Fruit
Judge a true man or woman of God by their fruit. False ones see people as their meal ticket. They use terms like "investing in people"... Investing implies an expected return, if you don't give them the return, they will hold you responsible. People who resist them they label as unworthy of their attention, a waste of time, bottom feeders, or sheeple ...Jesus loves people, even those who resisted Him.
Be very careful in this hour. The fruit of a persons heart comes out of the mouth/words. What do they say about others? What do they offer you, or want to trade with you ..power for loyalty, it is the mark of the truly false.
Many are afraid of the false prophets, but, be very aware, if you "receive them" because of fear...if you don't address the false in love, you will share in their reward.
Matthew 10:41“He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet’s reward. And he who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man’s reward.
I see many following false local, regional, and national leaders right here on FB.
Do their words and teaching make you more forgiving...make you want to be more generous and less materialistic...more holy? Or are you simply being banded together and rallied by a vision of superiority? Materialism? Does your spiritual leader talk of those who resist him or her as missing it, or demonized, or angry and jealous, or do they say "father forgive them, they don't know?"
Matthew 7:15“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.
16“You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles?
17“Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.
18“A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit.
19“Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
Matthew 12:33“Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or else make the tree bad and its fruit bad; for a tree is known by its fruit.
34“Brood of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
35“A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good things, and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things.
36“But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment.
Revelation 2:19“I know your works, love, service, faith, and your patience; and as for your works, the last are more than the first.
20“Nevertheless I have a few things against you, because you allow that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, to teach and seduce My servants to commit sexual immorality and eat things sacrificed to idols.
21“And I gave her time to repent of her sexual immorality, and she did not repent.
22“Indeed I will cast her into a sickbed, and those who commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of their deeds.
23“I will kill her children with death, and all the churches shall know that I am He who searches the minds and hearts. And I will give to each one of you according to your works.
Be very careful in this hour. The fruit of a persons heart comes out of the mouth/words. What do they say about others? What do they offer you, or want to trade with you ..power for loyalty, it is the mark of the truly false.
Many are afraid of the false prophets, but, be very aware, if you "receive them" because of fear...if you don't address the false in love, you will share in their reward.
Matthew 10:41“He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet’s reward. And he who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man’s reward.
I see many following false local, regional, and national leaders right here on FB.
Do their words and teaching make you more forgiving...make you want to be more generous and less materialistic...more holy? Or are you simply being banded together and rallied by a vision of superiority? Materialism? Does your spiritual leader talk of those who resist him or her as missing it, or demonized, or angry and jealous, or do they say "father forgive them, they don't know?"
Matthew 7:15“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.
16“You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles?
17“Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.
18“A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit.
19“Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
Matthew 12:33“Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or else make the tree bad and its fruit bad; for a tree is known by its fruit.
34“Brood of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
35“A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good things, and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things.
36“But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment.
Revelation 2:19“I know your works, love, service, faith, and your patience; and as for your works, the last are more than the first.
20“Nevertheless I have a few things against you, because you allow that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, to teach and seduce My servants to commit sexual immorality and eat things sacrificed to idols.
21“And I gave her time to repent of her sexual immorality, and she did not repent.
22“Indeed I will cast her into a sickbed, and those who commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of their deeds.
23“I will kill her children with death, and all the churches shall know that I am He who searches the minds and hearts. And I will give to each one of you according to your works.
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