The Fruit of Good Advice – 2

A Tree and Its Fruit

Luke 6:43 “For no good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit, 44 for each tree is known by its own fruit.

For figs are not gathered from thornbushes,

nor are grapes picked from a bramble bush. 

It’s a picture proverb, really; a comparison or two fruits to the source of their growth. It’s a picture of inconsistency, hypocrisy (if you will) as He has just related in verses 39-42.

You are both hungry and thirsty. You see a luscious and juicy fig on a tree in an orchard or you walk through a vineyard on a hillside with grapes juicy and ripe for the picking. Your timing is just right. The figs are ready to be picked. The grapes are ripe and ready for the wine-press. God has blessed you. God has fed you.

But what does Jesus tell the multitudes whom He has just fed with His authoritative good advice?

45 The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure produces evil, for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.

Look at the tree and you will see the fruit. Look at the thistle and the bramble and you will have NO fruit.

Where is the source of the good fruit – the source of blessing?

It is from God our Father.

Therefore, IF you are part of those who hear, YOU will have good fruit and blessing. Yet IF you are just one of the multitude who bears no fruit, YOU will have curse.

Is His message still repent?

Of course. We have a merciful Father. Therefore bear the fruit of repentance.

Speak good and not evil from your heart.

Are you known by your fruit for Christ Jesus?

Consider the consequence for failing to repent and return to the Lord.