood Church in Huntington Beach. There will be childcare. Click on the links for the address and map to get to Robinwood.

The Lord is never far off or missing in action or distant. He has surrounded us in His love that does not fail. He knows exactly what you are going through right now. He is intimately familiar with the way you think. How you feel about things. He knows your heart and the desires that He gave you. He has been plotting your success in His kingdom before you were even born. More… »

The Holy Spirit is intentional in His pursuit of us all. His joy is steadfast and when we gather to worship the King and encourage one another in the faith He is in our midst making a move on you to draw you into the deep places of His heart. In every circumstance that you will ever face He is teaching you to overcome them all with His perspective and His thoughts as He leads you into His victories through transformation. He knows exactly where you are because He placed you in Christ. He is bringing that revelation to you in new ways, you see your not in the world, your not in economic distress, your not in circumstances that can displace you from His love and your position in Christ. We only journey through our circumstances in this life to allow Holy Spirit to form Christ in us. More… »

Jesus has given us the glory that the Father gave Him so that we may be one as He is one with the Father. He is in us and the Father is in Him so that we would be brought to complete unity. The desires of the Son is that those the Father has given to Him would be with Him where He is and to see His glory. He longs to display His love in you and has given us Holy Spirit to teach us all things. The Fathers joy is when we show up to a table that He has prepared for us so that He might pour out His Spirit and bring us into His unity. He is never to busy for us and He delights Himself in the children of His hand that He has given to His beloved Son. More… »