THE GOOD FRUIT GETS IT

“You will know them by their fruit.”  Pure unadulterated seeds don’t lie.  When planted in the ground they will only produce what is within them.  That was the master plan of God in His creation of the world.

“And God said, Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seeds and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind, on the earth.  And it was so. And God saw that it was good.”

Genesis 1:11-12

Man’s need to control and the technology of businesses like Monsanto have interfered with that process and now it cannot be trusted and is found to be harmful to human beings.  It is a pattern at the most basic level.  God creates and produces; man controls and destroys.

I keep hearing that this country was the Promise Land given by God to those looking for religious freedom.  If that was true we would see a very different America and probably a very different world.  This country was seeded with conquest, violence, and greed.  What we see today is the fruit of those seeds.  Freedom can never be achieved by conquest, control, slavery, or at the expense of others.  Freedom isn’t holding on; it’s letting go.

I have personally seen this many times in institutional churches.  People want freedom from the system they are in, so they leave to free themselves, only to build another system much like the one they left, only in this system they are the leaders and in charge.  So eventually people begin to want their freedom from them so they leave and build their system with them at the top, and on and on.  Seeds will produce according to their own kind.  Rebellion will produce rebellion, violence will produce violence, conquest will produce conquest, and greed will produce greed.  This is true in churches, countries, and world governments.  But all of these things have one common denominator; they are all made up of people; individual people.  Each one a seed fully responsible for its fruit as well as the fruit of the churches, countries, and governments they are a part of.

When Jesus came to earth he could have gone to the Roman government and demanded reform; he could have gone to the Religious system and demanded reform.  That is exactly what the people watching for the Messiah expected of him and were disappointed when he didn’t do that.  Instead, he went one on one, face to face with each individual he encountered.  He planted the pure seed of God’s Spirit into the hearts of those who received and believed in him.  He showed the world it isn’t about conquest, violence, greed, or gain.  It is about letting go, losing, and dying to our Self and coming to God with empty hands.  The seed of God’s Spirit will grow good fruit, wholesome fruit for ourselves and for others.

The good fruit gets it.  His true disciples get it.

“If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples,

And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

John 8:31,32

If we want to change the fruit we need to reseed what we are planting.  We need to choose the seed wisely.  Is it the pure seed of the Spirit of God or is it the adulterated seed of man and flesh?  The fruit will reveal the truth, so we need to choose the seed wisely.