“The RoseBouquet”

First Jesus pointed out a principle from nature. If you make a tree to be good, its fruit will be good. If you make a tree to be bad in its very essence, the fruit is guaranteed to be bad. Trees are defined by the fruit they bear. It’s as simple as that.

Then He takes us from something we know to something we may not know yet. The very same principle applies in our own lives. It’s just that instead of fruit hanging from physical appendages, our fruit is the words we speak. It’s our words that show others what we really are inside, good, or bad.

Do you really, really understand that? So often the words flow from us like water when we’re washing our hands. The second they are out of our mouth we forget what we’ve said, and don’t consider their intrinsic value at all. Or for that matter all the words that pass through our minds!

Jesus is saying that people will be able to tell if we are good or bad on the inside, by the words that come out of us. Not only that, but He adds that some day we’ll have to give an account before God for every careless or casual word we’ve ever said.

Quite a few people think that it is their deeds, good or bad, that will determine their spiritual future after this life. But Jesus says it’s our words that make or break our destiny.

How does this affect our salvation? Well, the Bible is still true when it says we must personally believe that Jesus died for us, to take away our sins. But how is anyone to know that we believe and receive Christ as our eternal substitute if we never say so?

Speaking about our faith confirms it, and strengthens our faith so it grows stronger.

PRAYER: Lord, help me to have a better grasp of my words as fruit. I admit that I need to be changed on the inside, so good words will come out naturally. Please, Lord Jesus, transform the essence of me from the inside out to be like You!

+++++Jesus is my King+++++Jesus is my King+++++

Blessings on you Today!
Ruth Marlene Friesen

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