You Will Know Them By Their Fruits.

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jackrosie said:
Disagree.a corrupt tree bears no fruit.
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Disagree all you want....I have apple trees, stay next to an orchard in AU and one would have to be blind, obstinate or as dense as lead to argue that an Apple tree can have good apples and a few bad ones at the same time......so...like my AU friends say...WHATEVVZZZ
 
SoulWeaver said:
Yep, first goes milk of the Word (teachings) then meat (works).
It's why we must spend a lot of time in the Word to speed the process up.

Hebrews 5:13 For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.
1 Peter 2:2 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
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Therein lies the problem..........from three weeks ago questioning salvation to a master in the word, disagreeing with people that have studied it for decades......
 
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dcontroversal said:
Disagree all you want....I have apple trees, stay next to an orchard in AU and one would have to be blind, obstinate or as dense as lead to argue that an Apple tree can have good apples and a few bad ones at the same time......so...like my AU friends say...WHATEVVZZZ
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A true believer in Christ...as soon as they are born again....the true Vine who is God starts the process in the believer of bearing his fruit.....
 
dcontroversal said:
Therein lies the problem..........from three weeks ago questioning salvation to a master in the word, disagreeing with people that have studied it for decades......
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As I have said many times...one can be a bible scholar..that doesn’t make you a born again...
 
jackrosie said:
A true believer in Christ...as soon as they are born again....the true Vine who is God starts the process in the believer of bearing his fruit.....
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Accurately describe the following fruit from a man that is described as being after God's own heart, a man that writes most Psalms and a man that speaks of his salvation in the present tense.

A. Praising God, writing songs of worship, being led to pen scripture

B. Murder, adultry and numbering the people...
 
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EleventhHour said:
One has to learn to walk in the Spirit to bear fruit... newly born again believers are learning to "walk" and that takes time.
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One should start learning to walk in the Spirit as soon as one is saved.....after many yrs walking with our Lord....51 yrs and no fruit....hmmmm.
 
jackrosie said:
One should start learning to walk in the Spirit as soon as one is saved.....after many yrs walking with our Lord....51 yrs and no fruit....hmmmm.
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Ideally yes, practically it can be a no.

Ever worked on skid row?
 
jackrosie said:
As I have said many times...one can be a bible scholar..that doesn’t make you a born again...
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You've grown by leaps and bounds over the antagonists who bear bad fruit.

They'll be practicing malice, ridicule, mockery and works of the flesh on here tonight, tomorrow, the next day, week, month, years unless God intervenes.
 
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