Our Sunday school class really enjoyed this particular
discussion. This scripture allowed us to
see the importance of our actions, attitude, and thoughts as it pertains to our
life and how we are perceived. A tree is
known by its fruit, what kind of fruit are you producing? Good fruit or bad fruit?
As a child of God, we should display the Fruits of the
Spirit: love, joy, kindness, self-control, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness,
peace, and faithfulness. All these fruit
are visible spiritual attributes that our Christian life should display. If we can practice the Fruits of the Spirit we
will be representing God in a wonderful way.
Joyce Meyers pointed out that our thoughts bear fruit. If we think good thoughts, the fruit of our
life will be good. Think bad thoughts,
and the fruit in our life will be bad.
It’s like the old saying, “Where your thoughts go your actions will soon
follow.” So we have to be careful about
what we allow to occupy our mind; because we want to produce good fruit and the
right actions.
If you want to have the victory over your situation, keep
thinking positive victorious thoughts. Our
thoughts will produce a certain fruit whether it is good or bad.
This particular verse serves as a reminder that we have a
right to judge each other’s fruit and if you are producing bad fruit expect to
hear about it. Take and receive the
truth. The truth will set us free. When we receive correction it may hurt, but
it also places us in position to get right with God. It gives us the opportunity to change and to make
God proud. Our goal as Christians is to
be a light unto the world by imitating Christ, so we can bring unbelievers to
Christ. Why would an unbeliever want to
come to Christ? My answer is the fruit
that we bear.
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